[r0ckrat]

This article needs a reading...

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/...language_bullies_pedants_and_grammar_nerds_who_correct_people_all_the_time.html

1) Ouch. (Imagining the sounds of blackboard and fingernail...)

2) I apologize if I came off as holier than thou - as mentioned, it's just something that sets my teeth on edge... Truly, no offense intended. It's just the editor in me.

3) Yes, I will freely admit that I'm a grammar nerd. Not a perfect one, mind you, but still a grammar nerd.

:ears:

 

[-Dutch-]

Lol, I just like harassing people.

Grammar Nerds unite!

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[GuilderlandGreg]

It's all good. Just pulling your chain.

Unlike my chain, which needs to be tightened.

ccasion14:

 

[argyle64]

It's all good. Just pulling your chain.

Unlike my chain, which needs to be tightened.

ccasion14:

:lmao::lmao:

 

[Fatty SS]

I've somehow managed to avoid that song until now. I like it! It needs listening.

 

[r0ckrat]

I've somehow managed to avoid that song until now. I like it! It needs listening.

 

[GuilderlandGreg]

Today:

Fixed the headlights.

PO had installed a street fighter style dual bulb (one above the other) enclosure/mini-fairing, but never got it to aim lower than the moon. And he wired it so that only one bulb turned on at a time on for low or high beams.

These are 12V 25/25W bulbs... And the high beam fuse was blown. So no high beams and the low beam (with it's 25 watts of fury) point up at a 30 degree angle. No wonder the PO never rode at night!

Now I have both bulbs on at all times and it's aimed right.

One more step towards passing inspection...

 

[GuilderlandGreg]

 

[Biyatekeela]

Rockrat needs hobbying.

 

[GuilderlandGreg]

Yesterday:

- Rode over an hour in one stretch. My ass hurt and my right fingers went numb. Got some work to do getting along with the saddle... And relaxing the death grip... 180 miles of riding under my belt now. Still a noob.

Today:

- License plate nut lights installed. I think it's legal now.
- Removed about 5' of wiring and assorted ephemera (wire nuts, useless resistors, wire loom) from under the rear cowl cleaning up the insane (yet working) wiring job the PO did on integrated tail lights.

 

[Lordred]

So I disappeared for quite some time.

I was found on the Angeles Crest Highway

62k miles and counting, still original owner.

 

[GuilderlandGreg]

Indicator Light restoration part 1:

 

[Gi_Jo_Nathan]

Interesting.

 

[HalfOffTuesdays]

Bled the rear brake; solid as a rock now. The old fluid was naaaaaaaasty.

 

[wantahertzdonut]

Cranked the engine over, blew a hole in the side of the block. No idea what happened. Such a wonderful thing to occur when the bike is up for sale.

 

[r0ckrat]

Cranked the engine over, blew a hole in the side of the block. No idea what happened. Such a wonderful thing to occur when the bike is up for sale.

Crank case or cylinder?

 

[Gi_Jo_Nathan]

Cranked the engine over, blew a hole in the side of the block. No idea what happened. Such a wonderful thing to occur when the bike is up for sale.

Oh Damn!!!
Sorry to hear that.

 

[r0ckrat]

Adjusted the idle back down to normal after having to crank it up to about 3k in order to get home last night. Got off the freeway and every time I closed the throttle it sputtered and died. Spitting and sputtering even at that RPM last night, and smelling quite rich. No codes. Checked TPS and it was set at about 2.5k RPM, so that's not it. Removed the aTRE. We will see what happens, but last time it started acting like this it was always in the evenings, never the mornings. So frustrating...

 

[argyle64]

I installed the Steve's aTRE last night and that took a whole 10 minutes. Piece of cake.

 

[GuilderlandGreg]

Cleaned up the headlight and turn signal wiring, removing crimp connectors and useless taps and wrapping it better. Figured out how to mount my Radio Shack dash and then wired it up so it's ready for installation. Cleaned up the wiring harness and prepped it for the dash install.