Round 3, FOAK: 1982 Kawie KZ550 C3 LTD Restoration Options
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From: JohnA in LA on 8 Oct 2009 16:57 Been a while since you were on Hwy. 101. No lights on it in Santa Barbara for some years now. In fact it is three lanes in each direction there all the way from Goleta. Construction is going on now to extend those to Summerland. It is three lanes from Muscle Shoals all the way to Camarillo where it goes to 4 lanes in each direction. Yes the fun way to LA is to go through Ojai. Once split off from my sister who was caging it to LA. I went through Ojai, Santa Paula, Mulholland, Latigo, Malibu and still passed her on PCH in Hermosa Beach. And I went an additional 80 miles. JohnA in LA, CA USA
From: Champ on 8 Oct 2009 17:17 On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:33:32 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: <copper-based grease> >Something like 20 years ago I bought a bloody great tin of the stuff. >It's still only half-used. Me too - I suspect it will outlast me. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Chris H on 8 Oct 2009 18:19 Champ wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:33:32 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The > Older Gentleman) wrote: > > <copper-based grease> > >> Something like 20 years ago I bought a bloody great tin of the stuff. >> It's still only half-used. > > Me too - I suspect it will outlast me. I'm making some assumptions here [1], but... Technically speaking the use of copper containing greases on aluminium would be wrong due to galvanic corrosion. One because they often provide good electrical conductivity and two because aluminium alloys and copper are over half a volt difference compared to a Calomel electrode when immersed in sea water. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/nomogram.jpg Of course the reality is that the grease excludes the water required for galvanic corrosion and aluminium shouldn't be getting hot enough to burn off the carrier. Water also has a handy habit of boiling away above ~ 100 deg C and normal people wash and dry their bikes after riding around on salted roads. All the same, I wouldn't recommend it. As an aside, don't use graphite greases on aluminium. The aluminium will be even more sacrificial. -- Chris H, FZS1000, two#55 He's predictable, but that's to be expected. Please remove the numbers to reply [1] if we are talking about aluminium, the OP doesn't actually mention what the dissimilar metals are.
From: 1949 Whizzer on 8 Oct 2009 20:32 On Oct 8, 1:57 pm, JohnA in LA <johnmalexan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Been a while since you were on Hwy. 101. Actually, I was in Santa Barbara about two weeks ago. > No lights on it in Santa Barbara for some years now. You're right. It's amazing that it failed to register that the State St. stoplight was gone. It was the only stoplight between Los Angeles and San Francisco for years. > Construction is going on now to extend those to Summerland. Yes, I noticed that two weeks ago. > Yes the fun way to LA is to go through Ojai. Shhhh! Don't tell all the blokes in old blighty. Hwy 150 is a terrible road, absolutely terrible, bad pavement, nothing to see, move on folks. Actually, I remember Hwy 150 before Lake Casitas existed. Hwy 150 originally ran straight through the Santa Ana valley to Foster Park instead of Miramonte... > Once split off from my sister who was caging it to LA. Yes, it's very possible to get stuck in stop and go traffic all the way from Oxnard to the interchange with the San Diego Freeway. But I remember Hwy 101 when it wasn't a freeway at all, just a four lane divided road and I could drive my Jaguar 80 mph all the way from Ventura to LAX. Los Angeles has grown some since then... > I went through Ojai Never say "Ojai", say "Shangri-La" to confuse the Japanese and other enemy aliens like Limeys.
From: 1949 Whizzer on 8 Oct 2009 20:34
On Oct 8, 1:36 pm, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Evil Clown) wrote: > I'm waiting for an apology but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe you should practice holding your breath. It might be an advantage, considering your personal proclivities. |