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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #50 on: February 28, 2024, 10:37:59 AM »
Quote from: Biggles on February 28, 2024, 10:26:29 AM
And BTW for those who count things, this is my 14,000th post.

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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #51 on: February 28, 2024, 10:40:06 AM »
One day I might get to four digits.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #52 on: February 28, 2024, 10:47:55 AM »
Quote from: Biggles on February 28, 2024, 10:26:29 AM
And BTW for those who count things, this is my 14,000th post.

Congrats Bill!  ++  :chocolate-box-smiley-emoticon
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #53 on: February 28, 2024, 08:27:52 PM »
Well done Biggles, that is a good bit of work.

...And now back to our regularly scheduled shed stuff.

Tyre is all fitted and bike is back together. This is a bit bigger than the last one, being a 205/50-17 instead of the previous 195/45-17. The extra 50mm or so in diameter should bring the speedo back to true, or at least a lot closer.

I will test the new screen when I go out for the scrub in run in the morning.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #54 on: March 01, 2024, 06:55:20 PM »
Quote from: ruSTynutz on February 24, 2024, 09:48:02 PM
Quote from: Dragonstaff on February 24, 2024, 09:36:11 PM
Tomorrow I will be connecting up my new Android auto screen.

A new screen...woohoo! I'm looking forward to hearing how this one goes... :thumbs

And the verdict is... Back it goes. :cuss :cuss

It bluetooth connected to the phone for calls and audio, but ignored my headset and refused to load Android Auto. Sellers advice was to "turn them both off and back on again" which had the expected result of no change, so removed this afternoon and a return started.

I think I will give up and save my pennies for another Garmin...
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #55 on: March 01, 2024, 07:38:26 PM »
Bugger!!!
I took my ST out today and the screen connected perfectly...until I got out of the garage!  :||||
I didn't bother trying to get it to connect again as I really didn't need it on this ride...
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #56 on: March 02, 2024, 07:11:01 PM »
That is how mine started, Rusty. I hope you have better luck than me.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #57 on: March 02, 2024, 11:42:28 PM »
I suspect I probably won't, Dave...  :'(
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #58 on: March 03, 2024, 08:07:03 PM »
Today I took the Grand-daughter for a quick ride, and the cruise control finally decided that it had had enough of low vacuum, and quit entirely. So tonight I have had the air-box off and replaced the vacuum line to the cruise control's solenoid unit with one a half a size smaller, but a much tighter fit.

I am getting good at this bit- An hour and a half start to finish. I will test-ride in the morning...
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #59 on: March 03, 2024, 09:35:44 PM »
Well done..
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #60 on: April 12, 2024, 07:51:56 PM »
A fun afternoon today, fitting a side-car to a friend's postie bike. She got it made by some guy in WA who put one up on Youtube, and had it sent over. Not entirely straight forward, but not too bad, and it only bit me once.

I then had the fun of the maiden voyage, on ten ks of rural dirt road from my place to hers, because it was 4'3" wide, and our trailers are only 4'. Of course. I haven't ridden a tripod before, so that was a bit of a fun learning curve.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #61 on: April 12, 2024, 08:10:46 PM »
Cheers, Dave, I'm sure your friend will have a blast!!!!
I fitted a homebuilt sidecar to my then wife's little Honda 250RS and I reckon I had the most fun I've ever had going so slow...  :rofl



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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #62 on: April 12, 2024, 09:19:39 PM »
Here's a pic, or it didn't happen.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #63 on: April 12, 2024, 09:20:36 PM »
That looks good, Rusty.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #64 on: April 12, 2024, 09:28:14 PM »
Cheers Dave... :thumbs

That sidecar even has suspension...much more sophisticated than mine as it had none...lol
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #65 on: April 13, 2024, 07:13:35 PM »
Quote from: ruSTynutz on April 12, 2024, 09:28:14 PM
Cheers Dave... :thumbs

That sidecar even has suspension...much more sophisticated than mine as it had none...lol

Quite an interesting design too. A quarter-eliptic leaf spring and an adjustable gas strut. It seems to work ok, and didn't bounce much, even on the rough bits of the road. It was empty too, and weighs bugger all. I could lift it onto my bench quite easily.

That fairing on the CB almost looks like a CX650 ED one.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #66 on: April 13, 2024, 08:52:17 PM »
Quote from: Dragonstaff on April 13, 2024, 07:13:35 PM
That fairing on the CB almost looks like a CX650 ED one.

It does a bit...but it wasn't off one, pretty sure it was off some early model honda 250.
I picked it up from a "clearance" bin at, I believe, Geof Taylor Motorcycles in Dandenong.
Anyhow, guess it doesn't matter...  :think1

I may or may not still have it in my garage as I removed it (and the chair) from the CB250 before I sold it.

I'm pretty sure I still have the bikini fairing (along with a few other bits & pieces) from my old Honda CX500EC packed away in a box too!  >:()
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #67 on: April 13, 2024, 09:15:21 PM »
Quote from: Dragonstaff on April 13, 2024, 07:13:35 PM
Quite an interesting design too. A quarter-eliptic leaf spring and an adjustable gas strut. It seems to work ok, and didn't bounce much, even on the rough bits of the road.

The only suspension on mine were some rubber blocks between the body and the chassis.
Oh, I did run 7psi of pressure in the sidecar tyre which helped iron out some of the bumps. :grin
It actually rode surprisingly well, considering...smooth enough that my ex-wife travelled to a Rally in it while she was 7 1/2 months pregnant!  :whistle  >:()
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #68 on: May 26, 2024, 08:10:46 PM »
I have spent this afternoon removing all the tupperware from my son's ST to allow me to do several jobs, and to clean it properly. This has led to a couple of interesting discoveries.

The first is that the bracket on my windscreen that broke several times does not appear on his bike, and seems to be an addition designed to lower the screen. I will remove them and see what the result is.

The other is a case of genius at work. The little covers on each side of the fairing by your knees, that have a tendency to break little lugs and fly off down the highway behind you at high speed didn't look quite right. They seemed to be covered in black contact plastic sheet, and it was deteriorating. I removed one of them, and this is what I found. I have cleaned them up and hit them with the matt black rattle can paint.

As I said, genius with too much time on it's hands.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #69 on: May 26, 2024, 09:44:29 PM »
They look home made, and by some one who does shitty welding short videos....  Even I can weld better than that. Oh well, black paint hides that..
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #70 on: May 26, 2024, 09:46:49 PM »
Quote from: Brock on May 26, 2024, 09:44:29 PM
They look home made, and by some one who does shitty welding short videos....  Even I can weld better than that. Oh well, black paint hides that..

Definitely home made, Brock, and yes, the paint makes it all look better.

He only had an angle grinder to cut them and clean them up, too. No hacksaw or files tidy them up with.
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #71 on: May 26, 2024, 09:47:24 PM »
Quote from: Brock on May 26, 2024, 09:44:29 PM
Oh well, black paint hides that..

That and silicone...  :thumb
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #72 on: May 26, 2024, 10:00:13 PM »
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Ahh Yes, the perfect bead in a tube...
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #73 on: May 26, 2024, 10:00:56 PM »
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Re: An afternoon in the shed.
« Reply #74 on: May 29, 2024, 08:20:30 PM »
When I took the windscreen and dash off James' ST, I found something interesting. The brackets on my windscreen that have been breaking were not present. I have now taken them off mine, and lifted the screen nearly four inches. Big difference. Now I am behind it, instead of looking over the top, and the wind noise is considerably reduced.

Previous owner must have been a short-a**e.
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