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Posted in repair, The Long Rode on February 25th, 2013 by Wade

For now I’m just weighting.  but I have gotten a few last things accomplished.  For one I patched the left gas tank.  First thing I did was to pressure test the tank.  I used an old inner tube valve and taped it over the filler hole.  I then taped over all the other holes and give it a squirt of air.  This revealed several pinholes in the top seem just below the overflow/vent nipple.  Using Por-15 I sealed up the holes and lined the tanks.  It looks good and should now be good to go.

The next thing on the agenda was to replace the throttle wire with a bradded cable.  First I used a brake cable off of an old bicycle.  When I tried to push it into the tube  it unraveled a single brade but still would not go though the tube.  I tried all kinds of things to try and get it to push though.  I even tried a drill to spin the cable hoping it would screw into the tube and it did a little before it kinked (kind of expectedly).  So I thought to myself screw it and tried to put the wire back in.  But that didn’t work ether.  Later on I tried again with a gearshift cable from that same bike.  This was also a longer cable and has room for trimming.  This cable must have a thiner diameter because it sliped right into the tube and with almost no effort.  I have to say the throttle twist is now so effortless I fear I might have lost my cruse controle.

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Let there be light!!!

Posted in repair, The Long Rode on February 5th, 2013 by Wade

Whooo,  I got all the lights working.  It took a couple of days but I finaley got all the wiring done.  With the exception of the engine and starter.  Basicly that means

  1. Headlights
    1. High and low beam
    2. There apers to a problem with the low beam switch but a little giggle and it works.
  2. Pilot lights
    1. Only on low beam
      1. Supposed to work with the blinkers
      2. I want them to work with the headlights
  3. Left and Right front and back turn lights.
    1.  This was a problem because the left kept shorting out and tripping the circuit braker.
    2. I ended finding a pinch in the wire were it comes out of the blinker light housing.
    3. The blinker unit appears to be dead.  It doesn’t blink.
  4. Horn beeps
  5. Cant test the starter button but that is all the switches and buttons on the handle bars.

After getting all the bugs out, everything worked fine.  Now I just need an engine and primary to finish checking the dash lights, oh yeah and it would be nice if the engine turned over.

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