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I attempted to seal up my oil leak with new crush washers and a smear of Hylomar on all sealing surfaces.  I'm always nervous torquing those 14mm hollow aluminum banjo bolts but all seemed to go well.  No test rides yet due to the rainy weekend.

In the meantime, the guy who built my engine mentioned that it can get hot in traffic.  I remembered that his donor bike had 2 oil temp gauges, one for oil going to the oil cooler and one for oil coming from the cooler back into the sump.  So I ordered a gauge pod and fabbed an intermediate bracket to mount the pod to.  I got the gauges mounted today. 

Eventually, I'll probably remove one on the oil gauges and mount the O2 gauge I got from the donor bike.  That'll be an off season project because I'll need a bung added to my exhaust pipe.

I like how your mom calls you "dumbass".  I guess she was the first to know.🤔

As far as the paint, I'd say do the darker color first.  Either way, you'll have to cut in with the other color.  If you're doing cut in with the lighter color, you'll be able to wipe it off easier when you get sloppy.

Every time I see this thread's title, this is what I think of. 

I'm interested

Finally made a little progress today.  Got the throttle cables connected, the clutch slave cylinder bracket installed, and the shifter reconnected.  I put the battery on the charger so it'll be ready when it's time to start it up.  Im probably only a few days away from riding again. It'll be the first time since last fall when I started the engine swap project.

I like the way you think, Tonik.

I did think of doing MTW so my week isn't all broken up.

I know all about both halves of FICA.  I ran a Subchapter S Corp for a while back before LLCs were a thing.  No liability risk in teaching so a Sole Proprietorship will work for this.

I'm not planning to draw SS until I'm 70 so I don't have to worry about taxes on that.  It should actually raise my SS benefit because '22 will factor in at a higher gross.

Gonna talk to the guy in charge of contracting me today.  He's a friend so I'll try to see if he'll give me a feel for what cost they'll tolerate.

Oh shit!  I haven't been gone two weeks and they're calling me to come back as a consultant.

Does anybody know how much it should cost to hire a PLC Controls Engineer with 45 years experience to teach training classes to newbs? 

On 8/9/2022 at 7:39 PM, B-Mac said:

Welcome to the good life. Start looking for larger shirts, then pants and riding gear. Your body is about to change. Plus side, WEEKDAY RIDING!!!!

See you this fall. B.

Hopefully, I'll be wearing SMALLER size clothes soon.  I have to lose the weight I put on during this road trip.  By bike is slow enough without having to haul my fatter ass around.

Looking forward to meeting up with you when I'm back on the road, Brian.

On 8/9/2022 at 6:59 PM, Pauly said:

Congratulations! 

I was just in Holland, MI two weeks ago. Thanks for saying "hi"... dick.

 

 

If I'd known you were in town, I'd have invited you over to my hotel for a bourbon or four.  Thanks for letting me know you were there... dick.  😉

Did somebody here buy it?

I like to keep track of the fellow Bandits in the area.

If you don't need your centerstand when you're away from home, take it off.  It's not like you need to lift the rear to lube the chain on a wing!

I don't ride a wing, but my centerstand sits in the corner of the garage when not in use.  It takes 2 minutes to put it on the bike finger tight when I need to get the rear wheel off the ground.