What's Frederic been doing?
Since my Glorious Victory, I've been keeping my head down and not posting to LJ. It doesn't mean that I haven't been accomplishing things, though.
I've kept busy on the bathtub. Making the skirt to cover up the motors was more complicated than I thought, since I will accept no less than perfection. It needs to look like the removable panels are not actually removable. So I'm working on that slowly but surely.
The Black Bike has been getting ridden around and tweaked. It still have some issues with acceleration, so I'm going to keep plugging away at it. I bought the new fork seal, but have not installed it yet.
I found this neat gadget that will let me convert the MegaSquirt from serial communication to USB. Right now it has a serial port, then 6 feet of cable to a USB serial port, then more cable, then finally the netbook. That's a lot of garbage to carry around. This gadget will simplify things down to a single cable. I'll be ordering it as soon as I have money again.
I'm on the hunt for a new front wheel for the Black Bike, as well as upgraded brakes. The old 18" front wheel just doesn't look all that good, and I can't put a modern tire on it. Ideally I'd like to find the complete front end of a BMW K1100RS, and that will bolt right on. As a second best, I can get a wheel from a K1100RS, R1100RS or R1100RT, as well as the brake rotors, calipers and master cylinder. I believe that this will be a bolt-on modification, but I won't know until I try it.
The matching wheels will be good. The modern tires will be great. The brakes should be fantastic, and possibly a lifesaver. The K bike's stock brakes are less than impressive.
There's a local guy who does BMW salvage, and I've had good luck with him in the past. He takes them apart, I fix them. I got the Paralever rear end in exchange for getting his K-75 running. I'm hoping that I can repair his CX Turbo and earn credit towards more parts.
Once I finish the wheel swap, I'll have two complete sets of K-75 wheels that I can sell off. That should pay some bills. In fact, I need to have a BMW parts shed clearing. I have lots of bits that I don't need anymore.
I've decided that my next major project will be the Calico M-950 pistol. I want to make this ghetto POS gun work properly, and I think that I can do it. If it doesn't work out, I can always sell it to a gang banger for a couple hundred bucks. "It jams sometimes, but it holds 50 rounds. There's no warranty and no returns."
I figure that selling a non-working gun to a gang member will actually make the streets safer.
The garden is FUCKED! This drought will never end. The only garden bed showing signs of life is the herb garden, and only because the air conditioner drains its water into the center of that bed.
I've kept busy on the bathtub. Making the skirt to cover up the motors was more complicated than I thought, since I will accept no less than perfection. It needs to look like the removable panels are not actually removable. So I'm working on that slowly but surely.
The Black Bike has been getting ridden around and tweaked. It still have some issues with acceleration, so I'm going to keep plugging away at it. I bought the new fork seal, but have not installed it yet.
I found this neat gadget that will let me convert the MegaSquirt from serial communication to USB. Right now it has a serial port, then 6 feet of cable to a USB serial port, then more cable, then finally the netbook. That's a lot of garbage to carry around. This gadget will simplify things down to a single cable. I'll be ordering it as soon as I have money again.
I'm on the hunt for a new front wheel for the Black Bike, as well as upgraded brakes. The old 18" front wheel just doesn't look all that good, and I can't put a modern tire on it. Ideally I'd like to find the complete front end of a BMW K1100RS, and that will bolt right on. As a second best, I can get a wheel from a K1100RS, R1100RS or R1100RT, as well as the brake rotors, calipers and master cylinder. I believe that this will be a bolt-on modification, but I won't know until I try it.
The matching wheels will be good. The modern tires will be great. The brakes should be fantastic, and possibly a lifesaver. The K bike's stock brakes are less than impressive.
There's a local guy who does BMW salvage, and I've had good luck with him in the past. He takes them apart, I fix them. I got the Paralever rear end in exchange for getting his K-75 running. I'm hoping that I can repair his CX Turbo and earn credit towards more parts.
Once I finish the wheel swap, I'll have two complete sets of K-75 wheels that I can sell off. That should pay some bills. In fact, I need to have a BMW parts shed clearing. I have lots of bits that I don't need anymore.
I've decided that my next major project will be the Calico M-950 pistol. I want to make this ghetto POS gun work properly, and I think that I can do it. If it doesn't work out, I can always sell it to a gang banger for a couple hundred bucks. "It jams sometimes, but it holds 50 rounds. There's no warranty and no returns."
I figure that selling a non-working gun to a gang member will actually make the streets safer.
The garden is FUCKED! This drought will never end. The only garden bed showing signs of life is the herb garden, and only because the air conditioner drains its water into the center of that bed.