I've got a '78 Yamaha street thumper and after some mods needed to richen the mixture. One of the things that needed to be changed was to take .05" off the bottom of the carb slide.
Nova chuck, spigot jaws (inside grip) and a couple of files - 10 minutes from start to finish. Never thought my wood lathe would come in handy for motorcycle repair :-).
Reminds me of the time that we used my Shopsmith to drill out a broken bolt on my neighbor's Harley frame.. Sure wish I'd taken pictures of that one..
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Just got a Triumph Sprint ST, '02. No bags yet, but I need some. To keep the bags off the exhaust and out of the spokes, I am thinking of making a wooden frame.
Am I nuts?
scritch
No, but you might want to fiberglass over it unless you are only ever going to be out in the dry, dry, dry. At least a good number of coats of spar varnish.
My as yet unrealized dream is cedar stripper fairings & hard bags (and fenders and utility body on the truck). I've seen a truck bed done that way, and those endlessly reposted wooden sports car pictures, plus wooden bicycles from the ugly 2x4 on up to quite nice.
No, but you might want to consider a wire frame instead. A lot more weather resistant.
Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?
Ain't you guys ever heard of the Woody cars? I guess I'm showing my age here ;
thick wall PVC???
Back in the "day", we used backpacks... they have a rigid back and needed little or no extra support..
mac
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One of the big options on Woodies were side mounted and flexible spotlights. We had one. Spar varnish after sanding.
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