Car and Bike Talk

[burrheadd]

They made good bowling balls though.

A friend of mine has made a small fortune machining and rebuilding shovel heads so they don’t leak oil

 

[sailfish]

Been getting wet feet about British reliability but I have always liked Ducs and that Scrambler Nightshift looks right up my alley.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Been getting wet feet about British reliability but I have always liked Ducs and that Scrambler Nightshift looks right up my alley.

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To me that looks like it would take all day to clean well.
O2 sensor right in the open for damage.

 

[sailfish]

To me that looks like it would take all day to clean well.
O2 sensor right in the open for damage.

For me cleaning a bike was always just four minutes down at the power wash station.

 

[rod]

For me cleaning a bike was always just four minutes down at the power wash station.

Motorcycle manufactures DON"T recommend using a power washer to clean your bike. You can ruin electronics blasting them with a power washer.

 

[sailfish]

Motorcycle manufactures DON"T recommend using a power washer to clean your bike. You can ruin electronics blasting them with a power washer.

Literal power wash is just one setting of probably six or so on the dial. Gunning to get soak, wash, wax, and rinse in before the two dollar timer is up is about all I do.

 

[trickpony1]

Literal power wash is just one setting of probably six or so on the dial. Gunning to get soak, wash, wax, and rinse in before the two dollar timer is up is about all I do.

When you have your bike taken to the bike shop because it doesn't run right the mechanics can tell if you've had it pressure washed.

Not kidding.

But you be you.

 

[sailfish]

When you have your bike taken to the bike shop because it doesn't run right the mechanics can tell if you've had it pressure washed.

Not kidding.

But you be you.

You quoted a post where I just said I didn't use the power wash setting. In almost fifteen years of riding I haven't had a bike serviced for anything beyond routine book work. I'll continue being me.

 

[Lineandinitial]

You quoted a post where I just said I didn't use the power wash setting. In almost fifteen years of riding I haven't had a bike serviced for anything beyond routine book work. I'll continue being me.

We (and everyone else there) power wash all our bikes, trucks, cars, etc. after a week or so at Sinclair in W Wendover (Bonneville Salt Flats). We blast the out of everything!
Never a problem. Keep being you.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

We (and everyone else there) power wash all our bikes, trucks, cars, etc. after a week or so at Sinclair in W Wendover (Bonneville Salt Flats). We blast the out of everything!
Never a problem. Keep being you.

I saw the dried rivers of salt at the carwash place in Wendover.

 

[Lineandinitial]

I saw the dried rivers of salt at the carwash place in Wendover.

Only Sinclair and Chevron have wand washes for some reason.
A lot of teams bring their own past washers, but it’s just more crap to haul around.
One of my cars still squeak like hell from salt on the front struts.

 

[rod]

 

[qdg2]

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Liquid nitrogen and a chisel. Dremel+ a long time..........

But then....what part are they trying to get to or save?

 

[sailfish]

XSR900 in the running now too.

 

[FedUPSer9816]

Thanks UPS!!

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Liquid nitrogen and a chisel. Dremel+ a long time..........

But then....what part are they trying to get to or save?

All that will polish out

 

[burrheadd]

Thanks UPS!!

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What no Raptor ?

 

[Mutineer]

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I'm guessing tire shops have seen this kind of sadness before and know all the tricks.

If it was me, I would slowly build up the nut with a wire feed welder in order to extend the nut. Then place an ordinary nut over it and weld into the center of the sacrificial nut in order to attach it to the ruined nut.

I do this on broken exhaust manifold bolts. Works very well.

 

[Mutineer]

Been getting wet feet about British reliability but I have always liked Ducs and that Scrambler Nightshift looks right up my alley.

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England has always been capable of excellent engineering. Why that capability never manifested in their motorcycles and crappy little sports cars has always been a mystery to me.

 

[sailfish]

England has always been capable of excellent engineering. Why that capability never manifested in their motorcycles and crappy little sports cars has always been a mystery to me.

Came to find out Royal Enfield hasn't even been British since the 70's. Headquartered and built in India now.