The solenoid on my Tuono just crapped out.
There's no way in hell I'm paying Aprilia prices for a solenoid, so I pulled one off of the crappy '78 XS400 that's quietly rotting in the corner of my garage.
As it turns out, it even had the exact same electrical connector, wired to the exact same polarity.
It was literally just plug and play.
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I am appalled that you would put such a lowly commoner's device on your elitist machine.
I had to put a radio shack rectifier on my honda, if it works, go for it.
I had to put a radio shack rectifier on my honda, if it works, go for it.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
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Hey, parts is parts!
I knew a guy, years ago (same guy who dropped the Ford 351 in the Mercedes 240D). I met him because he had a Porsche 930 in his driveway. I was a mailman, and almost tripped over the car, and knowing what it was I felt I had to strike up a conversation with the dude. That conversation lead to a friendship that lasted for years until we both moved away and lost track of one another.
Anyway, the high pressure oil lines that fed the cooler in the whale tail were leaking. Porsche wanted some astronomical price for them, like thousands of dollars, so he removed the lines and took them to the local industrial supply and had identical lines made up for under fifty bucks.
I knew a guy, years ago (same guy who dropped the Ford 351 in the Mercedes 240D). I met him because he had a Porsche 930 in his driveway. I was a mailman, and almost tripped over the car, and knowing what it was I felt I had to strike up a conversation with the dude. That conversation lead to a friendship that lasted for years until we both moved away and lost track of one another.
Anyway, the high pressure oil lines that fed the cooler in the whale tail were leaking. Porsche wanted some astronomical price for them, like thousands of dollars, so he removed the lines and took them to the local industrial supply and had identical lines made up for under fifty bucks.
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
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Funny you should mention that...
So last night I didn't get to sleep until about 4:30-ish. I didn't get drunk, per se, but I did maintain a steady influx of Bulliet Bourbon with a UTMC member (who is flying somewhat under the radar through Cali) and that UTMC member's friends.
So at around 8:30 or 9 in the morning I get a phone call from said UTMC member. It was to tell me that my bike wouldn't start, and would I come down and fix it.
Fast forward through the solenoid thing, and I notice that the bike is leaking oil. This isn't news to me; it has a small oil leak; I already knew that. In looking at the state of the oil leak, I noticed that the level in my oil tank was really low. Hmmm... Could it be leaking faster than it appears?
So in my sleepy eyed, slightly hungover state (and whoa buddy am I NOT a smart person in the morning anyway) I topped off the tank.
In doing so, I didn't follow the appropriate procedure for checking the oil in a Tuono, which is to ride it until it gets hot, turn the bike off, and check the oil IMMEDIATELY.
About a half an hour later, I get a phone call "Dude, there are MAJOR amounts of oil ALL OVER your bike!" Which means it either blew a hose or a seal somewhere, or I grotesquely overfilled it.
Skip the conjecture, and move directly to option two.
Said UTMC member had to spend an undisclosed amount of time, siphoning oil out of the oil tank with a straw that he found in his buddy's van.
I'm just WAY glad he caught it before he hit the twisties.
If you're not awake, don't pick up a wrench.
So last night I didn't get to sleep until about 4:30-ish. I didn't get drunk, per se, but I did maintain a steady influx of Bulliet Bourbon with a UTMC member (who is flying somewhat under the radar through Cali) and that UTMC member's friends.
So at around 8:30 or 9 in the morning I get a phone call from said UTMC member. It was to tell me that my bike wouldn't start, and would I come down and fix it.
Fast forward through the solenoid thing, and I notice that the bike is leaking oil. This isn't news to me; it has a small oil leak; I already knew that. In looking at the state of the oil leak, I noticed that the level in my oil tank was really low. Hmmm... Could it be leaking faster than it appears?
So in my sleepy eyed, slightly hungover state (and whoa buddy am I NOT a smart person in the morning anyway) I topped off the tank.
In doing so, I didn't follow the appropriate procedure for checking the oil in a Tuono, which is to ride it until it gets hot, turn the bike off, and check the oil IMMEDIATELY.
About a half an hour later, I get a phone call "Dude, there are MAJOR amounts of oil ALL OVER your bike!" Which means it either blew a hose or a seal somewhere, or I grotesquely overfilled it.
Skip the conjecture, and move directly to option two.
Said UTMC member had to spend an undisclosed amount of time, siphoning oil out of the oil tank with a straw that he found in his buddy's van.
I'm just WAY glad he caught it before he hit the twisties.
If you're not awake, don't pick up a wrench.
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I crash a lot.
I crash a lot.
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Rabbit_Fighter
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The wheel bearings in my KZ are from industrial supply and sealed. Better than stock and cheaper!guitargeek wrote:Hey, parts is parts!
I knew a guy, years ago (same guy who dropped the Ford 351 in the Mercedes 240D). I met him because he had a Porsche 930 in his driveway. I was a mailman, and almost tripped over the car, and knowing what it was I felt I had to strike up a conversation with the dude. That conversation lead to a friendship that lasted for years until we both moved away and lost track of one another.
Anyway, the high pressure oil lines that fed the cooler in the whale tail were leaking. Porsche wanted some astronomical price for them, like thousands of dollars, so he removed the lines and took them to the local industrial supply and had identical lines made up for under fifty bucks.
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guitargeek
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Ditto!Rabbit_Fighter wrote:The wheel bearings in my KZ are from industrial supply and sealed. Better than stock and cheaper!
Sportster shocks:Metalredneck wrote:Careful, now. I put Sportster mufflers on my XS 750, and it started to leak oil.
Oil leak:
Coincidence?
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken