Comments on: A Visit to the Shop http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2010/01/20/a-visit-to-the-shop/ Adventures Aboard a Soviet Motorcycle Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jack Riepe http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2010/01/20/a-visit-to-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Jack Riepe Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:24:14 +0000 http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/?p=113#comment-69 Dear Kelsey: The best place to hear abojt compression problems are in the shop. The worst place is 140 miles into a 600-mile ride. You are going t have a great riding season. Fondest regards, Jack • reep • Toad Twisted Roads New blog posts every Monday and Thursday Dear Kelsey:

The best place to hear abojt compression problems are in the shop. The worst place is 140 miles into a 600-mile ride. You are going t have a great riding season.

Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads
New blog posts every Monday and Thursday

]]> By: Kelsey http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2010/01/20/a-visit-to-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Kelsey Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:59:21 +0000 http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/?p=113#comment-67 The bike's been in the shop for almost a month now. He found out that the engine was having compression problems, among other things, and to remove the heads you often have to remove the whole sidecar. At best we need new gaskets, at worst new pistons. Still haven't heard about our brakes and the clutch cable. The bike’s been in the shop for almost a month now. He found out that the engine was having compression problems, among other things, and to remove the heads you often have to remove the whole sidecar. At best we need new gaskets, at worst new pistons. Still haven’t heard about our brakes and the clutch cable.

]]> By: Jack Riepe http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2010/01/20/a-visit-to-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jack Riepe Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:56:47 +0000 http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/?p=113#comment-66 Dear Kelsey: How are things going with your bike in the shop? Has the mechanic found anything interesting that would have saved you getting stuck someplace else? I had a situation where the brake fluid in my front reservoir seemed to be dropping, without a leak. The mechanic explained to me that the level in reservoir dropped as the wear on the brake pads increased. Sure enough, a look at the pads indicated my front brakes would have worn through in the middle of a long ride I had planned. The mechanic's vigilance saved me a breakdown enroute. Fondest regards, Jack • reep • Toad Twisted Roads New blog postings every Mondaty and Thursday Dear Kelsey:

How are things going with your bike in the shop? Has the mechanic found anything interesting that would have saved you getting stuck someplace else? I had a situation where the brake fluid in my front reservoir seemed to be dropping, without a leak. The mechanic explained to me that the level in reservoir dropped as the wear on the brake pads increased. Sure enough, a look at the pads indicated my front brakes would have worn through in the middle of a long ride I had planned. The mechanic’s vigilance saved me a breakdown enroute.

Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads
New blog postings every Mondaty and Thursday

]]> By: Jack Riepe http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2010/01/20/a-visit-to-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Jack Riepe Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:01:52 +0000 http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/?p=113#comment-63 Dear Kelsey: I think you and your husband made the right decision. Working out in the winter elements would only add extra frustration to challenge, plus wear you down as you tackled one problem after another. There is nothing more aggravating than having to deal with tiny parts, frozen parts, and hard to see parts, while laying on the cold ground or in the dampness. And this will guarantee your machine will be ready to go as son as the weather breaks. Best of luck to you both. Fondest regards, Jack • reep • Toad Twisted Roads Dear Kelsey:

I think you and your husband made the right decision. Working out in the winter elements would only add extra frustration to challenge, plus wear you down as you tackled one problem after another. There is nothing more aggravating than having to deal with tiny parts, frozen parts, and hard to see parts, while laying on the cold ground or in the dampness.

And this will guarantee your machine will be ready to go as son as the weather breaks. Best of luck to you both.

Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads

]]> By: Living Life Frame by Frame » Blog Archive » Bike’s in the Shop http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2010/01/20/a-visit-to-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Living Life Frame by Frame » Blog Archive » Bike’s in the Shop Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:29:17 +0000 http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/?p=113#comment-61 [...] This was originally published over at Travels with Smutka, the blog for our sidecar [...] [...] This was originally published over at Travels with Smutka, the blog for our sidecar [...]

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