[MDairheads] Techno Barn

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We understand....

On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 3:15 PM, Didier Devynck via MDAirheads <
mdairheads at casano.com> wrote:

> I too want to thank Chris and Bridget for allowing us, once again, to
> invade their beautiful property and sharing wonderful food and friendship
> with us.
>
> As many of you know, I had an eventful day. For those of you who were not
> there, arrived later than me, or left before I did, here is how my day went.
>
> It started around 10AM when I went get my bike out of my barn. The bike
> lives on the lift in there, because it’s easier and it saves space. Taking
> it down the lift and out of the barn is somewhat tricky but I have gotten
> used to dong it and bene have a problem. That is, until I decided that
> there might be a better way to do it. That “better” way resulted in the
> bike falling off the lift, which in turn caused the fairing and windshield
> to get badly cracked, not to mention the instrument panel that basically
> shattered. Putting the bike back on its wheels proved to be especially
> challenging since the wheels were not on the ground but still on the lift.
> I was able to drag the bike far enough for the wheels to get of the lift
> and then it was just a matter of lifting it the way I’m sure we all know:
> back to the bike and hands on the handlebar and frame, and then using your
> legs to lift. I can tell you from my experience that its still takes a toll
> on your back so be careful when you have to do that by yourself.
>
> Not to be deterred, I nevertheless got on my way to Crownsville, with one
> more project to do. I had planned to replace the points on my bike, I now
> had to straighten out the fairing as best I could. The latter part went
> well and the fairing ended up looking straight (but of course still
> cracked). I then proceeded to work on the points. The replacement itself is
> fairly easy. The interesting part started when we try to adjust the timing.
> With all the expertise hat was on hand, especially Will and Chris, we still
> could not get the timing exactly the way it should be. We took apart and
> reinstalled the ignition system many times during the process but we
> finally were able to get it the way it is supposed to be (albeit on the
> extreme end of the adjustment range) and I finished putting the bike back
> together. I had to leave because I had to go back home to my dogs so I
> gathered everything and on my very way I went…. For about 5 miles that is,
> at which point  the bike just plain died on me. The engine simply stopped
> running and would not start again. The symptoms looked early similar to
> what I had experienced after SuperTech 2 years ago, when my valves were so
> tight that my engine could not run when it got hot. Even after some cooling
> down, the engine was adamant it would not start. I called Will and he and
> Tom Longobardi came to my rescue. Thank God, Will had his trailer with him
> yesterday and, with Tom’s help, we put the bike on the trailer? Back at
> Chris’s, the first order of business was to check the valves: they proved
> to be just right so that ruled that one out. I then opened up the front
> cover again to see if a wire had gotten pinched in there. All the wires
> were fine but the Will spotted the culprit. In disassembling and
> reassembling the ignition system so many times, the central nut that holds
> the advance mechanism in place had not been tightened on the final
> reassembly. It (and the washer that goes with) was resting in the ignition
> cavity of the front cover, but it was not where it was supposed to be:
> holding the advance mechanism. We put it back (and tightened it, but not
> too hard because it’s really easy to break the whole thing if you go crazy)
> and the bike started like nothing had ever happened.
>
> Will assured me that the bike would run beautifully and it did. I got home
> with no further issue and the engine was purring very nicely.
>
> A world of thanks to Will and Chris, and all the others whose names I
> don’t know, for the help in completing this project. It’s funny how every
> project I undertake on my bike always ends up being far more interesting
> than it should really be. The good thing is that I learn a lot in the
> process. Additional thanks of course to Tom who came with Will to help out
> the bike on the trailer when it was ailing.
>
> Gotta love tech days!!!
>
> Didier
>
>
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