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**cheesy** · 10-13-2023, 06:50 PM

Hopefully tomorrow.

**cheesy** · 10-14-2023, 08:20 PM

Today was tomorrow and, well, we went to see puppies and grandsons' soccer game instead of going into the garage. Both events were on opposite ends of the county. No place to go tomorrow until late in the afternoon.

**cheesy** · 10-15-2023, 02:44 PM

Heads are on and torqued. The right side fought me like nobody's business. Hindsight being 20/20, I probably should have bought new pistons but... If this wasn't a Russian tractor engine, I would have.

Anyway, I spun the engine several times, both with the kicker and the button. No scary noises, unless you count the sound of increased compression coming through the sparkplug ports. I need to still adjust the valves, install the new studs, carbs, and exhaust. And remember to reattach the sidecar braces. That would truly suck to forget that.

I have a grandson's hockey game to go to and I'm in Denver until Thursday, so I'll button this up on Friday.

2LZ · 10-16-2023, 01:10 AM

Dang! I had no idea you took this thing through the Antarctic! Aren't these airheads good for crap-tons of miles? If I missed a major implosion, I apologies.

**cheesy** · 10-16-2023, 07:57 AM

No implosion. Burned valves and lack of available replacement parts for the 2007 engine. I did have over 38000 miles on it before this happened.

If grandson Owen hadn't had a hockey game yesterday, I'd have finished it. I think I enjoyed watching him score his second ever goal more than bending over and working on Arpok.

Sport Rider · 10-16-2023, 02:35 PM

I'd be tempted to leave the hack off and ride it around naked

McQueen216 · 10-16-2023, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sport Rider

I'd be tempted to leave the hack off and ride it around naked

We all have faith that he does that anyway.

**cheesy** · 10-16-2023, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sport Rider

I'd be tempted to leave the hack off and ride it around naked

Nah. Too much of a PITA to hook it back up and align. The square profile tires would suck, too.

2LZ · 10-16-2023, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McQueen216

We all have faith that he does that anyway.

Cheesy Godiva. I don't think I can unsee that.

**cheesy** · 10-16-2023, 08:45 PM

It’s cold in Illannoy, too. Gotta consider the shrinkage.

**cheesy** · 10-20-2023, 03:07 PM

Well, if this ain't a kick in the nuts.

The rear ball support snapped off of the motorcycle frame. It got my heart pumping when it let go. I was leaning the bike away from the sidecar to finish up on the right cylinder when I was suddenly holding the bike up and the sidecar was doing a wheelie. I had 400 lbs resting on my right hip while I called Mrs.C on my cell to come into the garage and give me a hand.

She stood on the sidecar floorboard and brought the sidecar level enough so that I could support everything with jacks and jack stands.

It's probably a good thing this happened in the garage. It's looking like this may have been cracked and the sidecar trusses were keeping it together. That last lean finished it.

There are three options to repair this. A new Ural, a new Ural motorcycle frame or weld it back on. As I've recently dropped almost $70K on the truck and trailer the last couple months, welding it is.

Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to get the bikes' center stand down so I can finish getting the sidecar away from it.

2LZ · 10-22-2023, 01:19 PM

Well doesn't that just suck.......
I've had to do the "phone the wife" from the shop. It's never a good situation.

**cheesy** · 10-23-2023, 07:27 AM

First thing out of her mouth after the excitement was, "You just got a new truck, you can't get a new motorcycle." That hadn't crossed my mind at the time, though I wanted to say that I have a new truck because you needed a bigger trailer, but I sometimes know when to keep my mouth shut.

Anyway, plans are afoot to repair the broken ball stud. Clamp, tack, gouge, weld. If that fails, I have located a 2010 frame in Ohio for a not unreasonable fee. If I go that route, that's where the most expensive words in the English language, "While I'm in here..." come into play. New clutch set, trans bearings, headset bearings, etc.

We shall see.

Sport Rider · 10-23-2023, 08:58 AM

used Triumph and DMC sidecar. just sayin.....

bigdano711 · 10-23-2023, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesy

First thing out of her mouth after the excitement was, "You just got a new truck, you can't get a new motorcycle." That hadn't crossed my mind at the time, though I wanted to say that I have a new truck because you needed a bigger trailer, but I sometimes know when to keep my mouth shut.

Wisdom. When I see it, I call it out!

10-13-2023, 06:50 PM	#631
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	Hopefully tomorrow. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-14-2023, 08:20 PM	#632
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	Today was tomorrow and, well, we went to see puppies and grandsons' soccer game instead of going into the garage. Both events were on opposite ends of the county. No place to go tomorrow until late in the afternoon. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-15-2023, 02:44 PM	#633
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	Heads are on and torqued. The right side fought me like nobody's business. Hindsight being 20/20, I probably should have bought new pistons but... If this wasn't a Russian tractor engine, I would have. Anyway, I spun the engine several times, both with the kicker and the button. No scary noises, unless you count the sound of increased compression coming through the sparkplug ports. I need to still adjust the valves, install the new studs, carbs, and exhaust. And remember to reattach the sidecar braces. That would truly suck to forget that. I have a grandson's hockey game to go to and I'm in Denver until Thursday, so I'll button this up on Friday. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-16-2023, 01:10 AM	#634
2LZ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Volcano, Ca Posts: 7,065	Dang! I had no idea you took this thing through the Antarctic! Aren't these airheads good for crap-tons of miles? If I missed a major implosion, I apologies. __________________ "Light a fire for a man, and you heat him for a day. Light a man on fire, and you heat him for the rest of his life." 2007 Suzuki DRZ400S (SM convert) 2009 Q Link XP 200 1967 BSA B25 250cc Starfire 2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 2023 Royal Enfield Scram 411 1948 Royal Enfield Model G 350
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10-16-2023, 07:57 AM	#635
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	No implosion. Burned valves and lack of available replacement parts for the 2007 engine. I did have over 38000 miles on it before this happened. If grandson Owen hadn't had a hockey game yesterday, I'd have finished it. I think I enjoyed watching him score his second ever goal more than bending over and working on Arpok. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-16-2023, 02:35 PM	#636
Sport Rider Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Mooresville NC Posts: 2,029	I'd be tempted to leave the hack off and ride it around naked __________________ Dave Bikes I've owned: Suzuki GS450T, Yamaha XS500, Honda V45 Sabre, Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic (2), Suzuki VX800, Kawasaki Ninja 650, Triumph TT600, Honda Superhawk, Kawasaki Concours 1000 (3, including a sidecar rig), Buell XB9R, Kawasaki Nomad 1500, Concours 14, Honda Goldwing (2), Housen Hawk, Suzuki Intruder 1400, Kawasaki KLR650, Victory V92TC.
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10-16-2023, 08:45 PM	#640
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	It’s cold in Illannoy, too. Gotta consider the shrinkage. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-20-2023, 03:07 PM	#641
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	Well, if this ain't a kick in the nuts. The rear ball support snapped off of the motorcycle frame. It got my heart pumping when it let go. I was leaning the bike away from the sidecar to finish up on the right cylinder when I was suddenly holding the bike up and the sidecar was doing a wheelie. I had 400 lbs resting on my right hip while I called Mrs.C on my cell to come into the garage and give me a hand. She stood on the sidecar floorboard and brought the sidecar level enough so that I could support everything with jacks and jack stands. It's probably a good thing this happened in the garage. It's looking like this may have been cracked and the sidecar trusses were keeping it together. That last lean finished it. There are three options to repair this. A new Ural, a new Ural motorcycle frame or weld it back on. As I've recently dropped almost $70K on the truck and trailer the last couple months, welding it is. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to get the bikes' center stand down so I can finish getting the sidecar away from it. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-22-2023, 01:19 PM	#642
2LZ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Volcano, Ca Posts: 7,065	Well doesn't that just suck....... I've had to do the "phone the wife" from the shop. It's never a good situation. __________________ "Light a fire for a man, and you heat him for a day. Light a man on fire, and you heat him for the rest of his life." 2007 Suzuki DRZ400S (SM convert) 2009 Q Link XP 200 1967 BSA B25 250cc Starfire 2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 2023 Royal Enfield Scram 411 1948 Royal Enfield Model G 350
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10-23-2023, 07:27 AM	#643
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,763	First thing out of her mouth after the excitement was, "You just got a new truck, you can't get a new motorcycle." That hadn't crossed my mind at the time, though I wanted to say that I have a new truck because you needed a bigger trailer, but I sometimes know when to keep my mouth shut. Anyway, plans are afoot to repair the broken ball stud. Clamp, tack, gouge, weld. If that fails, I have located a 2010 frame in Ohio for a not unreasonable fee. If I go that route, that's where the most expensive words in the English language, "While I'm in here..." come into play. New clutch set, trans bearings, headset bearings, etc. We shall see. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-23-2023, 08:58 AM	#644
Sport Rider Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Mooresville NC Posts: 2,029	used Triumph and DMC sidecar. just sayin..... __________________ Dave Bikes I've owned: Suzuki GS450T, Yamaha XS500, Honda V45 Sabre, Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic (2), Suzuki VX800, Kawasaki Ninja 650, Triumph TT600, Honda Superhawk, Kawasaki Concours 1000 (3, including a sidecar rig), Buell XB9R, Kawasaki Nomad 1500, Concours 14, Honda Goldwing (2), Housen Hawk, Suzuki Intruder 1400, Kawasaki KLR650, Victory V92TC.
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