Funny over here when one refers to " fantastic hooters"
it generally involves a woman in some way

But I guess every exception proves the rule

That's a great hooter.........................



And y'all are most welcome

 

MAN...I couldn't live like that!

 

Beats elephant footprints in the dust on it!

 

As I was annoyed by a small, but constant loss of oil, I searched for a leak (wich I couldn't find).
So I began cautiously re-tightening the bolts on one part at a time, cleaning the leaked oil off the engine afterwards, taking at least a 10 mile ride, and looking for dripping oil again.

Couldn't find were it came from, until I tried tightening the hex bolts in the little 3-bolt cover that's in front of the clutch cover.
Now, the oil was dripping out at a much faster rate, so I knew I got it... it was either a split gasket, or a crack in the small cover or the block itself.
Took off both the the little cover and the clutch cover, and found out that there were NO gaskets there, only old, dark and hardened remnants of cheap fluid gasket... no wonder it was leaking!
The clutch cover even had old bits of the original gasket still stuck to the engine side of the contact areas, what a tool that guy must have been!

So I pulled out the battery powered drill, attached a soft steel wire wheel to it, and stuffed the block with clean pieces of cloth to stop debris and pieces of steel wire from getting into the crankcase.
After a good clean up, I applied some new fluid gasket (the best I could get in the area) and put it all back together.
Having it standing to let the fluid gasket dry for a while, I sprayed degreaser on the engine, hosed it down, and set it aside for the night.
Hopefully, after test riding again tomorrow, I have no more oil leaking from my engine!

 

Has all the makings & features of an epic "how to" ---- Doc ! ------
Have the cam/vid ready to roll .......never happened unless there's pics

Rain stopped play here today , so I just warmed both bikes up and put the
chargers on them ......... freaking weather stinks here atm

 

When I got home the other day he was dumping coolant out the over flow on the coolant tank, and I could hear bubbling as well. Thinking the worst (blown head gasket) I was freaking out. Turns out that there was so much corrosion on the tstat housing where the cap seated that it had deformed the gasket and was not holding any pressure in the system at all. PI$$!

Searched Roy Ayers and Servicehonda, $119.00 for a new tstat housing!

Enter ebay and found a complete housing in excellent shape with a new cap on it for a "make offer" listing. Figured what the heck and popped in $10.00. I won it and am now awaiting it and my petcock rebuild kit to arrive!

Ahhhh, the perils of owning a 21 year old bike, and why stored bikes are not always better than ridden bikes.

 

Hello, for some reason my previous login does not seem to work anymore? I use my FB login now. All the pictures are in my folder http://jlaitila.1g.fi/kuvat/Misc/Toys4boys/CBR_1000F/

I will try to get my dynochart scanned also here now that dynojet kit has been installed. We have now 110,5bhp which is something about 130-140 from crank. Compared to similar model with Laser exhaust (in same dyno) I ahve only 1bhp less and also my torque is more straight forward without any gaps.


DynoChart

 

Started commuting again , summer is almost here, beautiful ride down to
MAssachusetts with my new handlebar setup on the 1990 silver bullet.

Most of the enjoyment was in blasting by all the "Farm Equipment" (aka Harleys )

Life is Good

 

Funny you should say that, for years I have called them Harley Fergusons.

 

LOL ....... very good Tim ....two thumbs up man