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Re:What did you do to your bike today
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
01Roadstar_Messer wrote:
De-blued my pipes and finished pin stripping it.

pipes turned out really good. what did you use? pin striping looks good too.
pipes should have a good tan/brown color to them. A white color is a sign on running to hot, and a black sooty look is a sign of running to rich.
If I am wrong someone correct me.
 
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
Have done nothing but look for camping gear for the trip this early summer. Bought a 2M Eureka tent so far.
need a light inflatable mat and a sleeping bag yet. Oh let snot forget a pillow!
To damn cold up here in Alberta along with no heat in my cramped garage...
 
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
cike wrote:
01Roadstar_Messer wrote:
De-blued my pipes and finished pin stripping it.

pipes turned out really good. what did you use? pin striping looks good too.
pipes should have a good tan/brown color to them. A white color is a sign on running to hot, and a black sooty look is a sign of running to rich.
If I am wrong someone correct me.

I used blue job
And thanks I did the pin stripes myself and they were a pain.
 
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
Replace my stripped shift level with a Star dress up replacement and swapped the stock grips for PCS series II spike grips.



 
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
RemZac wrote:
Have done nothing but look for camping gear for the trip this early summer. Bought a 2M Eureka tent so far.
need a light inflatable mat and a sleeping bag yet. Oh let snot forget a pillow!
To damn cold up here in Alberta along with no heat in my cramped garage...

just a thought, but to save room instead of a pillow I have taken just a pillow case and put my jacket or some clothes inside of it to make a pillow to sleep with
 
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just a thought, but to save room instead of a pillow I have taken just a pillow case and put my jacket or some clothes inside of it to make a pillow to sleep with[/quote]

That's a heck of an idea. I never thought of that.
 
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
I've been putting the 2013 FI Kaidallac back together... no pictures yet
 
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I've been putting the 2013 FI Kaidallac back together... no pictures yet
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
Rerouted my crankcase breather, installed a replacement OEM filter while waiting for my jet kit to come...and for the warm weather to melt the huge ice slabs in the drive.

Then I spent a couple hours digging a path through the ice with a pick axe so I could battle my PMS. 250 miles later I'm glad I did the work. They're predicting more snow tomorrow.
 
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Re:What did you do to your bike today 3 Years ago  
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They're predicting more snow tomorrow.

Say what?!?
 
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