Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Just added this to the stable a few weeks back!

 

I saw an Icon Airflite helmet in person.. The shield is giant and looks horrible

 

I want to get something like this next spring...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2017-KTM-Other/174569011556

We'll see though, planning to replace my wife's car soon so that's gonna kill the budget.

 

Hey y’all! Love seeing all those bikes! Here are my scrap heaps:
2003 Yamaha TT250R
1980 Kawasaki KZ 750 LTD

 

Went on a scoot...noticed the damn bolt that secures the exhaust pipes to the mounting bracket is gone. This is the second one, or maybe the first if I never installed it initially. But any who, it had loctite and all...so now what?

 

what color loctite?
could drill a hole and safety wire tie backside of bolt??

 

Lock nut with a nylon insert? Maybe a heavier duty bolt you can torque the F@$& out of? Worst case, perhaps a dab of jb weld on the remaining threads that can be chiseled off should you ever need to undo it again.

My exhaust bracket has a threaded hole for the silencer mount and I also added a nut on the back, so it’s torqued from both sides.

 

Used some blue loctite. I thought about the JB Weld. HA!

 

I saw that on mine too. I just tightened down the other one, and was good.

 

maybe try some red, that is their strongest

 

Keep in mind red loctite require serious heat if you need to remove it. I would limit its use to hardware with NO chance of ever needing a field repair. I'd go with blue loctite and add a jam nut. Muffler on my Buell is set up that way, regular nut, then a second thinner jam nut. No issues and that thing shakes pretty good.

 

That's got to a bs ad.

 

This will be @GHOST SHIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_C8z0rFnjk

 

I actually just ordered a new helmet just for the trike. Era specific to the bike but I’ll be painting it with something retro just for kicks. Also got a second small helmet since it’s supposed to be a child’s trike anyway. Might as well have a brain bucket for the kiddos.

damn BF sales making me buy things I don’t need. Haha.

 

I'm so glad I kept most of my old H-D stuff.

https://youtu.be/F2ZnFDVWieQ

 

Nothing is as retro as white. Unless you just wear an old school football helmet.

 

I should trade the matrix