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The progress continues on turning the Dirty Bird into a reliable DD. Installed new stock replacement front shocks and new front side marker lights as the old ones were destroyed. Definitely rides much smoother with the new front shocks. I couldn't managed to loosen the top nuts on the old shocks so I just took a cut off wheel to them and skipped the headache. Still need to find time to get the rear ones installed. That will have to waiting until next month since I'm leaving for 2 week motorcycle road trip this weekend.
A new noise coming from the clutch pedal started last week, like a kind of grinding with a small bang. Turns out the clutch pedal linkage has broken and there wasn't quite enough room for it to completely fall apart so when I'd step on the pedal it would all jam back together as it slid over the threaded post. A quick touch with the welder and I was able to weld the nut back on and the clutch pedal is good to go again.
Next items on the list are to install the new rear shocks, chase down some idling gremlins when hot, bleed the brakes and drop the tank to fix a potential leak. and the list continues to grow
A new noise coming from the clutch pedal started last week, like a kind of grinding with a small bang. Turns out the clutch pedal linkage has broken and there wasn't quite enough room for it to completely fall apart so when I'd step on the pedal it would all jam back together as it slid over the threaded post. A quick touch with the welder and I was able to weld the nut back on and the clutch pedal is good to go again.
Next items on the list are to install the new rear shocks, chase down some idling gremlins when hot, bleed the brakes and drop the tank to fix a potential leak. and the list continues to grow