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  1. Flyinfool
    I didn't even think about the valve cover bolts screwing into the cam caps. I have a set of heads from an 85 at home, I will check it out tonight when I get home. My bike just came out of hiding yesterday and it is really nice out so I may end up taking the long way home. There is about 100 miles worth of gas left in her.
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    Have faith in the local talent, there is always tomorrow. :stickpoke:
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    On second thought,,,,,,,,,, Put a cork in the hole and go for a ride.........
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    Nothing else is connected to them but it does take some wiggling to get them out and back in. I think there are some plastic heat shields that have to come out but they are snap in place. If you didn't before this would also be a good time for NEW valve cover gaskets. IIRC it took me about two hours to do both valve cover gaskets and all 16 new bolt seals. That was the very first wrenching I did on my '88, it was leaking bad when I bought it.
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    Yup she was out half nekid again today. And I ain't tellin..........
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    +1 on take off the valve cover and use a sharp punch, prick, awl or something similar to work the broken screw out till you can get it with a pliers. Depending on just how deep it is you could also use a Dremel with a cut off wheel to make a slot in the end of the broken screw to use a flat blade screwdriver to get it out. The slot in the end of the boss will not hurt anything since it is hidden under the valve cover. Just use a lot of rags and magnets to keep the grinding dust under control. There is also a reason that a number of us recommended AGAINST what you did and tried to talk you into doing it right with new seals. Get a NEW set of seals to put it back together. Hopefully you did not warp the valve cover with the extra pressure from the added washers. Taking the cheap way out is often more expensive than doing it right the first time. Or does this mean you are now shopping for a 2nd gen to put on the porch?
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    Either this guy is really strong or this is gonna really hurt.
  8. Flyinfool
    So toss him the keys already......
  9. Flyinfool
    Dang, slept through another good one.......
  10. Flyinfool
    I couldn't wait. I took her out half nekid for all the world to see. She may be out nekid again tomorrow to.
  11. Flyinfool
    I saw a maroon 2nd gen headed east on Layton Ave headed into Cudahy tonight. It was a 2nd gen running side by side with a 2 up Harley, so I had no problem catching up, but there was to much other traffic to get next to then to see who it was. Was it anyone from here?
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    Did ya pay for everything up front again..... I'll believe it when I see the pics........ Does school have a class to learn ya how to work a camera?
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    Naa..... Your name is just to hard to remember. OhOh,,,,,,,,ummmmmm,,,,,,,You got the same name I do and I'm not on the list either. Maybe Don Don't like Jeffs........
  14. Flyinfool
    Block will not get damaged if "bumped" into in the first place. Block will not start to rust in 1 years or so. Block will most likely outlive you. You could still go with a metal roof over block. I am looking at going to a metal roof on my house soon. I may not know everything about building but I do know enough to have a 1st gen.....
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    Even if ya dont live alone. Ya just have to learn to run faster........
  16. Flyinfool
    Looks like this year will be 70 and pouring rain.........
  17. Flyinfool
    What pic.............??????????
  18. Flyinfool
    I feel your pain. Temps to be in the 70s tomorrow, sunny, and gas now well over $4, and no bike to ride till more work gets done.
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    I guess that leave all of us rowdies out. We would be having MDs and M&Es all of the time.
  20. Flyinfool
    I have my angles at 15* for the single and center and at 20* for the 2 outer. I was almost wondering if that was not enough angle. At 15* I do not thing the pole would pull out it it hit something. I was going to use 1" electrical conduit x 7 foot long for the flag pole. this would allow a 3' x 5' flag to not drag on the ground. I think that if the conduit hit something it would bend before taking down the bike.
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    McMaster-Carr P/n 8671K68 $1.42 per foot up to 8' long 1/8 thick x 4" wide x 4' long white Polyethylene Polyethylene is the stuff that your cutting board is made of. They have other thicknesses and withes available.
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    Looks good A flag holder is on my winter to do list. I was going to do a single holder but then another member suggested that I make it a triple. So far I only have these CAD drawings. I was going to retain the mast with a pin or bolt. On the triple the outer two sockets are angled a little back so that the outer flags will be lower and behind the center flag. Now I just need time to do it.
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    If I ever get up the nerve, ambition, time, and finances to align at the same time I would love to do a repaint of my bike. I was not planning on worrying about the strips, I just figured they would come off with the paint as soon as I got out the DA sander.
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    First crack of an eyebrow was reading number 4 Faster charge rate means more amps. Then the other eyebrow went up at number 8 Again they are implying that more amps are needed from the electrical system and it is not some special circumstance needed to make it draw more amps. Then I got to number 9 This is what I was thinking as I was reading this. In order to charge at a higher rate simply means more amps out of the the stator and the Regulator/rectifier on a bike that already has a marginal system. They are talking about possibly damaging car alternators that have a LOT more power available than out bikes. I am going onto the 5th year on my Yuasa, that has never seen a maintainer while it sat in the bike out in a cold steel storage shed thru Wisconsin winters, and was planning to go to an AGM when this one dies. After reading this, I am not so sure now. I wonder how many AGM users have replaced and/or upgraded there stator and/or RR to the higher output ones??? Was it because of the battery and no one ever made the connection?
  25. Flyinfool
    I was afraid of that.
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