Projects At Home During Lockdown

[HenryDorsetCase]

Not really a project at home, but im re wiring this thing.
The loom looked like it had been made as a special school class project & it all came to a head when the owner put the battery on charge & the braided brake hoses glowed red & it spat the fluid out.

Not sure I see an issue with using the conductive steel braid as a, well, conductor as part of the electrical system. Nice clean tidy look with no other wires down to the, er, brake calipers.

[Bonez]

...thread is now redundant...lockedup is over...now it's just fuckin' round when you should be out at Mitre10...buyin' things...

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Speaking of Mitre 10. I repaired Connies 100mm Number 8 angle grinder. You see the bearing got a bit woobly after about 6.5hrs of constant use cutting a water channel in the concrete in front of my car port. Removed the grinding wheel, spacers and guard. Undid the head housing access cover, popped out the shaft then removed the bearing. Took a wee toodle down to the local SKF outfit on the Suzi sexfiddy and got a replacement bearing. $10 thank you very much sir! Went home, removed all the old grease that was in the head(which probably had a large amount of cement dust in it) and regreased it with heavy duty grease. The gearing was all fine. Fitted the new bearing, refitted the housing cover etc. Now good as gold.

In the mean time I was unaware Connie had gotten an Ozoto 100mm angle grinder from Bunnings for around $40 with 3 year guaranty. She was happy that I had gotten the Number 8 back up and going as prefers that because it is quite light because of her artheritus. She gave me the Ozoto so win win all around.

[sidecar bob]

Not sure I see an issue with using the conductive steel braid as a, well, conductor as part of the electrical system. Nice clean tidy look with no other wires down to the, er, brake calipers.

They wernt deliberately used as a conductor.
Seems somehow it got a positive current from some dodgy connector that found a brake hose, which are apparently quite well earthed.

[Grumph]

Not really a project at home, but im re wiring this thing.
The loom looked like it had been made as a special school, class project & it all came to a head when the owner put the battery on charge & the braided brake hoses glowed red & it spat the fluid out.

I remember some years back, pointing out to a Ducati owner that his magnesium bodied Dellortos were just starting to smoke...

Tricky stuff that electricity - gets everywhere.

[swarfie]

Not really a project at home, but im re wiring this thing.
The loom looked like it had been made as a special school, class project & it all came to a head when the owner put the battery on charge & the braided brake hoses glowed red & it spat the fluid out.

Holy shit, have you fallen on your head?

[sidecar bob]

Holy shit, have you fallen on your head?

It's one if my former garage clients, lovely chap.
Its amazing the pleasure I get from tinkering with electrics I never got when I was running the garage.
Probably something to do with the fact that I can now go 5 hours without an interruption, instead of 5 minutes.
I fired it up this afternoon after doing an oil change & a few other bits.
I'm not one to be intimidated by a bike, but yeah. . . this one is something else.

[Drew]

It's one if my former garage clients, lovely chap.
Its amazing the pleasure I get from tinkering with electrics I never got when I was running the garage.
Probably something to do with the fact that I can now go 5 hours without an interruption, instead of 5 minutes.
I fired it up this afternoon after doing an oil change & a few other bits.
I'm not one to be intimidated by a bike, but yeah. . . this one is something else.

That's a bit funny. A stock 350 puts out 190 horses...so does a Gixxer thou.

[sidecar bob]

That's a bit funny. A stock 350 puts out 190 horses...so does a Gixxer thou.

It's the longditudal rotating mass that's unnerving.
It's the only bike where I've felt like It could be crashed while standing still, just by giving it a big one on the throttle.

[Reckless]

It's the longditudal rotating mass that's unnerving.
It's the only bike where I've felt like It could be crashed while standing still, just by giving it a big one on the throttle.

Good to see a man with a Genuine passion for anything with an engine

[sidecar bob]

Good to see a man with a Genuine passion for anything with an engine

Oh . . . You saw the CT90 pic last week?
I showed the CT to the 50 something year old guy in the next building, & he told me a story about a CT110 his girlfriend's dad had on their farm when he was a kid.
Turns out he married her & the CT had been in the father in laws barn for over 25 years.
I got that going for him last week in between working on the monster bike.
Honda CT's are like Mini's, everyone has a story about one.

[jellywrestler]

It's the longditudal rotating mass that's unnerving.
It's the only bike where I've felt like It could be crashed while standing still, just by giving it a big one on the throttle.

you think that is bad, look at this behemoth.... I brought this back from somewhere for an old fella and had it strung up in the shed as the sidestand was busted, rode it back to his workshop, scariest thing i've ever ridden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0N6qYX9Sc

[TheDemonLord]

Have half-finished sugarsoaping the walls, need to pull out the ladder and do the up-top bits, Then waiting for Brother-in-law to come visit who is lending me his Orbital GIB Sander so I can putty up the areas where I noobed up the walls then sand them down so we'll get a nice paint finish.

[autonoob]

Is it worth it to install V-Twin performance parts?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Is it worth it to install V-Twin performance parts?

In your Guzzi, or your Vincent? It won't be for your Indian obviously. Maybe the CX500?

[TheDemonLord]

Finished patching up the walls, now running the Orbital Sander over them