what will get you through winter?

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Chris I've learned in life that the best mod you can make to a bike or a car is the driver or in this case the rider.
Time to spend the money on me so I can truly enjoy what my build has to offer and ride the steed off into the sunset. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘
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misnblu wrote: โ†‘Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:54 pm Chris I've learned in life that the best mod you can make to a bike or a car is the driver or in this case the rider.
Time to spend the money on me so I can truly enjoy what my build has to offer and ride the steed off into the sunset. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘
:thumbup: :clap:

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well, I have nearly finished my winter project .... putting a 17" front wheel on the KTM adventure.

So

I need to find a new project for the rest of the dark nights
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Porn!!
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But I didn't specify what type your choice
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Richard wrote: โ†‘Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:44 pmPorn!!
good point well made :lol:
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Thought I'd look at a Cafe Racer to do up, then remembered I've got one. So I'll do that ๐Ÿ˜
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well its winter again so may as well restart this thread :thumbup:

my winter project is to give the Storm some love.

its already on the workbench, but the list is:
1) service the shock & 10% lower rate spring
2) service the steering damper
3) strip & check the carbs
4) fit a flow commander that I inherited (had to order the air jet fittings from USA, so that wasnt cheap!)
5) strip and repack the REMUS cans
6) tidy up or replace the wiring harness after seeing what was under the silver duct tape from the alarm removal conducted before the bike came into my care.
7) try and tidy up the battery connections for all the auxiliary items like GPS, Heated Grips, headlight direct power feed (eastern Beaver kit), Battery Charger, USB charger. looking for a nice neat and small junction box so I can have 1 wire from the battery terminal, and then connect all the other fused wires to the junction box.

but unfortunately I just cant be arsed going to the garage when I get home! :?
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MacV2 wrote: โ†‘Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:10 pm Me electric heated gloves will get me through as I'll be riding to work through it... :(
Not this year Macster eh?! My lobster gloves and heated grips should help on the Duke, gonna miss the bar muffs, fugly as they were. Oh well, only commute 1 week in 2 now is a help. :beer:
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well not much for me this year.
Dori needs.oil and filters and a front tyre.

the LC needs :crazy: looked at and maybe new plugs.

the Aprilia has been sold.
the yamaha i replaced it with has been ..sold.

so the huge sofauki cruiser needs.. poss an oil change and thats it.

also at any point if i take the head staggers some of them could leave the cave for new owners :thumbup:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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AMCQ46 wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:01 pm well its winter again so may as well restart this thread :thumbup:

my winter project is to give the Storm some love.

its already on the workbench, but the list is:
1) service the shock & 10% lower rate spring
2) service the steering damper
3) strip & check the carbs
4) fit a flow commander that I inherited (had to order the air jet fittings from USA, so that wasnt cheap!)
5) strip and repack the REMUS cans
6) tidy up or replace the wiring harness after seeing what was under the silver duct tape from the alarm removal conducted before the bike came into my care.
7) try and tidy up the battery connections for all the auxiliary items like GPS, Heated Grips, headlight direct power feed (eastern Beaver kit), Battery Charger, USB charger. looking for a nice neat and small junction box so I can have 1 wire from the battery terminal, and then connect all the other fused wires to the junction box.

but unfortunately I just cant be arsed going to the garage when I get home! :?
That's something I would like to do on my Storm :thumbup:

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Spending time with the Storm in the garage doing a make over, dreaming of spring already.
Storming About :thumbup:
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AMCQ46 wrote:well its winter again so may as well restart this thread Image

my winter project is to give the Storm some love.

its already on the workbench, but the list is:
1) service the shock & 10% lower rate spring
2) service the steering damper
3) strip & check the carbs
4) fit a flow commander that I inherited (had to order the air jet fittings from USA, so that wasnt cheap!)
5) strip and repack the REMUS cans
6) tidy up or replace the wiring harness after seeing what was under the silver duct tape from the alarm removal conducted before the bike came into my care.
7) try and tidy up the battery connections for all the auxiliary items like GPS, Heated Grips, headlight direct power feed (eastern Beaver kit), Battery Charger, USB charger. looking for a nice neat and small junction box so I can have 1 wire from the battery terminal, and then connect all the other fused wires to the junction box.

but unfortunately I just cant be arsed going to the garage when I get home! :?
I fitted the Eastern beaver junction box to my Storm a few years back, I highly recommend it!



This winter, I had planned on learning to weld so I can fabricate a subframe on the Stormy. But, I think I'll do the donkey work and get someone with experience to weld it up.

So hopefully this winter:

New back end on Stormy

Mot

Possible respray



All money dependent of course! My back is still stopping me from working the volume I'd like to.

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Jamoi wrote: โ†‘Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:23 am
AMCQ46 wrote:well its winter again so may as well restart this thread Image

my winter project is to give the Storm some love.

its already on the workbench, but the list is:
1) service the shock & 10% lower rate spring
2) service the steering damper
3) strip & check the carbs
4) fit a flow commander that I inherited (had to order the air jet fittings from USA, so that wasnt cheap!)
5) strip and repack the REMUS cans
6) tidy up or replace the wiring harness after seeing what was under the silver duct tape from the alarm removal conducted before the bike came into my care.
7) try and tidy up the battery connections for all the auxiliary items like GPS, Heated Grips, headlight direct power feed (eastern Beaver kit), Battery Charger, USB charger. looking for a nice neat and small junction box so I can have 1 wire from the battery terminal, and then connect all the other fused wires to the junction box.

but unfortunately I just cant be arsed going to the garage when I get home! :?
I fitted the Eastern beaver junction box to my Storm a few years back, I highly recommend it!



This winter, I had planned on learning to weld so I can fabricate a subframe on the Stormy. But, I think I'll do the donkey work and get someone with experience to weld it up.

So hopefully this winter:

New back end on Stormy

Mot

Possible respray



All money dependent of course! My back is still stopping me from working the volume I'd like to.
No excuse put ya back into it man ! :lol: :lol:
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Jamoi wrote: โ†‘Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:23 am I fitted the Eastern beaver junction box to my Storm a few years back, I highly recommend it!
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never thought to look at eastern Beaver, thanks for the suggestion
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