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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Motorcycle maintenance update

Lots going on in "Millie's Garage" even if it's not going to be set-up like I want it to for a long while.

First, I sold the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R last week as I realized there was no way I was going to have time to get it back together.  Took a small loss on the bike, but enjoyed cataloging parts and what could have been.

The Sportster has sprung a fairly consistent and new leak, or at least "marking it's territory" from a new spot.  Going to have to chase that down, but it isn't coming from the engine block or heads, so it may be a failing oil line.  I've had that happen on another Harley-fortunately right after an oil change on the test run in Millie's Garage, so while messy was able to immediately shut the bike down.

And for the big shocker:  While listing the parts needed to service and hopefully get the Connie running again, I put the old battery on the charger.  Went online to Murph's Kits to look for parts and got the battery checked today since it wasn't taking a charge.  Battery is completely dead, and first estimate for a replacement is $90.  Here we go!  BikeBandit.com is running a maintenance sale, so I'll check them too.

Well, that's enough for today-hope some of ya'll are enjoying the ride today!

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