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So ! i got to take out the old fellow for another 30 mile run this morning with my good buddy Jerrold Entzi following me. The morning was exquisite; bright Autumn sun, no wind and 60 degrees at 10 am. The ride was flawless. i now have 160 miles on the engine and everything seems perfect. i adjusted the valve clearances, reset the ignition timer points gap and adjusted both chains at 100 miles. i am now down to one thin (.010") shim on the oiler adjusting screw; this morning i ran two thin shims and accumulated 60 cc or 2 ounces of oil in 30 miles. my run previous to this morning's run, i ran three thin shims, so this morning's run with two thin shims decreased oiler output by 8 cc. I am speculating i will need to run with no shims, but am removing one shim at a time and measuring out put after every run.
i did not post after my first 30 mile ride from my house on to public roads on August 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtuptEAlU30 That day, no precip at my house, sky looked stable, but by the time i got another 500 feet higher, it was misting and 1/4 mile down the road was pouring that lasted about 8 miles, then cleared and i rode another 10 miles, turned around and rode back into pouring rain. the old fellow did not miss a beat and i certainly was recalling my Dad's rain story of front cylinder cracking when he met the wash off a truck going through an underpass. The stream of water coming off the leading edge of the front fender is like a waterfall ! if any of you have ever been up around Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins, the video was taken south of Masonville.
Masonville would have been a good place to stop, there a couple old buildings there, the one picture is Masonvile Mercantile, built in 1896. i'm still kind of at the point i want to keep moving because everything is running so well. I am getting a alot more comfortable with the bike, so my next run i will stop and take some pictures. i realize i posted no new pictures of the bike, but i will in the future.
20170524_145614.jpg20170524_145636.jpg
Masonville Mercantile MasonvilleStore.JPG
Across the road, west from the MercantileIMG_3368.jpg
i did not post after my first 30 mile ride from my house on to public roads on August 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtuptEAlU30 That day, no precip at my house, sky looked stable, but by the time i got another 500 feet higher, it was misting and 1/4 mile down the road was pouring that lasted about 8 miles, then cleared and i rode another 10 miles, turned around and rode back into pouring rain. the old fellow did not miss a beat and i certainly was recalling my Dad's rain story of front cylinder cracking when he met the wash off a truck going through an underpass. The stream of water coming off the leading edge of the front fender is like a waterfall ! if any of you have ever been up around Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins, the video was taken south of Masonville.
Masonville would have been a good place to stop, there a couple old buildings there, the one picture is Masonvile Mercantile, built in 1896. i'm still kind of at the point i want to keep moving because everything is running so well. I am getting a alot more comfortable with the bike, so my next run i will stop and take some pictures. i realize i posted no new pictures of the bike, but i will in the future.
20170524_145614.jpg20170524_145636.jpg
Masonville Mercantile MasonvilleStore.JPG
Across the road, west from the MercantileIMG_3368.jpg
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