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				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:36 pm
				by melville
				
Thanks!  That should get me close enough not to burn anything down.  As I lack the numbers on the relay, the color diagrams are the thing that makes that special.  
Today's conundrum--I read this:
http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/perch/index.htm
And became quite convinced I had dropped the perch wedge, so I bought a couple.  Trouble is, I don't seem to have a groove/notch/relief for the perch wedge.  Here's how it looks in my perch:
Am I missing something here?  Do I now have perch wedges to sell?
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:55 pm
				by gspd
				What year is your bike?
They stopped having those wedges in the 19 ? ? model year.
 If you tighten down the pinch screw and the whole thing rotates easily on the handlebar, 
you need the wedges. 
I don't see the wedge cutout in yours. 
Sue Duane.
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:01 am
				by melville
				gspd wrote:What year is your bike?
They stopped having those wedges in the 19 ? ? model year.
 If you tighten down the pinch screw and the whole thing rotates easily on the handlebar, 
you need the wedges. 
I don't see the wedge cutout in yours. 
Sue Duane.
It's a 1975 /6 and they are reputed to be a part through the /7.  I have to do some post PC clean-up before they get clamped on the bars, but I am the sort of gorilla who could make a wedge-type clamp solidly, until it cracked, and felt safer having the parts on hand.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:08 pm
				by melville
				Finished foodling about with the hand controls and got them mounted:
The other shoe has dropped and Mrs. melville, justifiably nervous that I might finish the darn thing and actually ride it, has started painting a room.  I am, of course, involved in this process.  Moving furniture, ripping up nasty carpet, and so on.  I also wonder if she clogged the bathroom sink drain this morning.  Fixing that took me to the roof to get a straight shot at the clog when working it from below only sent the snake UP the vent.
That, and the money is momentarily tight.  I have enough paid for and/or in process to make it a roller, but not all the bits have come home to roost yet.  
After getting the levers on the bars I put the old seat on to check the fit of the controls, like so:
Just where I though they should be.  Yes, I'm making motorcycle noises as I sit there.  Mrs. melville has volunteered to push me around on the dolly.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:14 pm
				by gspd
				Push you around on a dolly? 
Wuss.
Get her to tow you around town with her car.
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:04 am
				by Chuey
				The red headlight shell and ears looks very very nice!
Chuey
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:12 am
				by Major Softie
				Those tennis shoes have GOT to go.
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:09 am
				by Lasse
				Colours look familiar 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:31 am
				by melville
				Major Softie wrote:Those tennis shoes have GOT to go.
Yeah, I thought about getting my boots on for the pic.  Not quite ATGATT there--what a terrible example I'm setting.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Woo Hoo!  A Big Project!
				Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:34 pm
				by Deleted User 61
				I found them!  Now YOU TOO can own a pair of these fine shoes!
http://www.amazon.com/Converse-PRODUCT- ... sbs_shoe_3