What did you do today...

[king robb]

rode a lap around the counties surrounding indianapolis today. Short ride thru town yesterday. Life is begining to be joyous again.

[ofblong]

Sorry to hear that triumphgirl. what I dont understand is why you truly need a block heater. My car has started at -85F before which is about -65C. It is quite often -20F to -25F here and everything except the bike will start. sounds to me more like you need to change the oil to a less thick oil in your vehicle and a new battery with enough cca's. I can understand a block, however, for a diesel.


It was 60 the last 2 days so I took the bike for some 20-30 mile trips muwhahahahaha. Then I paid some more down on my cruise and now its in the 30F range and raining =[

[Triumphgirl]

Sorry to hear that triumphgirl. what I dont understand is why you truly need a block heater. My car has started at -85F before which is about -65C. It is quite often -20F to -25F here and everything except the bike will start. sounds to me more like you need to change the oil to a less thick oil in your vehicle and a new battery with enough cca's. I can understand a block, however, for a diesel.


It was 60 the last 2 days so I took the bike for some 20-30 mile trips muwhahahahaha. Then I paid some more down on my cruise and now its in the 30F range and raining =[

It will start, it is very hard on the vehicle, in Alberta it gets just as cold. I still think it shouldent be an "option".

Thats not fair, we had -40 this morning. Snow galore, and no end in sight. Oh this sucks...sucks bad.

[Big B]

rode my bike to work for the first time this year - hells yeah.

[Ninja Geoff]

Today was amazing. Actually, so was yesterday.
done about 200 miles on the bike in the last 3 days. building my back up to being able to take being on the bike for extended periods of time. The knees are already there thankfully. Also drank enough for 3 people.

[Big B]

damn hangovers! stop me from riding to work on consecutive days

ah well, was a good st. patrick's day

[fireguzzi]

Today I have worked on my RC helicopter and tried to fly it. It has a pretty bad wobble that I need to find the source of.
Later I am taking Julie (wife) to a doctors appointment.
Then hopefully I will go have an Irish Car Bomb or two with my brother. Didn't make it over there yesterday for it.
Better late then never.

[ofblong]

Changed the oil in my truck, van, motorcycle as well as all filters. Went with a synthetic blend in all vehicles so we shall see how that does. So far I notice better shifting on the bike. Also I found my parents (they gave me the truck) always had someone else change the oil. which of course is why the oil pan bolt was so tight I had to use a hammer on my wrench to get the bolt loose and then the oil filter was so loose that I barely touched it and it started moving. No wonder it was using a quart of oil a month.

Oh and I also adjusted the idle of the bike and cleaned the choke cable (it was quite "rusty"). So got the choke button/cable operating so now it actually goes back in when its let go lol. Also adjusted the idle ment no more "popping" sounds when slowing down. I always thought it was from whomever installed the jardin pipes didnt rejet the jets but eh thats ok. Oh and I also found a loose hose on one of the carbs so I tightened that up as well (prob another reason I was getting popping). So hopefully I now have a better running machine lol. I should spend some time to take the carbs apart and clean them but then I would have to take the gas tank off and thats just more work than I want to deal with since I would also have to drain the gas and I havent quite figured out where the gas drain is lol.

[Johnj]

I always use the petcock and an external gas can.

[ofblong]

I always use the petcock and an external gas can.

hmm good point.... cept I dont have a 2.9 g external gas can. Guess its time to buy one of them 55g drums