.jpg.5d678d51033680fd7ddd055fcde4ed29.jpg){kind=avatar}
Condor
-
Posts
12,680 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
7
Everything posted by Condor
-
I've always wondered..... With all the techno smarts these designers have that they haven't pressurized the CPU. In other words, have the fan blow in with an easily cleanable filter and an exhaust port , instead of blowing out and sucking all the dust and cr@p into the box threw the cracks. I take a blower to the inside about once every six months and I'm amazed at the amount of dust one of these things collects.
-
.thumb.jpg.5bc608c29d230c44c77c79acb0510cd8.jpg)
De-linking brakes idea for 83
Condor replied to dingy's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Air in the line will give you the spongies. Get a speed bleeder on that thing. Pump the pedal until the air's out. No more pump it up and crack the valve... repeat, etc... Just pump away and make sure you don't run out of fluid in the reserve. Once you have all the air out close the speed and pump til hard. If that doesn't give you braking power you might need a master rebuild..... PS: Also noticed you typed 'squeeze'. If you meant the foot pedal you ain't squeezin' and it's the fronts that need to be bled.... -
I have it. Nothing. If I try to hear it I do, but my brain filters it out if I don't pay any attention to it. The older I get the less it affects me. However 'Huh??' has become a permenent part of my vocabulary. I just wish folks would speak up and stop whispering... And.... I think all Canadians suffer from the ringing... Eh??
-
De-linking brakes idea for 83
Condor replied to dingy's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
That's what I did to my '83. MKII fork tubes with the 100mm wide mounting holes and R1 calipers. You'll also need to change out the rotors to MKII's as the MKI's are thicker with the internal cooling vanes. I don't think it's neccessary to de-link the front and rear brakes to gain stopping power. The R1's will do that for you. I also didn't wire up the anti-dives. With the Progressive Springs in there it takes care of the dive problem, and I'm a high center 350#, so if they're gonna dive it would be with me in the saddle. I'd have put Stainless lines on, but at the time I'd already spent enough money, so I'm still running the OEM's. Maybe someday?? -
Yeah,... must be self induced censorship. Doesn't allow anything from the 'Why's Guys'.... Especially those from 'Why's Acres'
-
Yep, the 83 to 85.... and I'm not real sure about the 85s??... are adjustable fore and aft. I pick up very clean sets off Ebay and install them on my MKII's. I pass on the uglies. When I bought the '93 it had a messed up shift lever..bent big time... Took a spare MKI shifter I had, and it bolted right up. The brake is also adjustable. Makes the pedal a lot more confortable.
-
Just a little personal thinking on MC trailers, and one of the things Bushtec has that others lack. One of my pet peeves is that a lot of MC manufacturers don't build the bottom deep enough. I've seen quite a few trailer boxes designed so that the top lid and bottom are split equally with a shallow bottom load area. Even the Piggy is built that way. Now if I wanted to load things in there that wouldn't fall out everytime the lid is opened I'd want a deeper bottom with just a top cap type lid, and load that sucker up. The Bushtec is deep. That diamond plate aluminum trailer is built deep. A lot of the others aren't. So IMHO it might be something to look for when shopping for a trailer....
-
Heck, I only have 4. Why's going on???? It's going to be a long...long....long......very long...long..long winter
-
The MKI, 83 to 85, assemblies are interchangeable with the MKII's and will allow you to adjust the peg position forward and back about 3 inches, but the lowering part will need to be fabbed up. Maybe a piece of stainless plate with matching hole patterns.
-
Thanks Jerry, and back at ya...
-
Lemesee.... Sales meeting... Christmas.... There's gotta be a attitude adjustment bonus check in there somewhere....
-
I did. Talked to them personally and they couldn't...or wouldn't offer any help or advice.... Nice beefy hitch, I'll figure something out.
-
Author!! Author!!!!
-
There were quite a few neat 'little' cars available in the late 50's to mid 60's. Here's one that most people have never even heard of. Lloyd. I owned a '59 and it was my primary transportation while going to college. Air cooled 30hp, 5sp, front wheel drive, 35mpg. Drove the 'H' out of it for 5 or 6 years. Bought it brand new for $999 out the door. I might also add I don't think I could get in one now.... Was a lot skinnier back then....
-
I have two Bushtec hitches. One on the '91 that the PO welded a square receiver to under the tang, and the other that came off Texaskid's '89 that he didn't have any need for. I called Bushtec to see about picking up a ball for the pin. They no longer support either style hitch.
-
I'm getting too old to wrestle an old heater. This is the second motor I've had to put in. The last one was 30 years ago. I did the work then. I did ask the guy what it would run to replace the whole thing. $2200!! Opted for the motor for the time being....
-
I would think the flexibility keeps it from cracking. I have given some thought to fitting a plywood/carpet floor in mine... Anyone know what the box material is on a Piggy??
-
My furnace blower motor cr@pped out during the last cold snap we had out here. Went down to SAM's and picked up one of those space heaters to knock the edge off the temp., and then I called a local HVAC business and they came out and repaired it. $325 bucks but dang that thing puts out..... It's only money..... BTW the furnace is 50 years old.
-
My question is why would you want to spray the inside of a Piggy Backer in the first place?? The material is pretty dent proof already. I would think somesort of indoor/outdoor carpet would be a better choice unless you planed on hauling rocks or old engine parts.... ???
-
Yep, years ago I remember seeing small 8" boat trailer tires littering the desert highway from L.A. down to the Colorado River. 100+ degs and 80 miles an hour will eat them up. I don't feel like crunching the numbers, but can you emagine what the rpm of those small tires is at 80mph.....
-
Since the '83 doesn't have a CB, any OEM antena without the center load will work. Actuall it's nothing more than a stainless whip. The nice thing about picking up an OEM is that it will have the fold down base to clear for a cover. BTW a center load will work too, but they usually bring more money on Ebay.
-
Amps won't boil a battery. Volts will. Keep the volts under 13.4vdc and you'll be OK.
-
Scoot looks great!! Thanks for reminding me what green grass looks like....
-
This thing has been floating around on the net for years now. Every once in a while someone, with a lack of creativity, will put another spin on it and start it again. It's getting old..... Yawn....
-
I think he'd more likely be hangin' from a tree....