SKOGDOG
One of the old ones.
Well, it finally got cold here--as usual, Blacktopper I and I went on our New Years Day ride. The weather was about 40 degrees with full sun. And we stopped for a hot chocolate, so it was agreeable all in all.
January 2 resulted in what you see below.
Curtis (WSW) rebuilt a starter that I burned up on the way home from Sturgis, so we put it on the lift at Blacktoppers shop to change that out and give Blacktopper back his spare. I then remembered the rear pulley was really worn down (I mean this Dog has sharp teeth--pulley teeth, that is)....so we pulled it off in order to replace it with my spare. But it's just polished aluminum, so it'll have to go to MecLec in California to be chromed.
As long as we were sending stuff to be chromed, we took off my Mean Streets Avalon front end and disassembled it to have it re-chromed, is it has about 60,000 miles on it, and has some chips, to say nothing of a fair amount of sandblasting from serious roadwork.
So tomorrow I will send off all the above along with a few other items.
Now---- it's detailing with Mothers Billet, Liquid Glass....and of course, chrome polish.
We had a laugh about it when we talked about how anxious we were the first few times we lit into these bikes. But we have a heated shop, the correct shop manuals, good tools, BD Forum advice, and we work with care. Didn't think I'd see the day when we would see this kind of tear down before lunch as routine (and fun). There is indeed something deeply satisfying about being able to manage this.
In Zen and the Art, Robert Pirsig says:
“The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon.”
Sure hope it is ready for Daytona....
January 2 resulted in what you see below.
Curtis (WSW) rebuilt a starter that I burned up on the way home from Sturgis, so we put it on the lift at Blacktoppers shop to change that out and give Blacktopper back his spare. I then remembered the rear pulley was really worn down (I mean this Dog has sharp teeth--pulley teeth, that is)....so we pulled it off in order to replace it with my spare. But it's just polished aluminum, so it'll have to go to MecLec in California to be chromed.
As long as we were sending stuff to be chromed, we took off my Mean Streets Avalon front end and disassembled it to have it re-chromed, is it has about 60,000 miles on it, and has some chips, to say nothing of a fair amount of sandblasting from serious roadwork.
So tomorrow I will send off all the above along with a few other items.
Now---- it's detailing with Mothers Billet, Liquid Glass....and of course, chrome polish.
We had a laugh about it when we talked about how anxious we were the first few times we lit into these bikes. But we have a heated shop, the correct shop manuals, good tools, BD Forum advice, and we work with care. Didn't think I'd see the day when we would see this kind of tear down before lunch as routine (and fun). There is indeed something deeply satisfying about being able to manage this.
In Zen and the Art, Robert Pirsig says:
“The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon.”
Sure hope it is ready for Daytona....
