RZ and RD Deals Gap prep

[Kawtriplefreak]

Pipes ready for repaint on the RD. Hopefully the weather will cooperate soon. Rear wheel off of RZ for tire change.

[Kawtriplefreak]

A productive afternoon of pipe painting and scrubbing on the RD.

[2 Smoker]

Your 75 is sweet.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Thank you!

[2 Smoker]

what brand rear set are on the RD.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Vintage Smoke. They work great. He did a 1st class job on them.

[Kawtriplefreak]

RD done except for final test ride/paint cure. RZ wheel headed to Guard Hill Cycle for a new Road Rider, tube and balance.

[85RZwade]

Why do you run a tube in the RZ wheel, Tim?

[rodneya]

A productive afternoon of pipe painting and scrubbing on the RD.

Interesting barn roof you have there.

[m in sc]

Interesting barn roof you have there.

when i saw it in real life it really threw me for a loop. 

[Kawtriplefreak]

Daddy bought a couple of school buses to haul big round bales of hay. When they built the corn crib he used the top of one of them for the roof...

[85RZwade]

And that, friends and neighbors, is ingenuity.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Sorry didn't see the question earlier. I can't get either one of the wheels to quit leaking at the valve stem to save me. Neither could the local Yamaha dealer. They put new stems in twice once for free.  So I have been running tubes in them.

[Dvsrd]

Sorry didn't see the question earlier. I can't get either one of the wheels to quit leaking at the valve stem to save me. Neither could the local Yamaha dealer. They put new stems in twice once for free.  So I have been running tubes in them.

What if you lightly spot faced the surface around the valve, on the outside (tyre side) of the rim?

[pidjones]

There is a stem that GoldWing riders have relied on for years, called a "Patchboy" stem. All metal with rubber seals both inside and out. Available in different lengths, sizes, angles, even tees. GL1800 riders switched to them because the Honda original rubber-mounted stems were a major cause of rapid air loss.