docc Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Here's to March in Indiana ! "In like a lion," indeed! But "grey" alternator covers? "Black" alternator covers? WOT? No zinc chromate?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobleswood Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 But "grey" alternator covers? "Black" alternator covers? WOT? No zinc chromate?!? You're in a class all of your own Docc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 But "grey" alternator covers? "Black" alternator covers? WOT? No zinc chromate?!? You're in a class all of your own Docc heh! "Out (there) standing in my own field" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 That's a fair day's work, for sure. The grey cover goes with the tailpiece, but I agree that black would be better. So you use the HF tire changer without the top arm? That's a good idea. I always fight with that thing. Off with it... I decided "what's the point of that?" the first time I used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 The horns were totally brown with rust. Bead blasted and painted them, along with the alternator cover that had been sand blasted by the front wheel. Painted it with Aero engine grey, and don't like it. I'll probably pull it and paint it flat black like the horns. Took a stainless toothbrush to the regulator, and made the corrosion fly. 2017-03-02_04-49-47 Surrender to the dark side, Chuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Must...resist...temptation...to...open....wallet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I like that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Here's to March in Indiana ! "In like a lion," indeed! But "grey" alternator covers? "Black" alternator covers? WOT? No zinc chromate?!? Woke up this morning and ... 2017-03-04_08-10-47 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Good. I can get something done on the Scura today. I don't know how Scud does it. I'd never get anything done if it was sunny and 70 every day. Back to work. Moved the vise on the HF lift. It was too far forward. Repaired the RF turnsignal. Installed a new front tire. I'll install the real Lucky Phil shifter extender (instead of the original prototype) yet this afternoon, and that'll do it for the day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I woke up this morning and... ...watched some sea otters in the ocean near San Luis Obispo (Avila Beach). Then I met Plexiform and got to see his most excellent stable of bikes and a Porsche. Then followed him on his Scura-Italia out Highway 166 through impossibly luscious green rain-soaked hillsides. Then continued solo for about 100 miles of high-speed sweepers, wide open spaces and one of my favorites climbs into Los Padres National Forest. I desperately wanted to ride Highway 33, but it was closed due to landslides. I visit the snow. The snow doesn't visit me. Then I paid the price with about 40 miles of lane-splitting through Los Angeles on the way home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexiform Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks Scud for letting me join your excursion for a short stretch and reminding me I need to get out on my bike more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks for the pix, Scud.. like I said, I'd *never* get anything done. In all the years I've been going out there, I've never seen it so green. That rain dance I did in December was a little more effective than I had planned. Must have had something to do with the bear and California. 2017-03-05_07-29-14 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr I *assume* you've been on 33? It's fairly nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Oh yeah, the Southernmost section of 33 is amazing. Been on it several times from Ojai all the way to Coalinga. But it's over 150 miles of mostly lane-splitting slab just to get to it. So it's a real treat when I can get close to it AND have enough time to enjoy it. However, daughter #2 will be going to college in San Luis Obispo starting next year. 33 and many other enticing routes await college visitations. I thank you, Chuck, for the rain... and I thank my daughters for choosing to go to school in interesting places. Plexiform - you gotta ride 33 when it re-opens. Till then, go have lunch at Pine Mountain Pizza Company. It's only 6,000 vertical feet away from you. LeMans' tires are toast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexiform Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 ill have to do 33 next time i go out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 In all the years I've been going out there, I've never seen it so green. This was in San Luis Obispo. All the coastal hills and valleys look like they've been carpeted - just endless green rollers... should have take more pictures. This doesn't do it justice. We're expecting a massive wildflower bloom this year. http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJPR01 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Good to see the drought got "mostly" taken care of with the latest storms! Green and beautiful, no more parched hillsides in Cali! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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