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I usually drop the ball in, put it in roughly the right place, hold all the other little openings closed with my fingers and push the...

^ This is awesome, thank you for explaining! I'll have to practice to get the hang of it, but it does make sense! -- I finished up...

lmao, I'm a lady, but a broken Speedo would be a big problem for anyone if you're on a motorcycle in public 😜

I want to learn how to do that! I'm new to manual transmissions in general and I really just wanted to know if I'm in 2nd, 1st, or N at...

I'm learning the limitations of the epoxy. What surprised me is that despite the glossy finish, it behaves more like a ceramic than a...

Hi friend! I've attached some pages from the Haynes manual on how to test various electrical stuff. You'd be better served checking the...

Pronounced gooey at the scene 😈 It's a 24-hour cure time, so I filled this out last night. I did overfill a bit, because it's way...

Thank you! Really, what I'm aiming for is an adaptation of this idea: But with a bunch of bootleg tooling, for a 43-year-old...

Oh, I've discovered something new--JBWeld High-Heat. I was nervous that the epoxies and resins I was using all seemed to have a maximum...

Some fabrication! One of the things I've changed is that I'm going to use thermostat wire instead of Cat5--18 gauge, and 7 strands, how...

Dangit, I've been made! Everyone, scatter! :ninja:

What material is that? They look delicious :P As for me, I wrote up my progress on the previously-mentioned gear indicator build here.

I made reference to this in the What Did You Do To Your XS Today thread, but I figured I'd make my own. Deeply inspired by Tggraff's...

I do! Pop over to the auto parts store and get yourself a screw extractor set. I got mine at NAPA, but I think they've got these at...

I'd go option 1. Any parts that aren't the same, just don't use. I'd get the new floats too--they sometimes develop pinholes, and that...

Meanwhile in the present, I took it easy today--adjusted the clutch, and gave my leather tail-bag a nice proper waterproofing treatment...

Made plans to create a gear indicator. Ordered a sacrificial spare neutral position sensor--I'll be drilling the middle part out...

Great work getting it back together and running! If you keep seeing fuel dump out of one of your air filters, that's a symptom of stuck...

Yes, but you don't necessarily need to pull the choke out all the way--if it's warm where you are, you might only need it half-way, or...