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- Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:22 am
- Forum: Chassis & Suspension Shop
- Topic: How to re-install top fork nut on 1975 860GT?
- Replies: 4
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Re: How to re-install top fork nut on 1975 860GT?
Thanks kindly for the tip; that will be very useful, and I appreciate that. Yeah, if by preload, you mean working against the springs to set the nut, I am feeling a lot more resistance with the Worx kit parts in than with the original spring. Maybe I am just too weak. Anyway, your tip about marking ...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:11 am
- Forum: Chassis & Suspension Shop
- Topic: How to re-install top fork nut on 1975 860GT?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9490
How to re-install top fork nut on 1975 860GT?
I must be missing a technique. When attempting to re-install the nut at the top of the forks, after rebuilding and installing Steve''s Worx fork kit, I am unable to get the nut started on the threads while pushing against the fork springs, using Steve's recommendation of turning the nut COUNTERCLOCK...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:22 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
- Topic: 860GT LED headlamp retrofit: attempt 1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8324
Re: 860GT LED headlamp retrofit: attempt 1
If you read what I put in the original post, you will see that the LED lamp would not even fit into the capture ring, so there is no way that I could possibly answer your question about night riding, since the LED lamp would not fit into the shell.
Got that?
Got that?
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
- Topic: 860GT LED headlamp retrofit: attempt 1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8324
Re: 860GT LED headlamp retrofit: attempt 1
This was a bench test, a sensible precursor to a road test.
So, your question of it improving the lighting riding in the dark is not something that I can answer from a bench test.
So, your question of it improving the lighting riding in the dark is not something that I can answer from a bench test.
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:33 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
- Topic: 860GT LED headlamp retrofit: attempt 1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8324
860GT LED headlamp retrofit: attempt 1
In trying to alleviate the load on the somewhat anemic alternator, I purchased an LED lamp from Autobaba, which was supposed to be a replacement for the 6014 unit in my bike; big mistake: the unit would not fit into the capture rings in the headlamp shell. It was slightly too big in diameter. Also, ...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
- Topic: 1975 860GT LED retrofit
- Replies: 0
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1975 860GT LED retrofit
Given the somewhat anemic output of the 860GT alternator, I have embarked on a new episode of self-torture, in retrofitting LEDs into the bike to alleviate the stress on the alternator. I had installed the LED dash light kit that Steve and others offered, and all went well with one exception: the tu...
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:52 am
- Forum: Body, Paint & Rubber Shop
- Topic: Looking for a technique
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16905
Re: Looking for a technique
Thanks, 81. I've been toying with the idea of putting a washer on both sides of the mudguard, to give just a teeny bit of distance between the mudguard sheet metal and the wheel carrier. As of now, I cannot think of a reason not to. Thin washers are readily available, and the smallest gap would like...
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:16 pm
- Forum: Body, Paint & Rubber Shop
- Topic: Looking for a technique
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16905
Re: Looking for a technique
Hi again, I hit the "submit" button before I was finished with the stud removal post, so here's the rest of the info: All studs came out with no stubbornness or damage, which is good, because the studs, Ducati part # 0684.37.583, are apparently made of the rare element "unobtainium&qu...
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:04 pm
- Forum: Body, Paint & Rubber Shop
- Topic: Looking for a technique
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16905
Re: Looking for a technique
Thanks, Steve, I don't trust myself to not let go of the mudguard while it is under tension when remounting it, so I chose to unscrew the studs using the tried, and occasionally successful, method of using two nuts with an external toothed lockwasher between them, and then replace the studs through ...
- Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:53 pm
- Forum: Body, Paint & Rubber Shop
- Topic: Looking for a technique
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16905
Looking for a technique
Hi Gentlemen, I'm in the process of getting the sheet metal on my 1975 860GT painted. As most of you know, removing the front fender ("mudguard") necessitates squeezing the two fender/mudguard mounting tabs/tangs off of the mounting studs (4 on each side) towards each other enough to clear...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
- Topic: New ignition system: need advice!
- Replies: 48
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Re: New ignition system: need advice!
Thanks kindly, Rick, for the info and the prompt reply. I like the idea of locating the blinker relay outside the headlamp shell, as it makes replacement so much easier. Gutting the headlamp shell for any reason is not my idea of a good time. On my '75 860GT resto, I had to make a new wiring harness...
- Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:54 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
- Topic: New ignition system: need advice!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 61729
Re: New ignition system: need advice!
Hi Rick,
Is the little can in front of your Sachse ignition module the turn signal relay, that normally sits inside the headlamp housing?
Is the little can in front of your Sachse ignition module the turn signal relay, that normally sits inside the headlamp housing?
- Sun May 19, 2019 6:36 am
- Forum: Wheel, Brake & Tyre Shop
- Topic: Dot on new tire lightest spot?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14762
Re: Dot on new tire lightest spot?
Thank you, Gentlemen,
You have confirmed my deductions.
Regards,
Richard
You have confirmed my deductions.
Regards,
Richard
- Sat May 18, 2019 1:35 pm
- Forum: Wheel, Brake & Tyre Shop
- Topic: Dot on new tire lightest spot?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14762
Dot on new tire lightest spot?
Maybe I am missing something, but I have seen on some videos that a new tire will have a dot on it to show the lightest part of the tire, which should be placed at the valve hole in the rim; I have new Avon Roadmasters, but do not see any dot. I am guessing that, since there is no dot, the rotationa...
- Thu May 16, 2019 11:47 am
- Forum: Wheel, Brake & Tyre Shop
- Topic: New spokes and rims on 1975 860GT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11796
Re: New spokes and rims on 1975 860GT
Hi Vince, The text with the pics explains all. Yes, the torque wrench is a Tekton dual range spoke torque wrench, with one range of 0-100 inch/lbs. The torque setting that I used was 30 inch/lbs., per recommendation from Buchanan Spoke and Rim, where I purchased the spokes, rims, torque wrench adapt...