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Spent all day Saturday going over all three bikes. Servicing, going over bolts and fluids and a deep detail of them. So all three are as clean and ready for the season as they could ever be. Time to log the miles. Even though I've already had a Gap trip under my belt a few weeks ago and ready to make trip #2.

Rescued this little guy from deep slumber in @bowdogs garage. so far we’ve established compression, spark and air but the fuel isn’t getting to the cylinder. ordering a carb rebuild kit, and air filter and have some snapped plastic anchor points to repair but should clean up and run good.

Went ahead and ordered a new converter because I was convinced that was the issue.... Hard launch might have worked the inside somehow. And what a difference between the stock 12" and the new 10" But as soon as I pulled the pan I was unpleasantly surprised with this mess. A whole lot of bushing material in the fluid....like.... A WHOLE LOT so I went ahead and with no previous experience I ripped the transmission apart. Initial inspection hard parks all looked good except the rear planetary, clutches are toast and every bushing is trashed. Ordered an overhaul kit, all three painless accumulators and a rear planetary rebuild kit. I really have no idea how the transmission was functioning properly outside of just noise and vibration. With the way the clutches look I would have expected this thing to be slip city. But then again I've only ever worked on dirtbike clutches before this 🤣

Finally it stopped raining long enough to get outside and change Sunny’s oil. Im leaving on the 21st for a week long trip down to Appomattox Virginia to attend the Horizons Unlimited Traveler’s meeting. There in addition to camping and hanging out with like-minded vagabonds, I’ll also be giving my first solo public presentation about my travels, and will also be doing a reading from my chapter in Sam Manicom’s travel anthology “the Moment Collectors”. Then the next day I’ll be doing a seminar on modifying and maintaining DR650 for extended international travel! nervous as hell but I’m sure it’ll be fun. And yeah Tony, this spring has sucked bad. Very few nice days. Really looking forward to the ride down. Staying at Mark Swepston’s in Kingston Ohio the first night out. Second night will be at the Koolwink!! hope everyone is doing ok

Worst spring ever!

Well so far seems the transmission if fine! I didn't see anything online about doing it but, I pulled the fuel pump fuse and cranked the truck over to prime the transmission pump and cooler before I started it, sucked up 8 quarts REAL quick. Taking a total (including what I dumped in the TC) of 12.5-13 quarts. New transmission mount is way overkill. Attached some beefy scrap angle iron to the core support with stainless rivnuts and put some rivnuts in the angle iron to mount the cooler directly to it. Forgot to take a picture behind the bumper, but here's what it looks like from the front. Next up I'll work on getting a scoop for it to mimic the aftermarket ones for the typhoon and Syclone heat exchanger, since it's mounted in roughly the same spot. Took a pretty rowdy spina round the neighborhood after running it through all the gears on jackstands and saw 132°F so I think it's going to need more airflow or a bigger cooler (this is the B&M 20,000btu cooler) The ONLY issues are... The 1-2 shift is a little soft for my liking but, I'm sure that's because I went from the trans go 1-2 spring setup to the sonnax OEM replacement spring and the converter probably doesn't help that. 2-3 and 3-4 felt very solid on the jackstands, only hit the 2-3 once in the neighborhood and I still have some pretty aggressive torque management on that one. The second issue is... I messed up the shifter cable yesterday trying to adjust it... Now I can only hit reverse and neutral from park. Only thing it hits from drive it park, ordered a new one since there is only one place in Florida to get the stupid extra long C4 shift cable for these trucks 🤣 And of course I had to check and make sure the rattles and clunks were gone on hard acceleration https://youtu.be/std3CxQgZS4?si=VfYN3kPvYn_wiiUK

Got the rear planetary rebuilt with the Sonnax kit on Friday morning, spent most of the day waiting on last minute tool orders to show up so I could start rebuilding the rest of the transmission. then struggled with the springs in the valve body since I just kinda....plopped everything out for cleaning, the manual and rebuild guide definitely showed different parts and the trans go instructions helped but most of the color on the springs had worn off....So HOPEFULLY I got that all put back together properly, Then I struggled with the thrust bearing on the rear planetary the rebuild guide looked like it was showing a smaller diameter bearing so I was using on that the rear planetary spline stub was riding on, and that prevented the low/reverse snap ring from going in.... I pulled it all apart SEVERAL times, measured everything several times, checked it against the stock clutch pack and then finally realized I was using the wrong bearing..... After that though it all went together rather quickly and without much fuss. I got rid of the "truck" yoke oil seal? since the S10 yoke is sealed it was just and extra part. ended up using no shims on the servo, test fit with one had the band locked up tight and even with no shim it's still pretty tight to turn the output shaft. I did test fit the new converter and spin the pump over, felt smooth but did have some resistance on the input shaft. just gonna chalk the resistance up to the high energy frictions, they were really grippy during installation after soaking for 2-3 days in DEX VI, turns in reverse with very little resistance like before, and I did check the movement on all the apply pistons during assembly and they all actuated properly and no leaks. Waiting on a sonnax 1-2 accumulator spring since I forgot the trans go springs don't work with the pinless pistons.. but its all ready to go in the truck tomorrow and HOPEFULLY it works....

Truth in advertising right there!

15% off stays if you have a ohio motorsports account use code: Casper doesn’t ride anymore & post under this link

Free pu**y is the most expensive kind.

Saw this near-new low mile Wing with a great price and thought of you ladies. https://advrider.com/f/threads/2024-gl1800-goldwing-manual-2950-miles-se-wi.1785149/#post-52520833

Oil/filter change on the RT. It's ready. Goldwing alternator gave out last fall. I replaced it with 90amp unit. 13+ VDC at idle. Way better than OEM 40amp. Oil/filter change will be wrapped up this weekend.

Registered my license plates that expired in 1989

Nope, nope, nope! Sale is not approved unless replacement bike is assured and vetted.

What the hell, you can't sell that thing. It's like part of history or something.

The only thing my cars go to the shop for is new tires and alignments. with an ATSG manual, and YouTube I think I got this.... Maybe 🤣

Nice spring project Bubby. We need to ride again soon with the lady's to lunch!! We found a new spot south just over the river on the WVA. side:6398 Point Pleasant Rd, Millwood, WV 25262 https://butcherblockwv.com/

Post this casino up its gotta be in route of a good road . I’m just trying to motivate my brother & buddys to go riding again that have manvaginas,or are pussy whipped. Me on the other hand I’m just trying to figure out why 75% of women in there 40s hate motorcycles 40s hate motorcycles.

Great location to ride to https://www.ohiotraveler.com/the-stockport-mill-inn/ .

Another great place to go and ride and Boat https://www.airbnb.com/l/3and17Sm

I might be a bad influence, then. I can show you more "cool stuff" than you ever imagined to spend your money on. 🤪

I've already talked to a couple of powder coat guys who said they can chemically remove the black. I'd just have to punch out the bearings and disassemble the front caliper holders. If I'm buying, it's craft IPAs. If you're buying, I'll try anything. I haven't found too many that I wouldn't finish! Although, lately I've been drinking more bourbon than beer, but I can't afford to become a bourbon snob! Lost 25 lbs though.

Just sat on one of these at a dealer. I could def live with one of those at a sporty tourer.

Good vagina is hard to find but harder to keep!

"New to me" wheelz.... the thing with keeping a bike for a long time, is you keep thinking of cool stuff and spending more money on the thing.....

Yeah. Fuck Paluly!

Direct swap, or do you need to change bearings & spacers? I have Galespeed forged AL wheels and I'm tempted to have the black powder cleaned off to make them silver. You're not helping to save me money on a project I don't NEED to do! Please DON'T post pictures when you have those wheels mounted. 🫣 BTW, I'm on Cols, not too far from IronPony and I can mount tires on those for you. My price is beer which you drink with me, and you get your hands dirty too. Mounting tires seems like it requires 3 hands...

Liking the silver wheels. Where did you get them?

Pauly it was great to catch up. So appreciate your kindness. Once again OR peeps are top notch people. Thanks again.

Doing the annual winter teardown maitenance thing.. --in progess Redo forks, upgrade horns, new brake pads & bleeding, new set of silver wheels & rotors +tires... Love this damn bike, but I admit I have a huge new bike itch. (Suzuki GSX-1000GT)

I went to the doctor's office the other day and found out my newly assigned physician is a young female doctor. I was embarrassed but she said, "Don't worry, I'm a professional - I've seen it all before. Just tell me what's wrong and I'll help you in any way I can." I said, "I think my penis tastes funny..."

All yours, Rick.

I’ll give you $850 for the Suzuki if you’re throwing a case of Busch light

The boy is ready for the next step so a few of these have to go. Polaris Ace 150 great shape ready to ride. Only aftermarket is blue LED under lights and a back up camera. $3k polaris predator 50 clean and in great shape. Brand new carb on it but needs a little adjustment and will need a battery unless you want to kickstart every time your kid decides to shut off for no reason. $1,000 suzuki JR 50 like new with training wheels. Needs to be got up and running as it has sat but it’s practically brand new never ridden. $800

I wish you were my dad. Can you buy it for me? Will it hold a fat kid the size of a 40year old Polaris virgin

My daughter said she would love to take it off your hands if you’re okay with that.

Jackets are size Large. Vest is size Medium. Only one controller and battery harness included. First to call dibs gets all of it.

April fools ! Lol . But seriously, where can I get one?

So I did end up tearing apart the rearend after changing the u joints didn't fix anything. pulling the drain plug didn't look very good... Mmmm 75w90 flavored ferrofluid.. put after I pulled the cover the differential it self looked good, but once I pulled the C-clips and pulled the axles out... oof. I'm assuming the massive amount of "tilt" the bearings had in the cage was allowing them to ride on the edges creating the uneven wear. these didn't look too great either, but some 1500 grit sand paper cleaned them up really well, aftermarket axles are definitely on the to buy list, along with new 3.73 gears after pulling the axles I went ahead and dropped the diff, and oh jeez... whoever that guy was that installed the torsen had no idea what he was doing, way too much preload (just reused stock shims) and for some reason only the driver side bearing cap was tight... passenger side was almost finger tight.... and the bearings looked AWFUL. Had to hunt down a shim kit because apparently no one keeps those in stock? Jegs had them at the warehouse, but I didn't have time to get up there on saturday after I called... Autozone hub on broad SAID they had 2 in stock, and after waiting in line for like 30 minutes.... they said "we can't find them" eventually ended up at the Autozone on East Main right down the street from the old Jegs building. which THANKFULLY had 1 set in stock overpaying of parts is my favorite thing to do. AND I STILL HAD TO WORK ON IT ON SUNDAY because SOMEONE forgot to press the bearings ALL THE WAY on... had to pull the cover, check the bearings, and reshim it on sunday...didn't take all that long to do, just annoying. And after all that.... STILL MAKING A NOISE... or well it was on Monday on my way to work, today (wednesday) doesnt seem to be making any more noise than usual, but I am suspicious of the torque converter, about a week before the rattle started it was making a louder than normal knocking sound in neutral...which the transmission of torque converter has ALWAYS made, confirmed that in 2019 when I ran the engine without the torque converter unbolted. Transmission still shifts fine, all the gears work, doesn't flare, just always has what kinda sounds like rod knock. Torque converter was replaced in 2019 with a "good" used one from a friend....but he did blow up that 4l60e. Tuesday I turned the engine over 360* from the flexplate checking for cracks or loose bolts and saw nothing obvious, and since it is accompanied by a vibration I checked the misfire count/history and both were zero on all cylinders if anyone thinks they might be able to help pinpoint the noise I got a pretty good clip of it monday night on my way home from work. audio was boosted a little to make it a little more pronounced, starts around 0:02-0:03

Didn't really want to but put the Triumph up for sale to make room for another. Marketplace - 2020 Triumph Street Twin | Facebook

well.....last week I gave her a proper bath to get the salt and mud rain off 😂

I rode every style of bike from Harley’s with tall bars to sport bikes, I still have fun regardless. I am spoiled with the good roads, makes short after work rides nice.

bump...will let the RZR go for $2500...make your kid happy and come and get this for them!

Tad heavier than 550 but the 24 FJR is looking pretty good to me for one up.

I was always more into sluts and weed, than hookers and blow 🤣 Lol. I've been bustin' my ass for 30 years just be able to ask the question "how should I spend my free time." After having a few seasons cut short by surgeries, etc. I hope to ride over 20k this year which used to be my norm.