Spring is fast approaching!

[Doubletrouble]

 We have had some intermittent warm weather here including some heavy rainfall to wash the salt from the roadways. I have seen several bikes out here and there already. I refuse to get mine out to early just for the sake of preserving it the best I can from salt, wet roads with mud and yuck on them and so on. I am however beginning to get the bug. 

 It's time to pull the battery and charge it fully and give it a run on the load tester, check everything over good and fire her up.

 List of things to do so far:

 1. charge and test the battery

 2. check oil levels

 3. check tire pressures

 4. adjust clutch in the primary ( Harley Davidson )

 5. adjust clutch cable

 6. check brake pad thickness

 7. change spark plugs

 8. check primary drive belt tension

 

 I may have missed a thing or two but that's it in a nutshell. The oils were all changed last year with only about 800 miles on the oil. Tires/tubes and all wheel bearings were changed last year with about the same milage on those as well.

 Of course the bike will need to be washed, waxed and polished to look it's best.

 I am also considering buying another tuner from dobeck, what they call an EJK tuner which is short for Electronic Jet Kit. It's a simple tuner to enrich the factory tune which is setup very lean to pass emissions tests. It does offer some flexibility on the users part. You can adjust the mixture at idle, part throttle and WOT as well with an easy control pad. 

 I had one on the bike before and by my own mistake I fried it by putting 12 volts to the ground wire of the tuner. The bike ran sooo much better with it on so I think it's time to buy another.

 

 I anyone else beginning to get their ride road ready? If so, what have you done or going to do to be ready to hit the road on 2 wheels?

[Max Tune]

I've been very lazy this winter. I haven't even started tearing the trike down to dechrome it. Already a week into March, I better get going. The Heritage is at the point of needing tires and tubes replaced. Should do wheel bearings this time also. Battery is getting old. I better get on it or I won't be riding till September,  and that's unacceptable.....

[Doubletrouble]

Yes @Max Tune you should! Your gonna miss out!

 Just did rear wheel bearings on my sons street glide yesterday. He bought the 2 wheel bearings but did not get the one that goes in the belt pulley so now he is on the hunt. Lol

 My rear pulley bolts directly to the rear wheel hub so I didn't know there was one there. 🙃 

[Max Tune]

I have been inspired....still alot of disassembly to go, but I'm getting at it.

[Doubletrouble]

 So what's the plan? Are you dechroming everything? Triple tree, lowers, crash bars, all of it?

[Max Tune]

Lights, crash bar, engine covers, handlebars, forks.....pretty much everything. Was going to do upper and lower rocker boxes, but with water cooled heads, it's more involved than I want to do right now. I'll tape and cover everything and scuff and paint them.

[Doubletrouble]

 Nice, that should look pretty sweet when done. Looking forward to seeing it.

[Doubletrouble]

 Well, so much for spring like weather. We got a couple inches of snow overnight and it's still snowing. Luckily the roads are just wet but they did spray them with the pretreatment. So no riding at least til it warms up and we get some more rain to wash the corrosive junk off the pavement.

[Max Tune]

Have about 4 of wet and really heavy snow here. Have to run back to Harley. Forgot the rebuild kits for the forks and exhaust gaskets......oh, and fork oil. I better write this down.....

 

[Mopar1973Man]

Yup McCall just got like 20 inches of fresh snow last night. Then we are forecasted for another 3 to 5 inches of snow in the high mountains tonight. Spring is a ways off yet. 

[Max Tune]

I wasn't even going to bother going to MILs to clean her driveway.  Then she sent a picture.  She got almost a foot! She's maybe 10 miles away as the crow flies....🤯🤯🤯

[Mopar1973Man]

You are just as bad as @Honey Badger she blames me for all the snow that is coming. I'm used to seeing at least 2 to 3 feet in my yard but right now I got like 2 inches of snow and more mud. Now at @Honey Badger house in Lake Fork which is about 40 miles from here, they just got another 1.5 feet of snow. She calls it spring storms I call it winter yet. Spring storms here are heavy downpour rain storms. By April I can fire up my water system again. McCall / Lake Fork will be in the freezer till nearly June. Just depends where you live and the elevation you live at. Here is 2,860 feet and Lake Fork is just barely 5,000 feet. 

[Doubletrouble]

 I'm just looking forward to warm weather. Ours here is so up and down there is no time to acclimate to the climate as it changes every other day. We have gone through 4 seasons of weather in less than 48 hours. 

[Doubletrouble]

 It's been a bit warmer lately but the warmth seems to also bring rain. I haven't had a chance to get the Harley out yet. 

[Max Tune]

Not quite done. Waiting on parts seems to be the new normal. It's getting there though. 

 

The wrinkle finish on the engine will not look so light once I get the dust washed off. Fairing was in the basement,  so I forgot to order the headlight trim ring. I'll just paint it this summer. Waiting on one more cover to come in so I can bolt exhaust back up. Still deciding if I want to do anything with the wheels. I'll ride it this year and decide next winter.

[Doubletrouble]

 There is a product to spray on the wrinkle finish of the engine. Turns it nice and black again, like new. I do mine once or twice a year depending on how dirty it gets.

[Max Tune]

What is it?

[Doubletrouble]

 This stuff here made by S100. Works great, leaves the black looking almost wet and new.

 

 The spray tip you see goes on the can and has a wide spray pattern for better coverage. Just a light coat on a cold engine and let it be.

[Mopar1973Man]

Spring what is that? As of April 3...

[Doubletrouble]

 Is that Styrofoam? It can't be snow.......lol