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January 23, 2006
Small Victories, Ongoing Frustrations
I managed to make progress on a long-running project this weekend - finishing the install of half the under-counter lights in the kitchen. By far the nastiest part of the job was fishing the wire into the wall so I could wire them up to a real switch. Took about 30 minutes of trial and error, much cursing and gnashing of teeth. But it's done. One more set to install, on the other side of the kitchen, but my patience was wearing thin.
I made no progress, however, on the motorcycles. I learned that none of the bike stores on my side of the Sound carry the oil filter for either of my bikes, so I ended up ordering the filters, and the oil, and spark plugs, and brake fluid from Cycle Gear. I miss having the Fulerton CG store - they stocked just about everything I cared about and were pretty close. The nearest CG to us now is in Tacoma, and their stock is pretty pathetic.
Assuming the consumables arrive by next weekend, I'll spend a day working on the bikes - oil change on the Trophy, renew the clutch fluid, clean and gap the plugs, clean the carbs, blast out the air filter element, and hope the bloody thing starts.
I picked up a heat gun at Home Depot, which should break down the thread lock and allow me to disassemble the RS without sacrificing another fuel coupler - assuming I don't blow up the gas tank in the process...
If I don't get anywhere on this attempt, I'm crying uncle and having the bikes trailered to the nearest Triumph shop (Cycle Barn, in Lynwood, across the Sound). It'll cost a small fortune, but enough is enough.
Posted by dberger at January 23, 2006 8:01 AM