Annapolis Maryland newb

[lwwade]

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welcome pete, you will sure learn alot from these guys,and about the wife i think i would agree with slicks on this one. and yes it will cost you but its worth it. lonnie

[Bob 800A]

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In general the V-twins are cold blooded beasties. I had to keep my 800 on choke for about 3 or 4 minutes before I could turn it off without sputtering at a stop. Just the nature of them I guess.

Once you pop the cap off and adjust the pilot you'll find they warm up quite quickly. They are so lean from factory to meet emissions standards that they require lots of choke to build some heat.

[Slicks]

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I don't know if anyone else experiences this, but my choke is "self-cancelling". I pull it out and ride. Within a few blocks, it slides back in on it's own. I've always loved that.

[Naptown Pete]

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My VN800A choke needs to be turned "righty" a bit to hold in the choked position, but sometimes my leg hits the knob for "inadvertant self-canceling".

I just did the lagging (exhaust wrap) on my Cobra slash cut pipes and used the Clamp Tool wire hose clamp forming tool for a clean look to clamp the ends of the wrap.

See the clamp tool video
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[Bob 800A]

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the black rubber boot (behind the knob) is a cover for the adjustment nut for this. If the nut is turned right it will make the choke harder to pull on and push off. It also will cause it to stay out until you push it in.

[Slicks]

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the black rubber boot (behind the knob) is a cover for the adjustment nut for this. If the nut is turned right it will make the choke harder to pull on and push off. It also will cause it to stay out until you push it in.

No kiddin. Huh. Ya learn something every day.

Bob, you are certainly a wealth of knowledge about Vulcans.

Thanks.

[Bob 800A]

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No kiddin. Huh. Ya learn something every day.

Bob, you are certainly a wealth of knowledge about Vulcans.

Thanks.

Thank you. With 2 of them to maintain for over 12 years I have picked up a thing or two. Actually that is a bit misleading though, chains sprockets oil and tires are about all I have spent any money on for both.
When I bought Tina's bike it was a total wreck, had only 1200 miles on it. Front wheel was tangled up in the right foot peg! I learned a lot in the 4 hours it took to disassemble it and even more in the following days as replacement parts were obtained.

[Naptown Pete]

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Hey Bob & everybody,
Any recommendation on exhaust head bolt thread compound?
Thanks ,
Pete

[Fly]

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If you're talking about an anti-seize compound, use the same stuff that is used for sparkplugs.

This is a good idea, as the two dis-similar metals do tend to seize if left for several years.

[Naptown Pete]

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That gives me three choices based on the Loctite motorcycle recommendation webpage
Spark Plugs- Loctite® Silver Anti-Seize Stick
Exhaust bolts- Loctite® 243™ Threadlocker
Exhaust Manifold Studs- Loctite® Anti-Seize Lubricant – Copper


The one thing that I would probably not use is the Loctite Copper thread compound. Copper and aluminum do not mix well. The result of using that compound on aluminum masts is horrific.

[Naptown Pete]

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Pep Boys carries Permatex, not Loctite, so I got their high temp equivelant.
Cobra pipes are on. Wow, what a difference. Good for grins.

[Fly]

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As a purely back-yard mechanic, I would hesitate to add anything to lock exhaust systems to the back. After a short while, these bolts are difficult enough to remove and I wouldn't want anything to make it even more difficult.

After having to deal with a few exhaust bolts that have broken off, due to nuts being seized to these exhaust bolts. Now, the anti-seize compounds seem to make a lot more sense to me than any locking compound.

[Naptown Pete]

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The stuff I used was more a thread sealant that seems to be good for dissimilar metals versus a thread locker.
Funny that when I went to remove the old bolts, they spun out too easy, and the gasket looked like it was having a bit of blow-by.
I think that the next time I do anything with these exhausts would be to repair the threads with a monel helicoil thread insert. Seems the aluminum on the first few threads was buggered up on the front bolt hole, but with care didn't cross thread when reinstalling.
My caution stems from 30 years working on boats with the worse case scenarious derived from lack of barrier compounds between dissimilar metals.
Still, I respect that if the factory did it without any thread compound, then it's probably ok to continue that (pun) thread. But then, they want to sell you a new bike when the old one wears out.. (planned obselescence)

[Naptown Pete]

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hey guys,
I'm looking into my Cobra exhausts and I'm hoping I don't see a baffle.
Reason is that I'm hoping to add some baffles to knock down the volume a bit.
But possibly what I'm looking at are the baffles though they seem to be very unrestricted.
What do you think? Baffles in the pic or not?
http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=IMG_0020.jpg

[Fly]

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It's difficult to tell, but there really doesn't seem to be anything there.

Just a suggestion, you might wish to ask this stuff on a new thread, as it would probably get more people interested in looking at it, installed of the 20th post on a "new member introduction".