I impulse bought an orange gas tank online. One of my many regrets in impulse buying my bike was that I wanted a brighter color lol. I really wanted the bright red, but only found dented ones for a reasonable price. Found this orange one instead and mashed the buy button lol.

Some follow up questions:

1. How do I get last bit of fuel out from the old tank? There is still quite a bit swishing around even after I took off the fuel cap and fuel pump and poured gas directly from the openings. At the moment, it is just turned upside down in a pan hoping the remainder will eventually dry out/evaporate.

2. How can I help prevent the old tank from rusting in storage? I'm not necessarily planning to use it again, but just in case.

3. How the fuck do I get fuel to pour out of this gas can with a "safety spout"? Basically you push on the spout to get it to pour, but it only barely dribbles out that way. The red tab I think needs to be depressed or moved somehow but it won't budge. Any ideas? I just ended up removing the spout and pouring it directly out of the can via funnel

Bonus: Looking for some ideas to temporarily decorate the bike for Halloween! The bike is kept outside tho so it would need to be somewhat weather proof lol.

Tore down quite a lot of the scooter just to access the top bolts on the shocks, what's worse is that I'll have to do this and more next week to fix the boot accuator, Any one else working on bikes this week?

I realized nothing but myself prevented me from getting a driving licence.

Been driving it since April.

UPDATE: Fucker gets the zip tie treatment. I zip tied the shit out of it so we'll see lmao. The springs are unfortunately too long for the reflectors with the springs. Also I think one of the main issues is that the washers that come with these reflectors are way too goddamn small for the hole they sit in on my bike. So idk.

I'm pissed af right now! Took the cover off to ride to work this morning and saw it was missing. I have no idea when it fell off.

I should have known this would happen...the plate would always get caught and slightly dislodged while putting on and taking off the cover. And the shitty thumb screws seemed like they could easily loosen with vibration. I have no idea why it doesn't have a more secure attachment point.

No idea how long it will take to get a new one either. At least I took the day off tomorrow morning so I can fuck around a bit. Looks like I can likely file for a new one at my DMV without a police report, but I might try to report it to the police anyway as per some other randoms on the internet.

When I get a new one, that fucker is getting fucking zip tied on this time. No more shitty thumb screws.

It would have been such a nice morning ride into work too.

This here thing is a peugeot satelis 500, It took me a day or two to figure that out as the only place it said satelis was a small patch on the clocks, very unremarkable just like the rest of the bike. 40ish bhp, 200ish kilos, comfy, quiet, horrible hard brakes like every scooter, tons of storage blah blah blah...

It does have one good point in it's favour, it's quite alike half of one these mad lads:

Half the cylinders, weight and power, All of the same wobbling about fun in the corners, no doubt helped along by the shagged rear shocks, squared off rear tyre and rethreaded (ala anglegrinder) front tyre. Seriously, it has to be forced to corner, you stay bolt upright and push the bike down, it is totally unresponsive if you sit normally or try geting down the inside. I love it. New favorite.

Which Tripple A rated motorcycle underwear you own and how do you like it?

What are the cons? Do you wear them always or are there situations where you prefer other gear?

EDIT: Talking about products like AAA (under)shirts and leggings. For example by Bowtex or Panda. They are your real protection but usually not the outer layer. Most people wear them under normal clothes.

I'm reviving an old Yamaha XV535 Virago. It's running and passed roadworthy inspection yesterday, but it has one remaining issue before I take it for a real ride - its not charging enough. Battery voltage increases from ~12.5V to ~12.9V when I start it. Should be ~14V.

A lot of the electrical connections were very crusty - I've cleaned them as best I can with contact cleaner and mechanical scraping. The 4 pin connector from the pickup coils to the loom was particularly nasty and has been hot and I could not clean it enough so replaced it with a (knock-off) Deutsch DT connector and that's working well. The connector from the stator to the loom has also been hot. I've replaced the plastic shells and cleaned the connectors as best I can but I feel this connector may still be the source of my low charging voltage and I plan to replace it.

My options are 3 x generic bullet connectors or a single 3 (solid) pin Deutsch DT.

I know the DT connectors are not intended for "power" applications, but I can't find anything to say if the current on each of these wires from the stator would exceed the ~7.5A they are supposed to be rated for.

Thoughts?

I know the Yamm won't be popular here but there is a good point here that lane filtering reduces traffic and improves safety. If you are in Texas maybe this is something you might want to join in.

CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:09 Filtering Defined 2:30 My Plan 3:40 Why I'm Doing This 6:53 The Problem With Car Based Infrastructure 8:48 How We Got Here 11:21 The Superior Transportation 14:34 In Conclusion

Took a short (400 miles) jaunt to get away from the world for a bit after not getting out as much as I wanted last year. Replacing a cracked oil pan last year turned into then welding a new muffler flange into the mid-pipe (collector) because the right side snapped off, which is apparently a common enough issue on these.

1984 Honda VF700S Second owner, 32000 miles ridden since fall 2019.

my T7

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49786666

I’m pretty sure I would like to go with cfmoto for my first bike. Their features and price are very attractive. Plus many local dealers carry them. Anyways, I’m struggling to decide between a sport bike or a naked style bike. I’m thinking the 675 model would be great to grow into as I learn.

I like the styling and design of the sport but I’ve seen in videos that sometimes they can be uncomfortable. To me it seems the naked would be less comfortable but I have no real experience with moto just mountain biking.

Any thoughts from more experienced riders? Or maybe anyone that owns one of them? Thanks in advance.

A buddy of mine let me borrow his XT250 (I don't have a car right now) which was a godsend. It was fun getting the wheels and tires to the shop. I had to make two trips!

It's not mine (sadly), but look at this god damn BEAST. It was on the list when I was choosing my new ride, but just decoratively due to the price point honestly. Maybe in 10 years, my beloved

I love this thing.

I recently bought a '90 Yamaha XV535. I cleaned the carbs and was able to start it. I then decided to pull the tank and flush it out, replace the fuel filter etc. While the tank was out I took the opportunity to weld a little tab that holds one of the side covers back on with a little flux core welder. At the time of welding the battery was out and all the connectors around the fuel tank were disconnected. Now I've put it back together with a new battery and everything works - except spark!

I'm here kicking myself really hard for being so stupid - welding with the ignition module still connected. But then I did some reading and most stuff suggests that just disconnecting the battery is enough.

I'm going over it again today cleaning and reconnecting all the connectors but I'd welcome any input. Have I fried my ignition or is there a chance it's just a dirty connection?