yamafitter
Reigning NERDS Granite Lane Gold Medalist
This is not a ride report per say but sort of a continuation of the Bust Tech Day VI. I didn't take my bike to Tech Day since I was going to be spending time on Ray's forks. In exchange Ray graciously offered to come to my place putting his life into his own hands by driving across Toronto.
I got a text from Ray at 07:00 AM that his way out the door and heading my way. I figured I better go out to the garage and find my FJR....
Now I just saw that FJR a few days ago so after routing around in the garage I found where it was hiding. I better clean things up before Ray shows up or he is likely to get back in the van and go home.....
Now we can actually get at the bike to work on it. You are probably wondering right now where did the rest of my stuff get to .....
There are times where having an enclosed trailer is VERY handy.
Time to get the tank off and see what kind of critters have taken up residence.....
Not too bad and some compressed air made short work of the bigger chunks of debris. It was not long before we got to the heart of the matter for doing valve clearance checks.....
When I went to check some measurements with the micrometer that Ray brought with him I mentioned to Ray that I didn't think my shims were that thick....
I told Ray the shims are a little over a millimeter but Ray is getting old and is reverting back to his pre-metric days. Fortunately I have my own micrometer so the day was saved.
It is days like this that I wish I lived in a gated community so we can keep a trailer queen, POS Gen I out....
If you are wondering who would be shameless enough to haul a beat up antique like this around out in the open where everyone can see and laugh, here is a clue.....
Tows all including scrap. In case you still are not sure it was none other than FJRob1300 (Rob).....
We let him work on the bike in the driveway. There was no way I was going to let him clutter up my garage after all the work I put into cleaning it up with that abomination. The other reason we let him stay is that he brought the beer.
By the end of the day we had all the bikes back together and running well. We did find out however that running the bike with the oil pump cover off is not recommended. Also leaving the coolant temperature sensor disconnected brings in an engine warning light on a Gen I. Rob threw Ray under the bus for that one and I threw Ray under the bus for leaving the oil pump cover off.
Ray started to cry and said he was going to take his ball and go home. I pointed out to Ray that he didn't bring a ball but a micrometer that was 25.4 times too big for the job. But then I felt sorry for Ray and didn't want him driving all the way back across the city sobbing so I took the blame for the oil pump cover that was my fault anyways.
The day ended as it started with a trip over to the local Timmy's....
On the way over I had to pick up the trail of Molson Canadian empties that Rob was leaving behind....
Rob was kind enough to supply me with Sleeman Honey Brown after I told him if he brought over Budweiser or Coors Light we would refuse to work on his bike.
It was a great day and we had a lot of laughs along the way. Thanks to Ray for offering his expertise and an extra set of hands when the task required it. Thanks to Rob for his bartending services and making sure that we maintained proper hydration.
The exhaust valves on my bike were fine but the intakes were right at or near minimum clearance. After some shim changes everything was in great shape for the upcoming riding season....
Just one last note for Rob the long suffering Leafs fan, Montreal 4 - Leafs 1
I got a text from Ray at 07:00 AM that his way out the door and heading my way. I figured I better go out to the garage and find my FJR....
Now I just saw that FJR a few days ago so after routing around in the garage I found where it was hiding. I better clean things up before Ray shows up or he is likely to get back in the van and go home.....
Now we can actually get at the bike to work on it. You are probably wondering right now where did the rest of my stuff get to .....
There are times where having an enclosed trailer is VERY handy.
Time to get the tank off and see what kind of critters have taken up residence.....
Not too bad and some compressed air made short work of the bigger chunks of debris. It was not long before we got to the heart of the matter for doing valve clearance checks.....
When I went to check some measurements with the micrometer that Ray brought with him I mentioned to Ray that I didn't think my shims were that thick....
I told Ray the shims are a little over a millimeter but Ray is getting old and is reverting back to his pre-metric days. Fortunately I have my own micrometer so the day was saved.
It is days like this that I wish I lived in a gated community so we can keep a trailer queen, POS Gen I out....
If you are wondering who would be shameless enough to haul a beat up antique like this around out in the open where everyone can see and laugh, here is a clue.....
Tows all including scrap. In case you still are not sure it was none other than FJRob1300 (Rob).....
We let him work on the bike in the driveway. There was no way I was going to let him clutter up my garage after all the work I put into cleaning it up with that abomination. The other reason we let him stay is that he brought the beer.
By the end of the day we had all the bikes back together and running well. We did find out however that running the bike with the oil pump cover off is not recommended. Also leaving the coolant temperature sensor disconnected brings in an engine warning light on a Gen I. Rob threw Ray under the bus for that one and I threw Ray under the bus for leaving the oil pump cover off.
Ray started to cry and said he was going to take his ball and go home. I pointed out to Ray that he didn't bring a ball but a micrometer that was 25.4 times too big for the job. But then I felt sorry for Ray and didn't want him driving all the way back across the city sobbing so I took the blame for the oil pump cover that was my fault anyways.
The day ended as it started with a trip over to the local Timmy's....
On the way over I had to pick up the trail of Molson Canadian empties that Rob was leaving behind....
Rob was kind enough to supply me with Sleeman Honey Brown after I told him if he brought over Budweiser or Coors Light we would refuse to work on his bike.
It was a great day and we had a lot of laughs along the way. Thanks to Ray for offering his expertise and an extra set of hands when the task required it. Thanks to Rob for his bartending services and making sure that we maintained proper hydration.
The exhaust valves on my bike were fine but the intakes were right at or near minimum clearance. After some shim changes everything was in great shape for the upcoming riding season....
Just one last note for Rob the long suffering Leafs fan, Montreal 4 - Leafs 1
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