Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

oops. you're invited too amigo

 

oh man that's so cool!

 

On the cars and coffee topics, my favorite is the ‘Donut Derelicts’ in Huntington Beach.

https://www.donutderelicts.com/

While it is focused on cars, there are always a few interesting bikes. Most recently a flock of wizzers and a great looking Ducati.

 

I've heard about DD, but haven't been as of yet. Another popular one is Sunday Steel which is the first Sunday of the month.

https://www.instagram.com/sundaysteeloc/

 

Made it to Carbondale, PA. A$$ hurts, knees hurt, it's getting colder.. but we're close. Goal to get to Hancock, NY in about an hour or 2

 

Almost like cars and coffee here. @TacoTyusday this just rolled in. RHD too

 

Call me crazy, but I'd take that over most modern exotics. When I go to C&C, this is the stuff I'm looking for.

 

Me all day. Or a Honda Acty

 

This too

 

Haven't seen a VW Thing in a while... my buddy had one back in the day

 

Made it to Hancock NY. Cool little town. I think population is 2500. We're about to go find food and drink for the night.

https://youtu.be/1HHMP-JNDtc

 

You guys might like this:


More bike shit. I know I’m cheap, but i also like to think of myself as resourceful.

Problem: The brake linkage on my scooter isn’t adjustable. There’s about three threads worth of adjustment at the master cylinder but not enough to put the pedal where it feels comfortable and I’m not pointing my toes down to hit the rear brake. The few aftermarket solutions out there are near $200 for something like this:



Beautiful for sure and probably worth the price from a manufacturing standpoint. But it seemed like such a basic concept that I figured there had to be a cheaper way to get it done. Looking around the internet didn’t turn up anything that was the right size or had the right adjustment that I needed. So let’s DIY something.

Found some rod ends at my local Ace for $15 each and searched through my scrap pile for something that could be used as the center. I found a 1/2” square piece of aluminum stock that was almost the right length but good enough to be my tester.


Used a sharpie as my layout fluid and found the center.



Drilled it out- only going 1/2 way before starting again from the opposite side. The tricky part here was squaring it up in my drill press with a very basic setup so that the hole didn’t start going crooked as I got deeper in the piece. I needed to drill through about 3” or material and have both sides meet in the middle.



Sonofabitch, I nailed it.




Tapped it by hand.




Bob’s your uncle.




And it works as intended!




This is just a test piece. I already bought a solid chunk of brass (for $8) to make the final price. It will be a bit longer for more thread engagement and I’ll be adding lock nuts to the rod ends. I’ll also be shaping it so it’s not just a random square chunk of metal. Got to give it some pizzazz.


Shit… imagine what I could do if I had more tools.

 

Did you remember your sleeping bag this time?

Nevermind looks like you are a true adventure rider now staying in hotels

 

i heard honda whats up lol

 

Got the down blanket, no sleeping bag

 

Look them up! So cool

 

oooh the little kei trucks? ye they are cool i want a honda beat so bad!

 

looks like a great time! thats stuff id love to do but my bike isnt the best for it haha

been thinkin hard lately about keeping it or selling it for a t7 sigh wait and see i guess lol

 

Finished piece in brass.