Hi All, This place has been dead for a bit, so I figured I'd lean out tha' window and see how many of you had tha' chance to ride on New Years day?
I started tha' mornin' with a frosty 20 degree jump start of my raggedy ol' wing. It's got a new battery, but when tha' temp drops low, she don't wanna' crank (Had to strap a car battery to my last wing and "jump start" it when I rode it back 'n forth to kollidge)Anyway, tha' critter fired right up and I was on my way. I'm runnin' a 2bbl Holley on a home made intake and every so often, she'll cough back through tha' carburetor when it gets cold outside. She popped a good 'un on tha' way to tha meet up spot and I could immediately notice a change in power. By tha' time I got to tha' starting spot, some 18 miles from my house, I was havin' to really work tha' throttle just to keep her goin. I pulled in, warmed up a bit inside and went back out for a look/see. I discovered that tha' carb base gasket was leaking. My guess is that one of tha' backfires when warmin' up blew out tha' gasket. I enrichened tha' carb to compensate and limped back home. All in all, it was a pretty enough day. When ya' ride a 31 year old bike with car/ truck parts where motorcycle parts use to be, ya' gotta' expect poopoo from time to time.
Tha' rest of tha' group went on to watch some Polar Bear swimmers jump into a local river (THOSE folks are crazy!)Anybody else have a good ride on New Years day?