The Pitstop

Haha, I was just playing. I see "breaks" getting used quite often. To be nice to people I usually edit it and make it the correct spelling before someone has fits, lol.

Jonathan Musso

1:27 AM

:D

Paulster2

@DucatiKiller - I'm feeling sorry for the starter guy. I've been in that situation where it just gets so frustrating you cannot do anything but get pissed off.

DucatiKiller

Indeed. I've yelled at inanimate objects and cursed the sky with my fist...just failing....lol

Paulster2

It's about the only time you can really hear me cussing.

Jonathan Musso

haha

I try to drown that out by making the music louder

Paulster2

Holy crap, the Isle of Man video is awesome

Jonathan Musso

1:38 AM

indeed

Paulster2

Those guys have some big brass ones.

DucatiKiller

It makes my heartrate go up

large attachments as they say

Paulster2

But you have experience, which makes it even more real for you.

DucatiKiller

It's different doing club racing or trackdays....there aren't objects to hit. It's what makes road racing safer than football.

These guys hit mailboxes

and brick walls

Paulster2

I get it ... but I don't have any cycling experience to speak of.

DucatiKiller

1:40 AM

and houses, and gardens and other posts and various objects.....

Paulster2

and dirt and bumps and ...

DucatiKiller

lol

Paulster2

gravel someone kicked out into the road.

Jonathan Musso

just about everything

Paulster2

Ayup

DucatiKiller

1:41 AM

yes. it's just sheer insanity

Paulster2

A real "mans" sport.

Awesomeness

Jonathan Musso

it's simply amazing

Paulster2

Looks lonely though

I guess they have radios in their helmets, eh?

Jonathan Musso

"You live more in 5 minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in their lifetime." ~ Burt Munro

Paulster2

Ayup

DucatiKiller

1:42 AM

There's a documentary on the race doctors, they position them around the track on motorcycles that roll out into the field of riders on the track with backpacks to goto a crash site.

Paulster2

Do they pit?

fuel?

DucatiKiller

yes

once a lap. about 36 miles I think

Paulster2

And man do they squirley

Hauling BUTTOCKS!

DucatiKiller

....and they look comfortable with it!!!

Rider deaths in motorcycle racing

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Paulster2

Do they have GPS following them and telling them what is coming up (someone in their ear), or do they have to memorize the course?

DucatiKiller

1:44 AM

memorization

not like rally cars

Paulster2

Gotcha

DucatiKiller

There's quite a few guys who have been doing it for almost 20 years

Paulster2

I;m sure they communicate with their pit though, wouldn't they?

DucatiKiller

not allowed to have radio in most of the series

even motogp

Paulster2

Crud ... really lonely then.

DucatiKiller

1:45 AM

In fact, I know of no motorcycle series that has radio comms

pitboard only. They are in the zone though.

Paulster2

That seems strange.

not being in the zone, but no comms.

DucatiKiller

it's like the F1 drivers that complain when they're pit is telling them what to do

Yes, I agree. I think for safety alone

Paulster2

In today's information age.

exactly

Anyway, great stuff.

Thanks for sharing!

DucatiKiller

There was a guy in world superbike two years ago pissing oil all over the track for half a lap and guys dropping like fly's behind him until they finally red flagged it.

had they had radio.....

YW

Paulster2

Exactly. I'm sure they stopped him about the time his engine siezed.

seized

DucatiKiller

1:49 AM

yup

@JonathanMusso ebay.com/itm/HONDA-RC51-RVT1000R-FRONT-FORKS-SUSPENSION-/…

Paulster2

Anyway, kind sir ... please have a great evening!

DucatiKiller

those forks and.....

@Paulster2 take care

cheers @Paulster2

:D

same to you

1:50 AM

Later @JonathanMusso :D

DucatiKiller

@JonathanMusso then you would use these calipers with those forks

ebay.com/itm/…

Unless you are looking for a caliper for a bottom of the tube slider and you will do a conversion mount

Jonathan Musso

hmm I would have to fab them up, got a springer frontend

DucatiKiller

well then....once second, I'll be back

Jonathan Musso

ok, thank you sir

DucatiKiller

actually, why a honda caliper

Honda uses nissan in recent years

since the 80's

what are you trying to accomplish?

Jonathan Musso

1:55 AM

basically brakes are up in the year. I can go with MY 2000+ from HD but I am just curious as to my other options. looking for good stopping power. it all has to be changed with the new wheels, as stock it was drum

DucatiKiller

what would you mount it to if it's a springer front end?

Jonathan Musso

I would have to fab everything

DucatiKiller

The best calipers are the 4 piston opposed

The newer radial and block calipers would not work

but I don't see how you would be able to use the type for the link i sent or the fork slider mount, since you don't have a slider

Jonathan Musso

mmm ok

typically guys don't even run a front brake with similar setups...but yeah...stopping power xD

DucatiKiller

OK, gotcha

I would frankly be terrified

I only use my front brake, I use the rear to settle the bike down a bit under extreme braking but that's it

Jonathan Musso

2:12 AM

aye, front brakes amount for majority stopping power..I don't like rear drum brakes on that bike either

DucatiKiller

yeah, drums lockup early

for sure, not a fan

Jonathan Musso

but this might all be speculation, I hope to find time to put back into this bike

Jonathan Musso

3:56 AM

woo we had a wheel lacing question

Paulster2

4:28 AM

@BobCross & @Movemorecommentlinkstoptop ... anyway you two could throw your wiles down on the SE bosses that be? We need to promote this site. I believe we are about as good as we've ever been. Com'on! Put the whammy on them!

Paulster2

1:11 PM

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Q: Why do heavy vehicles almost always use diesel engines?

I have always wondered why heavy vehicles such as large trucks and buses almost always use diesel engines, whereas in light cars there is a choice between diesel and gasoline engines. Engine efficiency might explain the preference towards diesel engines, but then again isn't this a valid conside...

diesel gasoline truck

Hot question, and good voting. Wish they all would come back for some need mechanical parlance.

Zaid

@Paulster2 hola amigo!

Jonathan Musso

good morning

Paulster2

1:40 PM

Hey @Zaid & @JonathanMusso - How are you two this morning (or afternoon, or wherever you are in the world, lol)?

I am going to make an inference here ... Interesting questions bring about interesting voting ...

Jonathan Musso

@Paulster2 Great thanks! Just making some coffee. Probably going to head to the shop to work on the Sport Coupe for the day.

Paulster2

1:58 PM

@JonathanMusso - That sounds like fun ... just the "going to head to the shop" sounds like fun. I wish I had more than a garage here at the house to work out of. I think once the daughter is out of High School we'll take a look at our situation and see if something can be done about it.

Jonathan Musso

2:13 PM

@Paulster2 Oh the temps dropped so we will shall see how fun it is. Gotta go get propane. How big is your garage? Not sure where you are located but if you have warm climate year round you could get a quonset hut rather reasonably.

Paulster2

@JonathanMusso - I don't have the space for a Quonset hut. I've only got about 1/4 acre of land. I'm in East-central Virginia (near Fredericksburg, south of DC by 45 miles).

My current garage is supposed to be a two car garage, but with all of my tools/spares/stuff, it's pretty much a single car garage.

Temps here have been pretty warm. Currently it's about 45 degF, so much cooler than it has been over the past week or so. With how the weather has been, I'm fully expecting Feb/Mar to be about -30 degF! Mother Nature has a way of completely trashing us when we least expect it.

Jonathan Musso

2:28 PM

Ahh gotcha, well perhaps with creative storage you can get it organized. I know, all the tools and what not take up so much space!

It's -12 C today, just a few days ago it was +15 c

Paulster2

Exactly, lol!

@JonathanMusso - That's pretty chilly. Where abouts are you in Canada?

Jonathan Musso

Just an hour north of Toronto

Paulster2

"North" of Toronto, lol ... yes, I'm sure it gets pretty cold there in the winter time.

Jonathan Musso

It's usually -30 to -40 but this year has been different

hey man, when I was in northern Alberta it was -70 C !!!! lol

Paulster2

I can imagine ... and that's without the wind chill!

:-)

Jonathan Musso

2:33 PM

haha yes

Paulster2

So are you in Quebec or Ontario?

Jonathan Musso

Ontario

Montreal is in Quebec :D

Paulster2

The dividing line between the two is about 1 hour north of Toronto, lol.

I mean, directly north of Toronto, lol!

Jonathan Musso

haha

Paulster2

So you must be very close to the border ... no worries. I lived in Montana growing up, just south of British Columbia ... about due south of Calgary by about 75 miles (as the crow flies). I've been to Canada many times ... What a beautiful country.

Anyway, I wish you a grand day! Hope all is well up in the Great White North. :D

Jonathan Musso

2:38 PM

A few hours to the border yes! That's awesome. Yeah Alberta was great. I want to relocate to BC I think

Thank you, you as well!

JPhi1618

3:23 PM

@DucatiKiller, not sure if it's what you were going for, but your combo of picture and hat makes you look like Daft Punk...

DucatiKiller

lol

I always wanted to play hockey

JPhi1618

Smoke from engine question answer: Take it back and make them actually fix the problem.

DucatiKiller

Agreed

JPhi1618

3:45 PM

@Paulster2, looks like some diesel engines have a "throttle plate" for some type of EGR control, so maybe that's where this guy got confused?

You're right about the rant tho. Very long winded without much point.

DucatiKiller

3:58 PM

yeah, that guy seems almost angy

JPhi1618

Disgruntled gasoline engineer.

Damn Diesels!!

DucatiKiller

lol

A diesel bus hit his dog when he was a kid. He had a PTSD event when he saw the question.

JPhi1618

ha, nice.

Zaid

6:44 PM

.

Paulster2

7:06 PM

@DucatiKiller & @JPhi1618 - You guys slay me! ;-)

DucatiKiller

7:25 PM

@Paulster2 lol...wadya mean?

DucatiKiller

7:42 PM

So what is the mist that comes out of air conditioner vents that people call smoke?

I've seen air conditioner blow cold enough to create condensation and be able to see some mist or have the heater on when it's extremely cold and you roll down the wind and you see some mist off the vents....but....is it a compromised AC, leaking the fake freon...whattever you call it....into the system?

I've looked at some diagrams and don't really see how that would happen or even a broken heater core...

JPhi1618

7:55 PM

I thought it was just condensation in the cooled air.

DucatiKiller

there are some posts that mention mist and smoke along with the smell of magic markers or a chemical smell

weird....

3

Q: Paint thinner/magic marker smell coming from AC

I recently purchased a 2012 Honda Civic (~36,000 miles). The AC will intermittently give off a paint thinner or magic marker smell. From what I understand, antifreeze has a sweet smell, and mold or mildew has a musty smell. It does not seem to be either of these smells; magic marker is probably t...

civic ac smell

2

Q: Smokey A/C from 07 Toyota Camry XLE

A while back my wife mentioned that smoke was coming from the front vents after a bit of driving with the A/C on. This does not happen regularly and the Freeon levels do not change. The other day, I witnessed this myself. There was no freeon odor - it didn't have an odor much at all. Then after a...

toyota ac camry

There's more too if you dig around and search with different terms

I think odin's dupehammer needs to be busted out if an answer can be found that's real and good that addresses these issues

Jonathan Musso

10:16 PM

afternoon

Zaid

@JonathanMusso Morning :)

Jonathan Musso

@Zaid good morning! how are you today?

Zaid

Feeling somewhat accomplished

0

Q: How do lambda sensors work?

Virtually every modern passenger vehicle today utilizes lambda sensors. How critical are they to a vehicle's operation? How do they work?

o2-sensor

Finally rolled out this one into the wild

DucatiKiller

@Zaid Yeah, very nice work. I like it.

Howdy @JonathanMusso How's the weather up there. It's freezing the desert southwest. It's like 60 some degrees F. burrrrrr

Zaid

@DucatiKiller Turns out that there are quite a few lambdas out there. Didn't want to leave any of them out

DucatiKiller

10:24 PM

yeah, you had to do some work

Jonathan Musso

@Zaid What an answer, excellent work you have done there!

@DucatiKiller It's bone chilling today, first bout of cold we have had. -12 c atm. Just the other day it was +15c haha.

DucatiKiller

I"m writing one up for this. Horrible answers....I'm compelled to fix it.

5

Q: Symptoms of Lean or Rich carb settings on a motorcycle

I have a 1981 Yamaha XS650. I recently put in K&N stock replacement filter (ie, they are in the airbox and conform to the size of the original), however they may be leading to a leaner mixture because they purportedly let through more air. I want to tune my carbs (yes, I know that the B34s are n...

motorcycle carburetor yamaha lean rich

@JonathanMusso that's obscene. There should be a law against cold weather.

Jonathan Musso

@DucatiKiller it doesn't look like much but I dug this out today....gonna get the frame prepped for paint and the tank...

DucatiKiller

NICE!

go get em

nothing like making progress on a project!

looks like you have some good space in that shop too.

Zaid

Guys, I'm curious about something

Jonathan Musso

10:29 PM

Thanks, it's time to get this on its way. Gonna paint the frame tomorrow and get the motor installed. Tank and rear fender will be plum crazy purple I think

yessir?

Zaid

Whenever I see bike builds I see it takes an absolute age to get them done and the amount of attention to detail is almost Leonardo da Vinci

Is it that complicated?

DucatiKiller

I think cars are more complicated. I've done a couple of body off restores and it just seems to go on forever. prepping for pain alone on a car. OMG....so much time

Zaid

I mean when I compare the mechanics of a motorcycle to a car it looks much, much simpler right?

DucatiKiller

yes

absolutely

Zaid

I'd have thought it possible to restore bikes in like a couple of days

DucatiKiller

10:32 PM

I think there are few things with older four cylinder bikes that are more complex, like getting them tuned....carburated of course

Zaid

But from what I see on the interwebz it looks like it takes an age

DucatiKiller

welllll.....I have some that I've been working on for over a year

Jonathan Musso

well it depends

DucatiKiller

yes...depends

Jonathan Musso

if you work full time, it takes time no matter what you do, car or bike

Zaid

10:32 PM

Yes, I can understand carb tuning is a bit of a black art

Jonathan Musso

if you can dedicate 10 hours a day to a restoration, it better get done quickly :D right?

DucatiKiller

but when you are putting a new wheel on a bike, you frequently need machine work

there are lots of things I'm going to swap out/change where I need to get machine work done

happens to me all the time

PITA

Zaid

btw I love the café racer scene

DucatiKiller

I never seem to have to do that with a car

ever

yes, love cafe bikes. I've never done one though

Zaid

there are some gorgeous creations out there

I was smitten by a couple of Moto Guzzi restorations

Jonathan Musso

10:35 PM

I gained appreciation for them after digging up the old cb

DucatiKiller

I helped a buddy do a ducati monster last year. lot of fun. lotta fabbing.

Zaid

DucatiKiller

yeah....that's beautiful. I love Guzzi's

Jonathan Musso

ahh that is sick

love the seat

Zaid

DucatiKiller

10:38 PM

that square gastank is pretty badass too

Zaid

Just something about the longitudinal V-twins

DucatiKiller

nice seat work, going up the butt of the tank

Zaid

And the gas tank is original Guzzi

DucatiKiller

that looks painful to make

Zaid

They didn't mod it (the fuel tank)

bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-cafe-racer

DucatiKiller

10:40 PM

nice

makes things easier for sure

looks great...the whole package.....thoughtful

I don't like ostentatious stuff. This scratches my inner build itch...

Zaid

That's what makes café builds so appealing

Their spartan appeal (at least that's how they should be)

Jonathan Musso

I don't like the OCC style bikes much, I appreciate the work but yeah...not my first choice. BRB in a few

DucatiKiller

Agreed on both your statements

I like simplified

stripped down. Motor wheels engine Gooooooo!

Zaid

There was another one that was superbly executed. It was a Yamaha

DucatiKiller

Nice, looks like an SRX single. My buddy raced one

Zaid

10:46 PM

It's an SR500

DucatiKiller

those are cool too

very similar

I love big single cylinders

Zaid

The level of detail on this one is stunning

DucatiKiller

but I don't own one

Zaid

Check out the built-in LED taillight

The digital gauge

The heat wrap on the exhaust

DucatiKiller

To know you is to love you @zaid

it's a nice build for sure

Zaid

10:50 PM

Right, I have to go now

Else I'll suffer from lack of sleep tomorrow

Nice talking to you guys, have a great day!

DucatiKiller

take care zaid

thanks for the pics!

made me smile.....AND that post is badass. Next Level as they say.

Jonathan Musso

11:43 PM

I love that white one

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