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rode the hell out of it lol then parked it......will ride it agian tomarow when i go see 09katanariderI always saw Wile E. Coyote as some sort of Sisyphus-like protagonist: endlessly re-enacting the futility and sorrow of the human experience through failed attempts at overcoming obstacles via technological advancement. The Roadrunner is a Hades figure, endlessly tormenting him with what he wants, just out of reach in an eternal desert. Meep meep
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Got the 4-1 header repaired. Had to cut out a damaged section where the PO had flattened it by running into a curb or something, pound it back into (approximate) shape and then weld the piece back onto the header. Next is get the pipes lined up right with the exhaust ports and then send the thing out for sandblasting and powder coat. If I order up the o-rings, springs and new gaskets it should all come together about the same time. Woot!
Finally got the rear wheel spacing right for my 17" wheel conversion. Gave up on grinding down a spare spacer and used grade 8 washers from Ace Hardware. Filled the gap with as many washers as I could, spread the washers out to fill what space was left and tacked the washers together with the wire feed. Pulled everything apart, finished the weld all the way around and voila! the perfect size spacer. Next is fabbing a new caliper arm but that's going to have to wait until I'm done with homework. Stats II. Oof!
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looked at it in the shop and found I have a leaky petcock now go the the local bike shop and order a rebuild kit ugh 30 more bucks but she's well worth itsigpic
"Horsepower has a tendency to break things, if your not breaking anything your not going fast enough"
"The shortest way between two points is a straight line...Whats the fun in that?"
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I got to take the Kat out today for a nice ride! Nice balmy 55 degree F day in Oregon. I think drowning the fuel with Seafoam at the end of Nov (I put in double the suggested storage mix, but only has a couple gallons in it so when I fill it up it will be fine) really cleaned out any gunk that may have been in the carbs. I do start every weekend however. It was blowing smoke for a few seconds after it heated up telling me the carbs did have some varnish in there, but it hasn't done that the last couple weekends, which tells me there was some goo in there, but not anymore!
Anyway it ran and rode great! I want to get some miles on her this year (2001 750 with 3095 miles) I only put 1200 on her last year....I work too much!
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40 degree weather rode to work and back at 90pmh on the back roads lol faster i go wrmer the motor gets hhahah feels good on the legsI always saw Wile E. Coyote as some sort of Sisyphus-like protagonist: endlessly re-enacting the futility and sorrow of the human experience through failed attempts at overcoming obstacles via technological advancement. The Roadrunner is a Hades figure, endlessly tormenting him with what he wants, just out of reach in an eternal desert. Meep meep
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After a quick test ride (after a short run over a snow covered dirt road to get to dry pavement). I made it mine with a quick counting of some cash and a 1 hr ride on my trailer in the snow. Parked it, waiting for time to go tinker
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