Max

looking for newer touring bike .. MT10 not even close.

This might be an option if you still need washers. Replaced mine last year due to corrosion. 'Skydoc' was prepared to fabricate washers if I couldn't find them. In the end, found a local fabricating machine shop that sliced a couple of SS washers off a matching pipe. Used course steel wool to smooth the edges. Attached my original sketch with dimensions.

A couple of weeks ago dad's 5 year old Onkyo TX-8050 receiver audio stopped working. I took it to an Onkyo service centre to determine if the repair cost outweighs the cost of the receiver. Surprisingly I was told that Onkyo has a no charge 'one time out of warranty repair program' that may apply to some of their customers (whatever that means) and will get back to me. I've been waiting a week for they're response . Point being, you never know, nothing to lose, it might be worth while to take your Onkyo in to see if they'll apply the 'one time' repair.

Welcome... Ahhh, plastic repair can be quite the learning curve. Removed AMFMcassette (extra weight) and installed storage basket in it's place. Lots of good repair methods on board using 'search'. I found Dominion 2 part plastic epoxy works well for most repairs. For major cracks I'll reinforce with 20 gauge galvanized sheet metal. Cracked corners and missing pieces of plastic reinforced with washers and same epoxy from inside. It's not pretty but does the job and isn't noticeable from outside. Haven't had any failures to date over 5 years, time will tell long term. good luck Should add that a layer of epoxy was first applied on plastic, then positioned piece of sheet metal on epoxy, and then another layer of epoxy to bury the metal.

You guys don't miss a trick lol. I used an SAE stainless steel screw to match my SAE tap set. the screw on left side of pics are original and screw on the right side of pics are stainless. The Dewalt P3 bit fits perfectly into both. Likely pick up hex heads to replace screws next week.

All good points taken Bob. For the remaining 4 screw removal I used an impact Dewalt SAE P3 bit. As luck has it, turns out it the fit was tight as could be ... and they came out easy without noticable damage. Next time I'll add a little heat. I still have the 'day use' bike cover to remove and reseal. After some thought, I like the idea of changing them out to hex heads. Brafasco next week.

Used a Dremel reinforced cut off wheel disc to grind surface flush, drilled and tapped.. success. Gasket remover, clean-up and that's about it, not bad for a first. Thanks for the help y'all. In hind sight, as mention in orig post, use an impact driver to remove these screws!! Hope this help's out someone with similar issue and inexperience.

First I gotta say, bikenut, dude, that is one beauty job ! You got me thinking now. Got lots of stuff to strip paint. Did you oven bake clear coat after application ? The VHT cc flameproof website recommends a 3 stage temperature curing process. I would even consider taking it to the shop for the CC application alone.

Hey snyp, no question is goofy in my books. Short answer is no. I've read a number of methods prepping bike for cover removal, from actually laying the bike on it's side to shimming the left side of the center stand to slighty lean the bike to the right. I believe you can remove covers with bike on center stand 'as is' and expect to lose a slight amount of residual oil. Maybe someone will chime in here. I decided to drain the oil and will reuse it afterwards. There was a couple of teaspoons residual oil when I pulled both covers off, easy clean-up.

I took it to the shop this morning. Bob says TIG welding it is. Got it back this aft and looks not too bad, lots of metal to work with. Did get a heat burn on the outside, looks as if the clear coat browned on the corner. I can live that as a 30 year old bike lol. I'll flush grind, drill and tap later.

Thanks for checking Bob. As you know, that's one of the bennies of retirement, having the luxury of time to mess around with this stuff and I do love challenges. I have 2 spare part bikes of which this is one of the covers. I`ve kept this spare running ok, but leaks the same. If it doesn`t work out with the shop this coming week, no worse for wear. The prime bike runs like a champ other than that minor leak which I can live with. Last year on the prime bike I tried to clean and RTV the stator wire ports from the outside with great success ... for about 3 days, and as warned by this forum, do both sides.

Thanks for the prompt responses. The JB weld option is out, sounds a little risky. The reason the hole looks way out of round, had a lot of trouble drilling out the 'easy out' and broken drill bit ends. There is still a small piece of Titanium bit tip embedded in the bottom. Thought it better to 'tap out' before there's more damage. I can just set the original screw inside and center. Never occurred to me to use a Helicoil. In hind site, that would have been the perfect solution in this case. In the end, I'll take the case and original 3/4", and metric 1" screw to the shop next week and hopefully they'll bail me out. Even the small stuff can turn into a headache. I'll tell ya, I've learned more about cycle wrenching in the last five years from this site alone, thanks to it's members and tech's. The only reason this ol' 87 is still in our garage. Followup to come.

Winter project. In the process of resealing stator wire ports on of my spare 87 and swapping it out on the regular bike to eliminate a pesky leak. Nooo, Don't listen to the pro's, I think it was Marcarl who said the screws have factory locktite and use an impact driver. Broke the head off first attempt by hand. The other 4 screws with impact removed in a minute. Could have saved a couple of days if I'd listened. After breaking off an 'easy out' and about 3 titanium drills in the hole, I got most of innards cleaned out. My question is what would be my next option. I have access to a shop that could fill in hole with aluminum or could I fill in hole with JB weld and retap.(I have a set of taps) I have JB, but not sure if it has the strength. There is quite a bit of meat around the circumference of the inside, however, the top of one edge is thin. Any suggestions welcomed.

You might have something here that almost qualifies for a Darwin award.

loL .. Rick, IT guy, you rock man. Randy, I'm pretty sure these 'free version' software packages have all the current updates these days with company cutthroat competition and all. Another option is removing Mcfee, and enabling Windows Defender and Windows Firewall which is included with Windows 10.

We've used AVG, CCleaner, Malwarebytes, & JRT (junk removal tool by Malwarebytes) with ZoneAlarm in that order since, can't even remember back, say early 90's. Some of this software wasn't around at that time. Never had an issue with any of it. And the best part is no charge if you subscribe to the 'free versions'.

All the best this morning !!

Nice pics vid! Beautiful country. Brings back fond memories our July 2014 cruise. We'll be back for sure. As it happens ma nature cut us a break, temps just above freezing this week into next.

Hey Vid, you got an extra room for a quiet retired couple with good ol 87' down there? , sounds pretty good right about now.

We've been using AVG free version for Android on our cells for a year without issue. Also using AVG free version on our laptop for 5 years and desktops for about 15 years without issues. Free version protects web, software & email only. AVG was aquired by Avast this year and software ratings are generally ok. Since the Avast acquisition we've been getting AVG-ZEN 'Maximize with PRO' pop-up dialogue, but the basic is still free...for now. Thanks for the heads up. We'll keep a close watch for AVG/AVAST shenanigans.

Max Re: Technologically impaired We've been watching, over coffees, a local McD with 2 test pilot kiosks for a few months now, what a riot ! At least until the McD world is trained, they're quite counter productive and actually requires extra staff to help people figure out how to place orders. Initially, this kiosk (should be renamed kaosk) was worth a ringside seat just to watch the pandemonium. More recent, it's gotten to the point were the kiosks are basically ignored and business as usual. Now the cashiers print out 'wait in line' numbers on the bottom of the receipt which are displayed from a big screen when orders are ready. That wasn't a bad idea. I think we're on the same page BigLenny. Wife and I dropped in to same Mcds for a coffee this aft. This thread came to mind, I took a minute to ask a seasoned cashier a few questions with a smiling shift manager standing within ear shot. Asked how the new-ish kiosks were working out. She said "they're working out pretty good. A few people are still having a few problems using them but we have a full-timer around that keeps an eye out to assist those people." I tried a dry run and found the menus fairly easy to navigate, but understand folks that aren't tuned in to touch technology might have difficulty initially. Anyway, the loaded question, is this new technology affecting your jobs in a negative way? A big "heck no, as a matter of fact we hired more staff as we are now busier with the kiosks, bring em' on"... And how are you busier, wouldn't the kiosks reduce staff? to which she replied " nope, we now have 3 points of order (drive thru,till & kiosk) instead of 2, the busier, the better". Maybe the cashier was quoting the 'party line', but that's what she said. Totally rad.

We've been watching, over coffees, a local McD with 2 test pilot kiosks for a few months now, what a riot ! At least until the McD world is trained, they're quite counter productive and actually requires extra staff to help people figure out how to place orders. Initially, this kiosk (should be renamed kaosk) was worth a ringside seat just to watch the pandemonium. More recent, it's gotten to the point were the kiosks are basically ignored and business as usual. Now the cashiers print out 'wait in line' numbers on the bottom of the receipt which are displayed from a big screen when orders are ready. That wasn't a bad idea.

I had identical symptoms with our desktop a couple of days ago. Couldn`t get into safe mode or task manager. Figured a bug worked it`s way in. Out of desperation reset power 4 times and mysteriously the thing booted up to main menu after a half hour on the `standby` logo. Sometimes Win 10 automatic updates have been a real pain .

heh, why not ... how about that Frakensickle eh

I'll chime in and concur with others. Wife (as passenger) and I have toured together for 44 years on wings, yamies & bmr's. Both at 6' and around 200, the 87VR' has been hands down the most comfortable of the lot with averaging continuous touring of 12-16 weeks/yr. Seat and backrest are stock. I installed aftermarket arm rests, extended footpegs 3" and never leave home without ye old sheepskin. You can't go too far wrong.