Serowbot wrote on Yesterday at 16:09:51:


If someone is determined to steal something, they will. Locking will only cause more damage - in this particular context if someone was to be determined to siphon a couple gallons of gas, they would also break the cap.

I am looking at this cap to see if I can weld it in.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7WA299

Aren't locking gas on bikes ridiculous anyway?
Who's gonna' steal gas from a 2 gallon tank?
Not to mention it would be easier to siphon from the fuel line

WTH, right?

Enjoy Dave  

The guy I was taking with me has too big of a "Honey Do List"  so I'll just put off the ride too.  

That's OK , I need to put on a new front tire and catch up a few other chores anyway .   Every week is warmer than the last one now !  

My cap has been always leaking, and now I can't even open it, the key wont turn. Looking for a normal screw on cap, might have to buy a screw on cap with a bong and weld it in.

 1950 Plymouth  

Yep , part of the "Majic" of the 1957 Chevy  was that was the year they went to "12 V" !

Doesn't some of the smaller Honda motorcycles still use a 6 volt system ?
And
A "WET" clutch ?  

MMRanch wrote on 06/03/26 at 22:22:57:


And folks who have never operated a vehicle with a manual choke, or heater/defroster systems with levers and cables, or bench seats, or windows  that you have to wind up/down, or vehicles with the dimmer switch on the floor!

So many drivers have never heard the sound of a 6 volt car trying to start in winter.......that slow grinding sound of a cold battery and thick oil that makes it really hard for a car to start  (My first car was a 1950 Plymouth and I had to park it on the hill in front of the barn so I could coast it down the driveway and out on onto the street - I would then coast down the steep hill on the public road to jump start the engine after the car sat outside on cold winter night).

I am currently in Hiawassee, GA with family from Florida who rented a house for everybody in the family to come and vacation with them.

Yesterday we unloaded the bike and went for an afternoon ride.  The temperature was 49 when we got up and it was noon before we left - the wife gets cold just sitting no the back so we waited until the temperature got over 60....it did get up into the high 70's by 5PM.

We rode from Hiawassee down 75 to the north side of Helen, then on the Richard B. Russell Scenic Parkway, then Blood Mountain down and back, then up to Blairsville and Murphy on 129...then hit the "Curvy Roads" navigation button on the GPS for the final leg back to Hiawassee.

As we were headed from the Richard B Russell to the north side of Blood Mountain - the speed limit is 35mph even though the road is very wide and could easily be a 55mph speed limit.  A motorcycle rider coming towards us was tapping his hand on the top of his helmet as he came toward us and I figured that was his signal that there was trouble ahead.  Just a few seconds behind him was another motorcycle rider, and behind him was a Police car with the light and siren engaged.......we didn't see him get pulled over as they disappeared around a curve - but I suspect he was getting pulled over for speeding.  On our way back north after riding Blood Mountain both ways we saw the same Police car in a pull off area with 2 motorcycles pulled over and one of the riders leaning up against the front of the Police car and the officer interrogating him.

If you can avoid the cold and rainy days - this is a great time of year to be here.  The roads are pretty clear of RV's and campers as the tourists have not yet flooded the area - Helen which is normally clogged with slow walking tourists crossing the road only had about 10% of the pedestrians that it has in the peak summer season.

If you are headed down this way MM....the weather looks great if you can handled the chilly mornings (it is 49 again this morning - but will be in the middle 70's in the afternoon).

Quit it , you guys are just too silly  !   This is the Silly of all Silly's

My Moto Guzzi had a Dry Clutch , and all those strait shift car's of old , and my Tractors , and some 18 wheeled trucks ,

Hay , there are people (driving every day) alive today that have NEVER operated a dry clutch vehicle !    Maybe that's where the Nonsense started ?

Hay B-Dawg , I'm glad I can be  back in the Game too .   There was a few days (after the second brain surgery) that I had my arms tied off so I couldn't touch around to feel what had happened that I was in the twilight zone and seeing the world in Black and White (like a 1940's movie).   Confused and More Confused just begins to describe  it !  

But now 10 months later ... it's a New Normal ...  

The bog just off idle is not likely related to your main jet - it is most likely the needle.  The needle has more affect on the mixture at very low throttle opening.

For my riding area of 500-800' msl a #52 or #52.5 pilot and #150 main works best with the Dyna muffler.  The white spacer is replaced with 3 machine screw washers or the spacers made specifically for the needle that you can get from folks that sell Mikuni parts.

My bike didn't like 3 washers and it had a uneven surge at very low throttle settings.....(like when you are riding through a School Zone and the Police are watching you).  I removed one washer from the needle and tried 2 - and it ran great.

To adjust the fuel mixture screw you need to drop the idle speed down to around 800 rpm before you will be able to hear any noticeable affect while you turn the screw in/out. (When the idle speed is up at the normal 1,100 rpm the slide is going to be lifted slightly and you will have some fuel coming out of the needle jet, and this makes it impossible to get an accurate adjustment on the idle mixture screw).  With the bike fully warmed up and the bike held upright between your legs - drop the idle down and then adjust the fuel mixture screw until the bike runs the smoothest.  IF your screw can be turned all the way in and the bike does not begin to run rough - the pilot jet is likely too big - if you can turn the screw out more than 3.5 turns and the bike is not idling too rich - the mixture screw is too big.  (NOTE:  The #50 or #52.5 pilot jets are going to be very close to what the bike wants and really won't show any extreme lean/rich issues).  With the stock airbox and Dyna muffler you should never need a #55 pilot jet.  Once the smoothers idle is obtained by adjusting the mixture screw - turn your idle speed back up to 1,100 rpm minimum.  (NOTE:  Turning the idle fuel mixture screw out more than 3.5 turns does nothing to increase the fuel flow....after 3.5 turns the screw is out of the hole so far that the flow is maximum and additional turns have no affect).