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It's 92. I left for MotoGP the day after wearing a jacket, pants, and wool cap to be outside. Came back to full summer.

Close that border of yours and the price quadruples and the fat lazy American in the truck eating McNuggets will be the guy doing the job next time.

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No safety tie-offs. A guy working on a roof a couple doors the other direction fell off and died 4 years ago.

These guys are moving!

Neighbor across the street had the same last year. They worked a couple hours after dark to get it finished. The boss or owner sat in his truck and watched the full time they were there without lifting a finger.

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33°F this morning.

...the crew finally showed up at the neighbors. It's about twenty Mexicans. They started tear-off at 7:30 am today - my little pittie went bejerky. We went over and said hi, she's good now. Neighbor says the scheduled two days total.

How else am I to stoke the fire?!?! But no, this is a proper Blackbird, the original fastest bike in the world, not that white thing with fuel infection. Which was beautiful. This one's living outside for now, but I'm glad you mentioned that because I've been considering moving it indoors.

I think right side.

This is the bike I have seen parked in front of your living room fireplace? 🔥

No, the valve is in tact and normal. I added a piece of vacuum hose, the new and original hoses connect to eachother with a barb fitting just below the fairing on the left side. Since the bike sits a lot I wanted an easy way to drain the carbs. Before parking it I disconnect the hose which shuts off the fuel flow so I can run the carbs dry. When I want to start it again I suck on the hose connected to the diaphragm to prime the carbs instead of cranking a long time. Then I reconnect the hoses and fire it up. If the diaphragm were to fail while parked it would empty the tank onto the ground instead of into the engine. I originally planed to use a tiny ball valve, and as often happens I couldn't find it when I wanted it so I just did the barb fitting as a temporary fix...about a year ago.

Right, forgot about that. So did you remove the the diaphragm?

If/when the diaphragm goes bad gas can go through the vacuum hose straight into the intake port. A bad float valve 'should' send the excess gas out of the overflow onto the ground.

But only if a needle valve stuck open. Thinking of all the bikes that didn't have a vacuum shut off and many people didn't close the manual valve.

Oil first thing. Tnx.

Actually, I just realized that mine can't because I've by-passed the vacuum line. Fuck you beetlejuice!

No, that's an EFI only thing. The carbed bikes could become flooded due to a failed fuel shut-off valve. Hasn't happened to mine...and I might have just summoned Beatlejuice.

Does a carb bird have an FPR? I don’t recall my carb bikes having one, just my FI birds. I immediately thought FPR when he mentioned hydro locked. Been there with a VFR and had a bird with a case full of super unleaded.

Right side. Or you could put it on the centerstand in high gear and turn the wheel backwards.

I'm channeling my inner Toe-cutter.

Good call - that should have been first, check oil level and odor.

And check the oil and the level