I pawned Lenny off on my mom today which gave me a couple hours of uninterrupted work in the garage. It was a nice bit of therapy. Staying home all day with an infant while my wife is at work and then working second shift is a challenging yet very rewarding Prospect. It does not however leave a lot of time for working on motorcycles LOL I digress.
I spent the day basically working on the air box. It seems a very simple piece of kit but this one has seen better days. I didn't take a before picture but it was caked both inside and out with a thick layer of mud. I am guessing that it was run for a certain amount of time without the side cover on it which doubles as the air box access. What I found underneath the mud were a few unsavory bits, namely a couple stripped or missing brass bolt lugs. One of them I was able to clean up enough with a tap that I think it will work and the missing one I replaced with a 3/8 16 insert that had a 6 mm internal thread. It matched the hole left by the missing knurled insert perfectly, and I added a few drops of super glue gel for good measure. I also installed a new seal for the door. I applied RTV silicone on the flange where are the rubber boot mates the airbox. One thing that I learned from mr. E's meatwad XR 200 is that with a properly sealed air box these things are a little submarines. The rest of the bike may look ratty but I am trying to spend my time where it counts to make this thing as Dependable as possible.
Also I crossed the line into race bike territory with these fancy Billet aluminum timing access plugs. Honda designs most things pretty well but the stupid curved bottom Flathead slots are not one of those Fine Designs LOL
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