Hey all... well after taking a month or so off, I finally got back to the Commando restoration. First thing... for some reason I haven't been able to sign in with my old screen name Robb2013. Tried everything, finally reregistered under this name. I kind of lost steam in this project after all the bs I was having with the rear wheel being off center etc. I eventually realized that the Harley shop put the offset on the wrong side of the wheel. Had to bring the whole bike back to his shop so he could confirm that he in fact had fucked up. I credit the guy though because in spite of a lot of bitching, he ultimately made it right. That was kind of the last straw with my patience on this project however, so I then had to walk away for a bit. ANYWAY... I'm back at it again, and pretty close to putting oil in and firing this thing up.... just need to figure out a few things with the wiring harness. For one, I have a few loose unmated wires that I'm wondering if I missed or if they just don't apply to this bike. I'm charging my camera batteries right now and will post a couple pics a little later this evening. I've also ot a couple questions as far as the headlight wiring goes... when I turn on the headlamp I have to flip the on off switch from right to left. Is this correct? I tried turning the switch around but the hole is flat on one end and won't go in the other way around. I've never seen a switch before that operated in this direction. And then, when I have the head lamp on and flip the flat vertical switch on the rh controls, the headlamp goes off and the green idiot light on top of the headlamp comes on. (High beam indicator maybe and high bulb burned out?) Is this normal? That's about all for now. I'll post some pics of the mystery wires as soon as my cam's charged. Later.
Oh, one other thing... since this bike sat for about ten years or so, I was thinking about putting some 10 wt. oil in for the start up, letting it get up to temp, then changing the oil with straight 40 wt.... just to get the rest of the leftover gunked up oil out. Any comments or suggestions on this?
Oh, one other thing... since this bike sat for about ten years or so, I was thinking about putting some 10 wt. oil in for the start up, letting it get up to temp, then changing the oil with straight 40 wt.... just to get the rest of the leftover gunked up oil out. Any comments or suggestions on this?