Recent content by irk miller

Been too long, my dude.

As the chart goes, good resistance to gasoline and diesel fuel, but not recommended for ethyl alcohol. Ambient heat resistance to 120C/248F.

Yep. Is that seat for a Sportster? I used what looks like an identical seat on my FT500. Pretty sure it was for a Sportster.

Since I’m running a Mikuni VM32, the stock air box tube no longer fits. Preferring to keep an airbox, I printed a tube in 95A TPU.

Agreed. Wish I could find more information on it. Ephraim owned it before me and he couldn't track down info either. All we have is what the son said, but he only remembers it being on the bike, not where it came from.

The original owner installed the snail pipe within a year of buying the bike in 1976 and ran it the entire time he and his son owned it. I assume it wasn't an issue, especially considering the stock pipe is a high pipe and there's long been a high pipe expansion chamber on the market. Just the...

Haha. I love Social Distortion. Just an 050 bore and Wiseco piston. I'll probably end up porting it, but I want to ride it first.

Bought an $18 headlight from Treatland to cover me until I find an OG headlight that I can afford.

I like the Vape a lot on my RD. It makes wiring super easy on a dirt bike and it's a 12v conversion on top of it all. Smooths out the lights when battery-less. Hadn't thought about heat yet. Got it fired up, but couldn't get anywhere close on the tune with the stock carb or 28mm VM style...

I prefer the sculptibility of the Owens-Corning pink foam vs the DuPont. The DuPont tends to want to compress and smooth when using Surform rasps, riffler rasps and sandpaper, whereas the pink foam delaminates with the teeth of the rasps.

Pause for a station identification: Here is the snail pipe. I am the third owner. The original owner installed the snail pipe estimated at 1976 or within the first two years of owning it. If anyone has seen one or knows who made it, I’d be much obliged.

Heck yeah. The only way to teach.

This kit cam from Re-MX. Everything looked good installing it. I assume Re-MX is putting the kits together?

Upgrading with a Vape ignition and 12v conversion.

I agree. I very intentionally said cheap Ebay part, and not cheap Chinese part in my op. And to your point, China is a now an upper middle income country. They've modernized their process over the last 40 years and produce far more quality goods. They don't have the cheap labor they once...