Posted by Kicker on July 12, 2009, 3:16 pm
This may leave your throats parched from busting a
gut laughing so Shirley, be so kind as to
pre-lubricate these folks on my tab.
I found myself on the side of the road this
morning after a few weeks of flawless performance
from the '69 Shovel Frankenbike. It happened
coincidentally with the start of some overdue rain
so I assumed that maybe something in the ignition
wasn't weatherproofed well enough. Haven't pulled
the plugs yet but I noticed that the oil prx gauge
face was filled with oil. I dumped a quart in the
tank this AM before I left and am wondering; is it
possible to overfill the oil tank? To some extent
I'd rather find out I did a dumbshit thing than
figure out intermittent electrical glitches. Will
tell you more after I pull the plugs.
Posted by nospam on July 12, 2009, 4:39 pm
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:16:25 -0700, Kicker wrote:
>This may leave your throats parched from busting a
>gut laughing so Shirley, be so kind as to
>pre-lubricate these folks on my tab.
>I found myself on the side of the road this
>morning after a few weeks of flawless performance
>from the '69 Shovel Frankenbike. It happened
I have a '69 Shovel project, who knows what it'll turn into though..
>coincidentally with the start of some overdue rain
>so I assumed that maybe something in the ignition
>wasn't weatherproofed well enough. Haven't pulled
>the plugs yet but I noticed that the oil prx gauge
>face was filled with oil. I dumped a quart in the
>tank this AM before I left and am wondering; is it
>possible to overfill the oil tank? To some extent
yes, but should dump it everywhere, unless you have sealed everything
up like fort knox <g>
>I'd rather find out I did a dumbshit thing than
>figure out intermittent electrical glitches. Will
>tell you more after I pull the plugs.
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Posted by Jinks on July 12, 2009, 5:19 pm
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:48:10 -0700, Kicker wrote:
>Plugs were a little wet and black. Cleaned them up
>and gapped them. Cranked right up. Apparently the
>S&S is just rich enough to take a while to foul
>the plugs after a while. The accelerator pump
>appears to be a bit too generous (Black smoke when
>you "blip" the throttle). This may explain why I'm
>not getting too far on these 5 gallon 'bob tanks
>too. The rain apparently was coincidental.
>This kinda sends me off into another tangent; one
>guy swears by Keihin carbs for reliability and
>best range another swears by Mikuni. Neither would
>choose an S&S for that purpose. Any opinions?
>Shirl, line 'em up.
All three are good carbs. Depending on which S&S you have you
might be able to just tune that one up. It's pretty simple.
Jinks ('86FXRS, '07FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
Posted by Arie Bresser on July 12, 2009, 6:30 pm
"Jinks" wrote...
> Kicker wrote:
>>This kinda sends me off into another tangent; one
>>guy swears by Keihin carbs for reliability and
>>best range another swears by Mikuni. Neither would
>>choose an S&S for that purpose. Any opinions?
> All three are good carbs. Depending on which S&S you have you
> might be able to just tune that one up. It's pretty simple.
Start here...
http://www.sscycle.com/modules/instructions/index.php?z_cat=%3D&x_cat=1&Submit=Find+Instruction+Sheet
Posted by Jinks on July 12, 2009, 6:56 pm
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:30:33 -0400, "Arie Bresser"
>"Jinks" wrote...
>> Kicker wrote:
>>
>>>This kinda sends me off into another tangent; one
>>>guy swears by Keihin carbs for reliability and
>>>best range another swears by Mikuni. Neither would
>>>choose an S&S for that purpose. Any opinions?
>>
>> All three are good carbs. Depending on which S&S you have you
>> might be able to just tune that one up. It's pretty simple.
>Start here...
>http://www.sscycle.com/modules/instructions/index.php?z_cat=%3D&x_cat=1&Submit=Find+Instruction+Sheet
Guess I could have included that. Maybe my spoon isn't big
enough..................<shrug>
Jinks ('86FXRS, '07FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
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>gut laughing so Shirley, be so kind as to
>pre-lubricate these folks on my tab.
>I found myself on the side of the road this
>morning after a few weeks of flawless performance
>from the '69 Shovel Frankenbike. It happened