Mid-South ride, eat, and meet

[cajunrider]

I'm a little jealous...

We had an unusually DRY summer this year, and my pecan trees didn't produce. No pecans for me...

 

[barryg]

Sad news my friend. The pecan trees in my area produce good about 1 in 3 years. Maybe next year yours will produce good.

 

[barryg]

Turning a Taper on a Lathe

Got to the machine shop a little late. Practiced turning a taper on the lathe. Offset the tailstock to get taper.

Really need the lathe taper attachment to do this job.

 

[barryg]

Tail Stock Offset


Here U see the off set of the tailstock of the base or by the two scribed lines. The two scribed lines lined up is when the tailstock is lined up in the usual true placement setting.

 

[barryg]

Tailstock Scale


Most lathes have this scale at the rear of the tailstock. The one I was using didn’t have the scale, so I kinda made my own. Taking a break from the handle and work on the hammer head. Most folks are familiar with the claw hammer. The ball peen hammer is the one used in machine shops.
a small example.

 

[barryg]

The Fire Pit at Home


Sitting out side at the fire pit; all good. Rain forecasted for later tonight. Clouds rolling in. Felt good to sit out and enjoy the fall weather.

 

[barryg]

Performance Plus BMW Memphis, Tn.

A quick stop to the local dealer to see what’s on the floor.

 

[barryg]

Fast Bikes from Japan



Bikes way to powerful and fast for me. Their cool to look at though.

 

[barryg]

Personal Preference

Those bikes have to much plastic. I like motorcycles where U see the engine. I don’t like removing all the plastic pieces just to get to service points. That’s just me.

 

[barryg]

Performance Plus - Memphis, Tn.


Pertinent Info

 

[barryg]

K1200lt


Saw this outside Beemer sitting outside the dealership. I remember these bikes as the latest greatest. They were too big for me then and they’re too big for me now. Great for those who can ride them.

 

[barryg]

R100r



A bike more my style and size. A lot of this is due to my age and strength.

 

[henzilla]

Nice R Barry, clean Roadster! That your weekly rider?

 

[barryg]

Yep, nice bike overall. Got it, because I wanted an Airhead with tubeless tires. Was looking for a R100GS. Couldn’t afford one of those. Picked up this R; pretty cool. I had already picked up the solo seat and rear rack in expectation of getting the GS. The R is a tall bike. It’s basically a GS from the steering neck back. So the GS would probably be to tall for me. As an aside, years ago I was looking for a R80GS. Finally settled for a R80ST. Any way looking to slightly hop up the R and enjoy the ride.

 

[barryg]

From a distance it does look pretty good. Up close; it’s a little dinged up. I can live with that for now. Need to rebuild the front forks and add fork gaiters. Need to ditch the air pulse system and the pre muffler. I gotta a little hot rodder blood in me. Yep, a pretty cool airhead.

 

[barryg]

Need to pull the tranny and check to see if the output shaft circlip is present or absent. Do the fix if needed.

 

[barryg]

Kinematic shifter


The shifter gives the operator a faster shift do to a mechanical advantage.
The pic also shows the ribs that reinforce the transmission housing.

The other side of the housing showing the reinforcement ribs. A vast improvement over the early /5 and /6 transmissions.

 

[barryg]

Kinematic shifter

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The shifter gives the operator a faster shift do to a mechanical advantage.
The pic also shows the ribs that reinforce the transmission housing.
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The other side of the housing showing the reinforcement ribs. A vast improvement over the early /5 and /6 transmissions.

 

[barryg]

Sorry, double post.

 

[barryg]

Fork Brace


Built in fork brace.