thats right about where the inline fours are about to “come up on the cam”. IOW, from 7 grand to the redline in the blink of an eye; takes a bit longer from 4k revs. i used to run around in 4th gear all the time just waiting to crack open that throttle
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Tonight I noticed a little puddle under the tip of the front cowling on my Connie:
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Saturday night I finished up a project I had started on Friday night, installing a fender-extender on the Connie.
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Somehow I managed to purchase my Connie without noticing a little rust spot on the gas tank. You might say I was blinded by love? Whatever the case, it needed to be repaired.
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Saturday afternoon I use diet cola and aluminum foil to clean the rust off of the chrome exhaust pipes. Yes, diet cola and aluminum foil.
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On Saturday night I replaced the windshield bolts. A couple of them were missing, and the other problem was that some of the bolts were the wrong size. For safety, it is better to have them be stock and complete.
Yesterday I got the Clymer’s service manual in the mail from Murph’s, so with the Kawasaki service manual already in handy I’m ready for servicing my bike!
Buck Sport Touring sells reflective stickers called Tailbrights that stick to the rear and side portions of the hard bags. Tonight I installed them. Installation was pretty simple; only had one or two bubbles on each of the stickers. I guess that you could make these yourself; but Buck Sport figured out the right shape, and I like to support companies that fill a niche like they do. The cool thing about them is that the stickers are black; so during the day you don’t even see them.
Here are some photos:
Tonight after removing some of the caked-on dust from under the seat, I decided to investigate the gravel rash on the right of the lower fairing of the bike.
Getting down on my hands and knees to take a look, expecting deep grooves, I was shocked to instead find something like silver paint stuck to the fairing. It was caked on there, maybe one or two millimeters. Using a damp paper towel though I was able to remove all of the shiny crud.
My best guess is that the previous owner rode into something, or something rode into him, that left the material there.
I like easy fixes!
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