Recent content by ekvh

Click the start button while it’s running. Over-running clutch so it won’t hurt anything but the chain will convey some oil to the area where it’s needed.

Start hand and neck strengthening exercises. Pics are cool.

Researchers in NY and Ohio say “ "It's a nutrient source for organisms, microbial communities that can suck the oxygen out of the water," Hintz said. "There is a lot that we don't know about beet juice additives. But, we do know that it's just as toxic as regular salt to microorganisms." Figures.

I’m not sure what Winnipeg is using on its streets instead of salt, but if the temperature is above zero F and we get a few inches of snow, they don’t plow, they put down this concoction. It makes a slushy mess and leaves a build up at least a foot wide next to the curb where no one drives. I...

Another positive to some regulation is the improved condition of water quality in the USA. I grew up in Cow Hampshire in a time when lots of people used bodies of water to take junk and drop it in, “Look, all gone.” People even built houses on steep inclines so they could walk out back and throw...

NASA just released space photos of the region in China affected most by the Covid19 virus. It does show a visible photographic difference in air quality. Not just a little. However, what does a picture tells us? For all I know, it could be a change in the weather.

Saganaga? I’m enjoying this and learning a little.

I’ve not seen any science. I’ve seen data, and a conclusion. No support of the conclusion. That’s not science. Ask for information about how the data has been collected and you get buried in reports. I have queried a few “experts” as to whether weather data (it’s right) has been compared to...

If global warming is the cause, then for every acre of land lost to rising ocean levels, new acres of virgin, suddenly arable land will become available in northern North America, Europe, and Asia. New fresh water added to the oceans from melting glaciers would help dilute the filth we have put...

I wish I had taken pictures of the last set of copper when I switched to the 1200 heads. One thing is clear that the water jacket holes are not lined up very well and cut into the cylinder surface. If I order any more, I will ask him to move the ring of water holes out a little. I also wonder...

I jumped into this conversation to learn. Having very similar bikes, I had the same issues with mine and assumed it was head gaskets. I know the first time mine became a head gasket from running too low on coolant, so I changed to copper. When it started overflowing the reservoir with the...

I have forgotten Joe, but that was the first attempt to enlarge the cooling reservoir system on mine also, added a long hose. Backyard minds think alike. lol

That’s the road I went down. Assumed I must have a leak, so pulled the heads and found no evidence of it on the copper gaskets or heads. I think I did that three times. Two times were with thinner head gaskets (0.010” under) and I did have my pistons kissing the heads slightly. So I went to a...

I’m trying to remember why it was greater and I think it was from using the 1000 or 1100 output shaft?? If so my current is an 87 and output shaft can’t be swapped, so my current setup is stock 1200 as far as the oil and water go. I think I had the water pushing out on this motor too with the...

I’m thinking it cools okay because when it overflows, it isn’t hot. Just more volume or a bigger reservoir or a radiator that will flow as fast as the pump pushes it at high rpm. If the rpms went up rapidly when the thermostat was still closed, the thermostat is slow to open. There is a bypass...