Japan Meets Britain

R100 · Post by **R100** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:20 am

Vince Lupo wrote:BTW I'm looking for a good magnetic drain plug. I bought one a couple of years ago from Sirius Consolidated (the red one), but it didn't work out.

Anybody try one of these? Would this work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-Replaces- ... e4&vxp=mtr

Have not tried that one, but I did get the red one from Sirius. I have only recently installed it.
What trouble did you have with yours?

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:26 am

The problem was that it leaked. The head is smaller than the stock bolt, and even with the washer it leaked.

R100 · Post by **R100** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:52 am

Vince Lupo wrote:The problem was that it leaked. The head is smaller than the stock bolt, and even with the washer it leaked.

Thanks. Will keep my eye on it.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:57 pm

A chilly shakedown ride today! Only managed 24 miles before my fingers froze solid, but it was enough to test the bike AND a new helmet (yes I'm a slave to helmet fashion).

This was the first ride of the season (odometer reading 06014 - for my own reference!), and the bike fired right up and settled into a nice steady idle. Ran well, nothing weird, and it looks like it's all ready to go. I did have to replace the rubbers on the footpegs, as I pretty well wore them out and they were due, so I did that last night. The paint on the wheels stayed on, and I think I may have gained 10mph at the top end now that the wheels have the Vincent Black Shadow treatment. Seriously!

Oh yeah and about that helmet -- it is over-the-top awesome!!!! Just take a look at that paint job! And kids, believe it or not, this is a helmet from Bell. A new helmet from Bell. Mind you, the shield is an NOS bubble shield from the '70s that I've had for a few years, and it seems to be the perfect match for this wild helmet creation. So we're bringing a bit of groovy 1970's into the mix -- a perfect mismatch!

Here's hoping that things warm up soon -- it only made it to 44 degrees today.

Lee's wheels!

Honda2015-6 by Vince.Lupo, on Flickr

The helmet is a perfect, imperfect match!

Honda2015-4 by Vince.Lupo, on Flickr

Did I mention that I got a new helmet???

Bell Helmet1 by Vince.Lupo, on Flickr

Superchicken · Post by **Superchicken** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:15 am

Your bike is looking tidy as usual, my friend an I went out for little ride Saturday, we left at 7:30 am and it was a little chilly, but by noon when we came home it was almost 75.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:23 am

Yes I heard that things were quite warm out in California. My wife's family lives in Fullerton in the OC, and I think it's been in the 90's there recently.

What usually happens in Maryland is that we have about two weeks of Spring, then it's instant Summer. With the weird weather patterns we've been having, I hope the really warm weather is slow to come.

Superchicken · Post by **Superchicken** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:40 am

Yes Vince, our daughter and her husband, lived 2 miles east of Magic Mountain, for a couple years, but now they got to come back to Turlock. I bought a new Yamaha FZ-07, my job is to ware out the tires!