Subject: RE: Good Moves, Bad Moves
Author: David Washburn
Date: Jul 29, 2001, 6:01 PM
Post ID: 1707685039
Tom Bowes wrote:> Bad Moves:
1) Putting a Dyna ignition module on the bike. I hid the thing up under the tank, mounted to the top tube |
Ouch, that is just where I put mine! I will test to see If I have the
same problem once I get it going.
| 3) Routing the harness for the rear fender through the hole at the front of the fender. It left just enough of a "gooseneck" in the wiring for the admittedly oversized 120/90-18 rear tire to rub right through part of the harness. |
Ouch, Ouch! I did the same thing and it seems like the wire is a little
short to the taillight. I guess I will go back and reroute it as I am
running the same tires you are.
| 4) The Dunlop K-177 front, when used on the rear, shows significant wear after only 2400 miles. I may be able to run it for 6000 miles, but I'll be surprised if it goes any beyond that. |
I can live with that kind of mileage as I will be running two bikes. I
doubt I will need a new rear more than once a year and that is O.K.
Thanks for the report Tom. I am trying to get motorvated Eldo style for
the MD Loopframe Rally. I got some stuff done in the garage today
including Tapping and nevr-seezing all the threads in the heads (22 if
you are counting) mounting the carbs and K&N's and finishing up the
wiring on the DYNA. I made a cool little "Y" harness that holds two
diodes in between the coils and the Tach (electric Y'know). Hopefully
this will allow the SP motor to read out normally with the Eldo Tach. I
need to finish well in advance of the rally because I want to break the
bike in on my normal commuting schedule. I would hate to be taking a
green motor to a rally.
David in NYC