[krimp]

This morning, I dusted the snow off of her (about 3" deep) and fired her up for a few minutes. She didn't want to start, but once she did, she was good to go. I will keep starting her every day until I get to ride again. Which will hopefully be next week.

[gremlin]

....... thick strong leather...... cotton thread.......

you want to avoid cotton it will rot over time and the seams will fail. You don't want thread that can stretch and you need a UV protected thread.

[gashousegorilla]

Silicone-ing the metal lid to the filter worked marvelously, and given the dust/oil/goo that lightly coated both surfaces, should peel away easily when it is time to oil the filter, though I don't know that will even be necessary to oil it (removing the plate, that is), since I can spray it from the backside...

Wait, that didn't sound right.... 

   Ahhhhh ...... ? Yeah, I got ya 

[decker]

  Got in a very chilly ride, then started prepping for winter storage.?

[barenekd]

It's just starting to cool off enough in SoCal to be comfortable riding again!
Bare

[Ducati Scotty]

Rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain here today in Portland along with winds up to 50mph.  Probably too cold to even go down and work in the garage.

[krimp]

Last night, after I got home from work, the temp was sitting somewhere around 35 F, I went out and tried to start her up. She fired up in under 2 seconds as if it was the middle of July.

[High On Octane]

I think I'm going to bundle up, go out to the bike, remove the bar controls, flip the bars over and start smashing my tank with a ball peen hammer.   

[gremlin]

I think I'm going to ..... start smashing my tank with a ball peen hammer.   

I like brass and leather mallets for dimpling tanks.

[High On Octane]

I like brass and leather mallets for dimpling tanks.

Me too, but you have to work with what you have. 

[dls]

Changed my Goldstar type silencer for a short bottle type & following Scotty Brown`s lead I ordered a Lycette type seat for my C5, can`t wait to get it.

[mattb]

Changed my Goldstar type silencer for a short bottle type

I'm about to do the same once I get past the initial run-in period. I have one with steel baffles, the standard eBay item from India. How do you find it?

[dls]

better bass & sound than the Goldstar which was a straight thru pipe with an aftermarket baffle I installed. The short bottle may be the same as yours a baffled Silman from India. Had to fabricate brackets & quality is ok, about the same as the bike actually

[Mr.Mazza]

After riding to and from trade school, I came home and fitted a new brake assembly, old one's mounting clamp snapped after dad did it up 
Took 30 mins and lubed my throttle and brake cable while I was in there, gotta fine tune my brake cable but all good.
I WILL lube my clutch tomorrow morning or at trade school, I like to do them in sets.

Then rode 20 miles to a massive car and bike show, two football ovals full of cars and bikes!

[krimp]

I rode into work today. She died about 2 miles from work. I performed an emergency side stand switch disconnect (used my knife to cut the wires), but that didn't fix the issue. I pulled the battery cover, moved the battery around and power came back. So, at lunch time, I am buying new battery cables and installing them.