ADVrider

Go Back   ADVrider > Bikes > Old's Cool > Airheads
User Name
Password
Register Inmates Photos Site Rules Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 01-23-2013, 05:38 AM   #91
hardwaregrrl
Shit for brains
 
hardwaregrrl's Avatar
 
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Atlanta
Oddometer: 4,883
I often lay mine down on the jug to install the skid plate or torque the oil pan bolts.....I know someone else who's flipped it on it's top. Glad you're still keeping us in the loop.


P1030990
hardwaregrrl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-23-2013, 06:40 AM   #92
Airhead Wrangler
More tacos than you
 
Airhead Wrangler's Avatar
 
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: Manzanillo MX, occasionally Seattle
Oddometer: 5,123
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagehand View Post
It occured to me once, when i broke the shift pawl spring, and I thought "well, I can think of ONE way to shift gears" that was it, though.
They have a tool for that now. Believe it or not:

http://www.wunderlichamerica.com/mot...S/2399541.html
__________________
R80ST Gets The HPN Treatment
Ducati Pantah 500SL Rebuild
Seattle to TDF on an airhead

WTB R100R Mystic sidestand and mount.
Airhead Wrangler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-23-2013, 11:14 AM   #93
Beater
Scope Creep's Victim
 
Beater's Avatar
 
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Decatur, GA, USA
Oddometer: 2,214
Quote:
Originally Posted by Airhead Wrangler View Post
They have a tool for that now. Believe it or not:

http://www.wunderlichamerica.com/mot...S/2399541.html
I used one of those to break into my 1977 Nova ... many times. Who knew?
__________________
Fred
'85 R80RT G/Sified
'91 R100GS Bumblebee
Airhead Zen: Ride-Maintain-Repair-Ride On.
Beater is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-23-2013, 11:20 AM   #94
Stagehand
+/- V TDSPP
 
Stagehand's Avatar
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: "Poughkeepsie?!?!"
Oddometer: 19,941
Should be able to bend one of those out of some suitable fence wire found lying about almost anywhere
__________________
What to do... What to do...
Stagehand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-23-2013, 04:00 PM   #95
DiabloADV OP
Semi-Occasional
 
Joined: Oct 2010
Location: Nor Cal, USA
Oddometer: 1,534
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagehand View Post
Should be able to bend one of those out of some suitable fence wire found lying about almost anywhere
Can't. It's "patented"
__________________
'74/'70 R98/6/GS Traveling Bike (construction under way)

'91 Bill Holland Steel w/Dura Ace
DiabloADV is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-24-2013, 08:40 AM   #96
bmwblake
upside down parker
 
bmwblake's Avatar
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Location: nashville, tn
Oddometer: 3,238
you really know how to make a guy feel loved.


Quote:
Originally Posted by hardwaregrrl View Post
I often lay mine down on the jug to install the skid plate or torque the oil pan bolts.....I know someone else who's flipped it on it's top. Glad you're still keeping us in the loop.


P1030990
bmwblake is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2013, 02:09 PM   #97
Dmaster
Adventurer
 
Dmaster's Avatar
 
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: Netherlands.
Oddometer: 68
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagehand View Post
Should be able to bend one of those out of some suitable fence wire found lying about almost anywhere
You only find that stuff in your wheels when you DON'T need it
Dmaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2013, 07:54 PM   #98
Stagehand
+/- V TDSPP
 
Stagehand's Avatar
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: "Poughkeepsie?!?!"
Oddometer: 19,941
Quote:
Originally Posted by DiabloADV View Post
Can't. It's "patented"
Only if I try to sell it You dont want to buy one I made, do you?
__________________
What to do... What to do...
Stagehand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2013, 09:58 PM   #99
DiabloADV OP
Semi-Occasional
 
Joined: Oct 2010
Location: Nor Cal, USA
Oddometer: 1,534
Wheels back from Woody. R90 rear hub converted to sealed bearings. 17 rear; 19 front. Sealed for tubeless.

Anakee 2 tires. 120 in back.

__________________
'74/'70 R98/6/GS Traveling Bike (construction under way)

'91 Bill Holland Steel w/Dura Ace

DiabloADV screwed with this post 02-07-2013 at 10:49 PM
DiabloADV is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2013, 11:00 PM   #100
Houseoffubar
fine beer sampler
 
Houseoffubar's Avatar
 
Joined: Dec 2010
Location: Bothell, Washington
Oddometer: 1,534
Well, aren't you a fancy fella!

Very, very nice!
__________________
1978 R100/7 Build thread 1915 Boardtrack racer replica (Electric Powered) Lots of bicycles
Hemp: The strongest natural fiber in the world, and the most nutritious plant on earth.....why is this illegal again?
Houseoffubar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2013, 11:06 PM   #101
disston
ShadeTreeExpert
 
disston's Avatar
 
Joined: Mar 2011
Location: Silver Spring, Md
Oddometer: 5,025
I likey.
__________________
Never memorize something you can look up.
---Albert Einstein
disston is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2013, 07:50 AM   #102
chollo9
Screwed the Pooch
 
chollo9's Avatar
 
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Silk Hope, NC
Oddometer: 496
Purty. I'm awaiting delivery of the same rims and SS spokes from Buchanan's.
__________________
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know,
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
chollo9 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-18-2013, 02:57 PM   #103
tdrrally
Beastly Adventurer
 
tdrrally's Avatar
 
Joined: May 2008
Location: doing hard time in charleston,wv
Oddometer: 2,870
ANY NEWS ?
__________________
2002 DRZ250 what it lacks in horse power it makes up for with traction for sale
2000 DRZ400e tagged
1980 TS125 project in the corner
200? zuma 50/70 the wifes bike
tdrrally is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-19-2013, 11:16 AM   #104
DiabloADV OP
Semi-Occasional
 
Joined: Oct 2010
Location: Nor Cal, USA
Oddometer: 1,534
Quote:
Originally Posted by tdrrally View Post
ANY NEWS ?
Nope. Sidetracked with a long list of honey-do's...built shed, painted rooms, planted bushes, ...

Should get going on that exhaust system here in the next week or two.
__________________
'74/'70 R98/6/GS Traveling Bike (construction under way)

'91 Bill Holland Steel w/Dura Ace
DiabloADV is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Share

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

.
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


Times are GMT -7.   It's 03:23 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ADVrider 2011