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  1. How much difference, if any, is there between the fat you can see on meats vs. the fats in the meat? If you trim off the obvious fat around your steak are you helping, or is that fat good/non-damaging?
  2. Next time someone presents me with a stupid correlation as proof of something I'm gonna hit them with one of these.
  3. I've been tinkering and cleaning every day, less when people want me to work, bastards. I went to a small local car show/hangout Saturday morning, the bike got a fair bit of attention. I finally got a petcock rebuild kit, then found out that the tube for the normal 'on' position is cracked so I still don't have a real reserve. I'll have to fix that so I don't run out of gas and have to walk it to the gas station again just in case some unforeseen thing happens. Luckily it has a very low rolling resistance, it's like walking a bicycle, kinda crazy compared to how most motorcycles roll. I replaced the instrument illumination bulbs, one was burnt out and the other was missing, kinda odd. I searched long and hard for the right ones, it was a chore, but I finally found some that were supposed to be the correct wattage but with a different globe. Miss-advertised bullshitshit, they were 4watt, not the proper 3w, not having it. Then I remembered about my 4th bulb stash box and there they were, 2 of the right wattage and size/shape. The front wheel rim and hub/brake are mostly done, could use a bit more detail work, but they're a good 10 footer like everything else I've cleaned up. Next will be the spokes, that'll be a lot of fun. I started on the rear wheel, it's the rustiest chrome on the bike, still has a long way to go. I pulled the exhaust baffles to clean them and removed the puddles of oil from the muffler cans so it no longer sprays/drips all over the driveway and everything else....for now. I got the initial bulk of oil out just by taking a spirited ride, but it was still pretty oily. I'm almost settled on the tires I'm going to buy. I'm a bit stuck on wanting a straight ribbed front like the original, but I can't find a matched brand/model set with a ribbed front in the right sizes, dunno if matching models actually matters. These are the only matched set I've been able to find in the right sizes so I might go with them. And (in my theory), the straight ribbed front might suck on our freeways that have rain grooves so maybe it's best I get over it. There are a few sport tires available, and it's very tempting, but I think I want to stick to a classic look. Ring ding ding ding...it smells as good as it sounds.
  4. If someone makes a see-through cover, that would be ideal....after the clutch gets some pimping of course.
  5. I've been having the debate on DIY vs. shop with a machine if I decide to replace the factory tires on the R5. They're only 52 years old, but I know that I 'should' replace them despite them being another rare piece of originality on it. It would be easier on the soul if the OE model tires were still available.
  6. It was too easy, I had to.
  7. Tough call. It would be silly to have one aging away for no good reason, but if they suddenly go out of production then it would be prudent to have one.
  8. After some experimenting I settled on fine steel wool with oil or diesel for lube. Then I scrape off the chunky stuff with either a fingernail, screwdriver, or razor blade. Then steel wool again. I only attacked the left side of the handlebar. I wasn't trying to capture the turn signals so they're mostly blocked, but you might notice that one of them things aint like the other. Kinda funny, a shiny left bar and shiny right signal. So weird that the left bar clamp is fine and the right is all fuckered up, but the bar and bolts are about the same on both sides. Monday chrome vs. Friday chrome? I also found it strange that the rear wheel is way more rusted than the front, and the left side of the rear is worse than the right. I woulda thunk that chain lube fling-off would have given some protection, but it appears to have eaten the chrome instead. Or maybe dirt and stuff flinging off the chain damaged the chrome leading to faster rusting?
  9. Probably a good sign. I've bent a few and I don't think they had much spring.
  10. A couple things I read: Make sure that the decomp lever has the correct freeplay. I think any amount is probably fine, and from recollection yours has none with the new lever, but I could be wrong. Some suggest removing the cable. There's apparently an auto decomp that sets if you rotate the engine backwards at all. It's supposedly to reduce death in a kick-back event. If you pass TDC compression, do another two CCW rotations. The decomp apparently only activates the right side exhaust valve. If it's set while you're doing the adjustment the valve will be loose and clicky when running requiring a re-do, but no damage.
  11. I'm amazed I've gotten this far, making vehicles pretty is not my thing. I think part of my motivation comes from it starting out so ugly but still having enough good chrome and paint under the crust layer to make a huge improvement, plus it being a totally complete low mile 'survivor'. So in my crazy, I'm 'making' gas for it too. Initially is was just to make it smell good, but also because the jetting is a bit lean with E10. I take 87 octane E10, remove the ethanol, and blend it with 100 octane to make about 92-93 octane. It would be cheaper to start with 91, but using 87 leaves more room for the good smelling race gas without going stupid high on the octane. I mix in castor oil so when I'm rounding the last turn and holding WOT all the way down the front straight on the back tire I won't scuff/seize the pistons. Ok, I add castor at 100:1 to round out the smell requirement without over-oiling. The injection tank has super clean burning Seadoo XPS oil.
  12. Today I got sucked into the rabbit hole. I just wanted to clean the bracket for the instruments and the cables behind it. Next thing I know, the ignition switch is laying on the bench disassembled. The upper part of the switch is chrome, that got polished. The lower half is painted and was shitty so it got sprayed. The insides got cleaned and lubed. Not a great photo, the switch is partially hidden behind the bulbs. The carb boot clamps were pretty ugly so I tumble polished the crust off and painted them.
  13. It just needs a soak in wintergreen oil and it'll be good as new.
  14. I've taken over the mission. I didn't plan on making it pretty, figured that might happen way down the road. I didn't take any close-ups before digging in, I'm glad Carlos took some. I got it running and have put a few miles on it. Just short local low speed rides, pretty sure the tires are original and I don't wanna wear them out 😂 I wish Bridgestone still made them in this size, but there's several options from modern sport rubber to vintage style which is what I'll probably do. Before bringing it home. After some cleaning/polishing. I only did part of the wheel. My focus was on the hub and brakes. The shoes and drum are in great shape, the mechanism was pretty sticky from the 52 year old grease so I tore it all apart to clean & lube, smooth as butter now. The fender was pretty ugly. I didn't get a before, but Carlos posted one at the beginning of this thread. I also cleaned up the forks, and cleaned the seals before changing the fork oil. It was very low, but surprisingly clean which I was glad to see. Factory fill is 10-30 motor oil. I started with 15wt fork oil, too stiff. I then swapped a little for 5wt, now they feel pretty good. If I'd had 10-30 or 10wt. fork oil on hand I woulda just done that. I didn't plan for changing it, it just became a "while I'm already here" job while cleaning. The tach locked up, since I had to remove it to fix it, it was a good time to polish it up. The speedo is also done now. One of the instrument bulbs was burnt out and one was missing, kinda odd. New bulbs showed up yesterday evening so I'm gonna replace them all today. How I spent my cold rainy President's day. The chain guard, mufflers, gas tank, and oil tank are coming along. A quick before/after of the tail end. I'd already started on the fender when I thought to get a pic of the taillight bracket. Everything I've opened up has been like a perfectly preserved time capsule. I was going to capture/replace the 52 year old Japanese air but it smelled like radiation so I let it go.
  15. But you gotta appreciate the oil heater. They mounted the cooler behind the header.
  16. The crappy collector/headpipe connection took my attention away from the rest of the bike, but your post brought me to look again. It is pretty cool.
  17. Looks like a stock arm that was beefed up, I don't think that would negatively impact it other than adding a little unsprung mass. No idea how much stiffening it helps.
  18. Would be funny to put that on a white Jeep. One I like is "don't follow me, you won't make it." But it's an invitation to being dick slapped by a bigger build. I pulled up next to him and said, "I'll follow you." He was confused..."what?" "I think I'll make it." He chuckled, and said "yea, you got me." One I almost bought for a friend was "Vehicle equipped with a Millenial anti theft device." and shows a six speed shift pattern. Being a millennial and a girl, she's a double down against the theory that they can't drive a manual.
  19. I wanted to wait 'till Tom's bike was sorted before 'derailing' the thread. If you ever have an emergency with a diaphragm, or just wanna be lazy/a cheapskate like me; cut a piece out of a nitrile glove and place it over the damaged diaphragm. I recently did that for the pressure sensing switch on my compressor. It only sees about 120 PSI, worst case scen But actually, since it's being backed by the diaphragm there's very little pressure actually stressing the glove. And it's a pink glove, girl power, it's set for life.
  20. The new parts would only help if it was being fuel starved on long heavy throttle runs, which would usually present in an obvious power loss/bucking type sensation. But it probably got all new gas which might be doing better if it was getting stale.
  21. I like traditional plant based meats. Some of my meats also eat meat, but they mostly eat plants.
  22. I suspected that because the 'toe' of the floats looked really close to the bowl. There were no marks on the bowl or floats, but I tweaked them a bit to make extra clearance just to be sure.
  23. Was it kinda like having a stereo out of phase?
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