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I played about a little bit today. First, I wanted to see if I could, by one means or another, get the frame to sit like a Featherbed, where the horizontal elements are pretty much horizontal, as seen here: https://photos.smugmug.com/Elvis/i-WVc7R4L/0/MPNjq2NVfvnfFWk9qW34hgWPqFntTRqbk8q2J9vFH/L/Elvi...

OK, here's the formal start to Elvis. I'm a bit between funds right now but there's plenty of low budget stuff to do with an eye toward hearing the motor roar and getting some subsystems (electrics and wheels for a couple) ready for prime time. First, here's the situation today: https://photos.smugm...

Ernst (my R75/6) is running again and has cleaned out my play money account for a bit. I'll be doing low budget stuff with an eye to hearing Elvis run this year. Not sure if I'll be able to do enough to make Elvis street legal this year. Meanwhile in the shop, my son has claimed the repair plinth: h...

When my son installed the motor he built in his Z28 Camaro and tried to start it, we saw smoke coming off a small ground strap that was part of the ignition system. In doing his mods he had lost the original ground path through a much larger ground strap. Once he had a 0 gauge ground connection, it ...

Well, it was time to DO SOMETHING! And here we are, with Something Done: https://photos.smugmug.com/Ernst/i-NH87SXM/0/LTw8g6hcskQ6cbGpkX3R6t4qzfMCS4FWxHLX4nj7K/L/Ernst31-L.jpg Yes, that's Ernst off the plinth for the first time in 3 years! I maneuvered him to face the open door to keep that first st...

And after a few tries got this result: https://photos.smugmug.com/Ernst/i-8mcGCh8/0/NGvbzsztBvt9k82zSxgRjWtKrQKSW8NS9BHCM6ndL/XL/Ernst28-XL.jpg Mel, try this method and report back. https://forum.boxerworks.com/viewtopic.php?p=137112#p137112 Yes, that was part of the process. Sharpie stuff was to c...

I've had my son's in-laws visiting the past few days and it's probably just as well that I'm just getting an hour or so to work on the bike between entertaining them. Lotsa evening social time with them, an epic mountain bike ride on Thursday, out to a winery last night for some live music. Good tim...

Well, I'm working on Ernst again and I'm posting so all y'all can be my Accountability Police. This is summarizing the last several months. First, there was some re-blinging required: https://photos.smugmug.com/Ernst/i-RsqsVff/0/L7NKSv48XrqMttF6f8SzrsBhT2C48Djm259qf87CP/L/BMW593-L.jpg https://photos...

The /5 and /6 relay can be replaced with a basic relay as described here: https://www.forum.boxerworks.com/viewtopic.php?p=27077#p27077 $20 instead of $120! As regards the blue wires that are part of the charge lamp circuit, they can be connected directly away from the relay. On the /5, you'll lose ...

Yeah, bit of a slow winter as far as bike progress goes. Ernst is still in pieces and Edgar has just been a local errand and day trip bike. This summer I should have HVAC in the big shop which will make life so much better in there. Edgar was grounding (lightly) the sidestand in left turns. I had a...