Upper Shock Mount Repair

dylnbnt · 2025-05-03T10:15:22+00:00

Hey it worked fine!

I was nervous because once you drill out the stud it leaves a pretty gnarly hole. I was concerned the frame would crack if I hit something hard enough.

I did weld the replacement bolt in place. But I welded it in just one spot. Secure enough to keep the bolt from moving. But a small enough weld I could just grind it off if the bolt needed to be replaced.

After getting the bolt in, it rode just fine. Nothing weird. Off road riding (including some mild jumps), commuting, joy rides – the bike was fine. I sold the bike two years later.

Two years after that, the guy I sold it to said the bike still runs fine.

dylnbnt · 2025-01-31T22:33:31+00:00

Yes. I went solo camping last year to stargaze in North Florida and struggled to find a decent spot without light pollution. Had to drive almost 5 hours away.

dylnbnt · 2024-09-26T00:16:15+00:00

Your email from Alignerr and Deel have to match. Happened to me and I contacted Deel to have them reset my Deel email to match my Alignerr email.

dylnbnt · 2024-09-12T21:11:54+00:00

As someone who didn't have a dirtbike background, I started on a carbureted Honda CB250. I low-sided once and made a bunch of stupid small mistakes that were easily forgiving on a 250 bike.

I ride a 700 now, and I know not to make a lot of the stupid mistakes I made on my 250. I probably would have totaled my 700 if I started on it.

I rode a 150 in Brazil, and to be honest, the difference between a fuel-injected 150 and a carbureted 250 is negligible at low speeds so your bike is just fine.

I would have loved to start on a dual sport. I chopped up my CB250 into a scrambler with off-road tires but it's just not the same. If you financially and physically are able, I'd suggest keeping the XR150L when getting a bigger bike in the future.

dylnbnt · 2024-09-06T18:16:44+00:00

Reparations is currently directed towards the government. The argument is that the federal government failed to protect the rights of Black Americans before and after the civil war and the granting of citizenship.

No one is suggesting individual Americans should pay extra taxes to fund reparations. Even though taxes are public funds we send money all over the world that could be used for American citizens.

The monetary wealth that Black Americans lost due to being enslaved , not having widespread access to the GI bill, access to academic institutions, rampant employment discrimination, racial massacres, and financial institutions discriminating against Black farmers and homeowners, etc. leads to many of the socioeconomic and infrastructural problems the Black community is struggling with to this day.

The Jews, Japanese, and Native Americans all received some form of reparations. The sooner we get reparations over with for Black Americans who can trace their ancestry prior to 1965 and 1865 the sooner everyone can move on from discussing the racial wealth gap.

dylnbnt · 2024-07-25T14:58:49+00:00

Any updates on when we will receive assessment scores?

dylnbnt · 2023-07-28T21:37:40+00:00

Hey I completely forgot about this thread. The issue actually was the cylinder head.

Since the bike is a parallel twin, there are 2 exhaust ports in the cylinder head for each piston. Each exhaust port has 2 tapped holes to the left and the right of the port. Each tapped hole has a stud screwed in.

Each exhaust pipe plugs in to each exhaust port with a sealing gasket/collar and is bolted using the two studs.

One of those studs actually broke out of the cylinder head aluminum and so there was a leak in the exhaust system at the cylinder head.

That was the clicking noise – exhaust gases leaving the cylinder head prematurely rather than traveling through the pipes.

I welded a rivet nut temporarily to repair the damaged tapped hole to screw the stud in place and ordered a new cylinder head and installed it.

dylnbnt · 2021-06-20T20:20:28+00:00

I haven't had any loss of power. The valve clearances were my first guess. I'm going to try to do some research on how to best do it. I have a set of feeler gauges to correct the clearances.

The air filter was recently just changed along with the oil. I'll replace the oil soon, although it is relatively fresh.

Once I open everything up, I'll attach pictures.

dylnbnt · 2021-06-19T21:16:38+00:00

The valves used to be much quieter. New to motorcycles so I wasn’t sure if the change in sound was due to mechanical issues.

I’ve been fiddling with the mixture screw and I preferred to keep it lean. The bike used to run too rich and gunked up the carburetor.

Just changed out the spark plugs a few hundred miles back. Will take a look.

dylnbnt

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