What did you do to your bike today?

[snowflake]

I like that area. southern Utah and N New Mexico have some great riding.

a buddy recently sent me a job posting in west texas that would pay substantially better than my job with guaranteed time off every week, too bad west texas is pretty flat.

 

[ossagp]

I am not sure anyone would pay enough to get me to west Texas .

 

[snowflake]

guaranteed time off with riding that forces my friends who live there to meet me at places all around new mexico

 

[SRAD97750]

-BIG DAN

 

[2strokesteve89]

picked up some tools for both bikes too (flywheel pullers and legit clutch holders, which could just as easily be made with an old steel plate and a welder)

When possible I like to make or fabricate tools, I'm just cheap that way. Even though I've got 100k invested in all my tools, my favorite ones are the ones I made.

 

[ossagp]

Strangers don't steel my homemade tools. It is my "friends" I have to watch for.

 

[2Wheels]

Once I made a small flat head screwdriver out of a larger flathead screwdriver. And it sucked, so I made an awl. And it's awlsome.

 

[2strokesteve89]

Once I made a small flat head screwdriver out of a larger flathead screwdriver. And it sucked, so I made an awl. And it's awlsome.

I've made pry bars out of small flat head screwdrivers and then my tool dealer makes them into brand new screwdrivers again, he never looks happy when he does this though.

 

[ossagp]

the best pry bar I ever owned was made from a leaf spring off a car. one with the thin tapered ends. I keep making them, people keep borrowing them.

 

[snowflake]

When possible I like to make or fabricate tools, I'm just cheap that way. Even though I've got 100k invested in all my tools, my favorite ones are the ones I made.

yeah, but if I spend lots of money people will think I know what I'm doing.

 

[PALMER84ONE]

Picked up 2 special order deposits one on a 250 and the other a 125 I have in stock (sorry Jimmy). 125 goes to dad that picked up a bike from me on Saturday, text me back and asked if I could build him one.

 

[ossagp]

What year is the 125?

 

[Trfsrfr]

I removed the carb from the recently acquired KX85 for the kiddo, cleaned it all out and blew out the jets, installed, drained the fuel and put in new, and hoped it would fire. (I suspected low compression).
After nothing I checked spark, good.
Checked the plug, good.
Tested compression, 45psi...note to self, do this first next time.

The YZ250 I fixed and broke it. I shouldn't have touched it I guess.
I swapped the leaky fuel petcock with the one from the KX85 that only has 45PSI compression, removed the carb and cleaned it, (had a plugged pilot jet), put it back together (which fixed its leak) and went to take it for a test ride; started right up, but was missing, then died and wouldn't restart a block or 2 from home.

Back to square one again.

 

[2strokesteve89]

I removed the carb from the recently acquired KX85 for the kiddo, cleaned it all out and blew out the jets, installed, drained the fuel and put in new, and hoped it would fire. (I suspected low compression).
After nothing I checked spark, good.
Checked the plug, good.
Tested compression, 45psi...note to self, do this first next time.

The YZ250 I fixed and broke it. I shouldn't have touched it I guess.
I swapped the leaky fuel petcock with the one from the KX85 that only has 45PSI compression, removed the carb and cleaned it, (had a plugged pilot jet), put it back together (which fixed its leak) and went to take it for a test ride; started right up, but was missing, then died and wouldn't restart a block or 2 from home.

Back to square one again.

I think I've had more than 45 psi after a good beef and bean burrito.

 

[SRAD97750]

...started right up, but was missing, then died and wouldn't restart a block or 2 from home.

Back to square one again.

Setting the float is always square one. You described a flooding bike, and the fuel pouring out before was also poorly adjusted float symptoms. -BIG DAN