The left side bulb was burned out in my '93 Aspy (Aftermarket Cornering lights) so I replaced with LED 50 watt version in both sides and did the "Always on" mod. These are really nice, light up the sides of the road and immediately in front of you very nicely at night. The LED is highly recommended.

It was 60 yesterday, supposed to be 40 and windy today, looking for near 60 again this weekend. Winters are variable, you can see a week of -20, and turn around next week and see 70 degrees. I remember touring around the city side streets looking at Christmas light displays well after dark on Christ...

Have you changed the oil and it comes out contaminated ?? Definitely some water in that for sure. It may be the top of one one of the valve stems is showing some wear, and not adjusting properly for you - see if you can see any visual divot in the top of one of the valves - that could be your probl...

I don't hear anything serious here, but it does sound like the valve clearances need adjustment. That should take care of the ticking.

I've never used Loctite on my Wings, either.....

You got 'em right, the marks will never line up "exact", + or - one cog in either direction and things will line up much worse. Once your idlers are set and tightened down turn the engine with a wrench on the crank bolt two revs (CCW looking at the crank bolt, this puts the slack at the tensioner si...

I like the design, Slick! :D :idea: Rectifier Bridge rated 50 Amps, more than sufficient. And since a Bridge Pack (4 Diodes) is being used, you are actually doubling up the diodes for a total of twelve.... Here's Spec Sheet for the Triac used as Shunt, rated 40 Amps https://www.st.com/resource/en/da...

A racing car trick:
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Photos from "Da Yoopers" Tourist Trap in Ishpeming, Michigan.. The tourist trap is run by one of the members of a musical comedy/parody group called "Da Yoopers". For those that don't know, Yoopers is what people from Michigan's Upper Peninsula (the U.P., or 'Da Yoop') call themselves..... It's a cu...

Put the O-rings on the pipe, then a little grease on the rings and tube inlets works wonders!

I took WingAdmin's schematic posted above and added the relay. The Left side below is original, the right side shows the Mod....

It doesn't use much power (about 10 watts max), just put it on one of those little 240 to 120 v travel transformers like tourists use....

He disconnected it from the thermister so it could be put to other use, not related to cruise control. What size is the rear tire? Smaller than spec? That could change the top speed of Cruise. There's mods you can do to fool the cruise control into having a higher top speed.... https://goldwingdocs....

OP stated cranking two minutes or so, doesn't sound like the battery is in too terrible bad shape, and still stubborn even with a jump. That's why I suggested the relay mod... Mine even with AGM battery you can crank all you want and it doesn't start until you release the start button... Never fails...

Aussie81Interstate wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 24, 2018 7:12 pm

Do you know if those belts are the old ones in the box? or the new replacement ones - why would you buy belts then not put them on for 3 years ??
Just thinking - not criticising....

I'd call that "Thinking Outside the Box"

The belts DO age with time only.... The standard thinking around the forum here seems to average to 10 yrs / 50,000 miles. That said, those in the box should be good for 6 1/2 years....

Bought one yesterday at Home Depot, Black-Friday sale priced at $19.88. They had a big pile of them at the store I went to, so likely to last a few days before sold out.

This almost sounds like the famous low-voltage to the ECU, when cranking a cold engine the starter draws more power than normal to turn over the engine with cold oil, might be drawing the voltage down to where the ECU doesn't have enough voltage to fire the plugs (a bad design, if you ask me, the EC...

Mine runs exactly 15MPh/1K RPMs, 4000 RPM at 60mph, 5000 RPM at 75.... 1980 STD

She'll happily do 75 all day long.... even pulling the camper.

Interesting to know the Prestone I have been using for years in everything is silicate-free, since it doesn't mention that on the label. Last year I looked high and low for antifreeze specifically saying silicate-free, finally found something at O'Reiley's costing like $22 gallon. Don't remember the...

Be interesting to know if that 2006 CBR600 regulator is a shunt or series regulator. The difference being a shunt regulator (like on the 4 cylinder wings) "shunts" (grounds out) varying amounts of current from the stator depending on draw from the bike and battery in order to maintain correct voltag...

You would most certainly need to incorporate a pressure regulator off the CO2 canister, get the pressure down to 75 PSI or so, I doubt electric valves could handle direct pressure of the canister, and you would also run the risk of severely overpressuring your shocks.

+1 on the Private Adjuster, my property suffered $64K damage in a May 2017 hailstorm. Baseball sized hail. Took over a year to settle. Wound up with my private adjuster and theirs in binding arbitration. Referee ruled in our favor. Repairs are not yet complete. Fortunately all the bikes were in the ...

Bike was designed to run without it. I can see where it would be helpful pulling a trailer, but in your milder climate and no trailer, I can't see that it would be of any benefit...

My 02¢ -if the other headgasket isn't leaking leave well enough alone. OEM (I wouldn't use any other) headgaskets for 1100 are kinda spendy these days.