Garage: Pot Luck

Little bit of everything today...

Half day PTO but once I got downstairs, realized I was "between jobs" and nothing big to do.

Unfortunately, the $60 straight pipe was a no-go.  I think it may be made for an Early head, but even then, not quite sure where the mounting point actually attaches.  Well, maybe I can reshape it for a Late head one day.

Stymied on removing the old stud bolts from the Ivy motor, too.  Got the stud remover tool, but in order to really crank down and lock the teeth, I need a wrench that opens up to 31mm and the one I have fell just short of that.

Ivy's exhaust valve cap was leaking, so swapped it out with Roxy's.

Did some parts auditing.  Updated the M3 Hot Box parts.  Also updated all the locations of the cylinder jugs to be correct.

Upstairs, unboxed all the new parts I'd been accumulating.  Have a total of 2 new cranks, 4 new shift spindles and 2 more kickstarts.

Noting the differences between the shift spindles.  Thought that the distance between the prongs mattered but in testing it didn't seem to.  Left with 1 bad one that can't find second for some reason.  Then one of the new ones has a bent shaft that jams when inserted.  Probably fixable.  But still left with 3 good ones.

 Stymied trying to install the new Dime City shift pedal, only because it has a clearance issue with the step bar.  But have a couple options for stepbars (Ivy's and Evie's) so will need to do some swapping around and see what works.

Red: LED Tease

Nothing's ever easy...

First up, the new Dime City mirrors were great because of the almost limitless adjustability, but the included 10mm allen bolt was too long for the handlebar mount.  I had to shim it with 3 washers to get the length correct.

They seemed to do the job, though.  Almost giving me a full view of what was directly behind.

I was more excited to hook up the new 5.5" side-mount headlight with the new LED bulb I'd swapped out for the included halogen.

I swapped the buckets over and rerouted all the wiring, which was a lot simpler with the Wago connectors.  Turned it on with the kill switch and it looked fantastic.

It was all going swimmingly until I actually started the motor.  Got a very, very noticeable flickering, pretty much in rhythm with the pulse of the motor.

So... left everything as it was but disconnected the bulb.

Back to the drawing board...

Red: Clutch Cable Lube

Love it when the easiest fix works.  Lubed the clutch cable old-school style using fork oil and now it's buttery smooth.

Also unboxed the new H4 headlight from Dime City.

Run Red Run: Dime City Sidewalk Runs

Added the new Dime City controls: "shorty" levers, the simple blue kill switch, same horn button that Ivy has, and black mirrors mounted with separate 10mm mounts.

With the seat bolted in, did some sidewalk runs from the top of the hill. 

Felt fantastic...

Red: Dime City Headlight Brackets

Got the brackets, now just need the light.  6" distance between the 2 mounts.  Had to double up on the rubber shims to make them fit.