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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
of two locals



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Old 17 Mar 2019
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Everything is wired up. Gotta order horn. Buy a flasher and I stall. Then waiting on headlight. But everything else is wired in and ready for the new battery tomorrow
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Video or it didnt happen!


And you owe me a for that tank tip
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When I pull it out tomorrow to install battery and stuff I will take pics.
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Sorry guys no pics. Went to ride it and no spark. Got pisses and put it away.
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Few things I need help with...

Neutral switch bypass.
Side stand bypass....done

Test coil, cdi and rectifier.
Needs specs and help on how to do it. Also specs and how to for testing the stator.
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Tank arrived.....it hits the head on left side..? I'm thinking I'll heat it with a heat gun and carefully bend it on inside.
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Coil craped out.
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Carb kit ordered. New coil. Carb mounts
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Headlight mounted and wired. Ordered peacocks and new cap for acerbis tank. Carb kit arrives thursday.
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Blinkers fixed...had to order led flasher
Ordered new peacocks and cap for tank just waiting on jet to ship them. Said next week I'll have them. Then I will mount the new tank.

Headlight mounted and aimed.

New brake switches arrived just gotta put them on.

Mo day I will get the steel to build the pannier racks. Also I will order the 20mm ammo cans I will be using for them.

Need to repair rear fender and mount taillight today.

Pics today hopefully.

Also have to trim seat so fits new tank.
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Here you go guys. Just trimmed the seat and foam to fit new tank.
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Getting ready to order new vinly and foam to reduce the seat myself
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neat
seat top looks kind of rough
to reshape it use a normal metal grinding disc on an angle grinder
works a treat, just be careful to secure the foam to something solid
i usually upholster my seats with a piece of vinyl that i buy by the yard.
i cut a rough shape and attach it to the base with clothespins, leave under sun, it will preshape the vinyl nicely
then get a staple gun to attach the vinyl to the plastic base.
dont know your MY, if its a metal base it's trickier, youll have to use contact glue
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86. Plastic base. I'll reshape for the gel pad. Then I am going g to use slip stop vinly. I'll be using stainless staples also
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Need help guys. My bike has a 12/42 setup. Rear is easy to fix. But someone welded the front sprocket on. Ideas on how to fix it? I want 80mph top speed min. It will be used mostly on road
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