Well, lets get this over with...

[a/c man]

I fully understand the " up late working on the bike scenario" Bike building is an obsession that you keep feeding with a lot of free time and a whole bunch
of imagination and money.I've been an hvac mechanic a long time, live in Maryland and welcome you also to the forum!!

 

[Member 5549]

I still have a York A/C from the late 60's
And it still works great.
Something to be said about quality !!!

 

[TOTAL CARNAGE]

Thank you again everyone!
this is a great site and hope to be around here for quite some time.
machiasmort, good eye! that happened on the very first ride. I only went around the block and the engine was popping and sputtering like mad and the pipe was glowing bright red!!! I'm thinking that I trashed it in one ride.
After going over eveything I found that I somehow smashed the plug gap almost closed and didn't notice it when I put it in. Fixed that and everything is fine now. I'm running a 16:1 mix slobbering rich right now for break in.
As for the headlight, I just had to make do untill I can find one that fits the style of the bike better. I have an old carbide bike lamp that I got from my granfather (30 yrs ago) but haven't been able to find it yet. What could be cooler than an open flame!!??

 

[machiasmort]

I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that a plug would cause that!

I made the mistake of breaking my motor in with synthetic oil. I must have gotten lucky... Over 1,000 miles now!

Funny you should mention that lamp of your Grandpop's... Would really look cool!

I was just going through some of my Grandfather's fishing stuff a little while back. Humbled by his age and failing health durring my teens, he was in his late 70's. I helped him remove the light that guide his way on Lake Erie from his 12ft aluminum boat before selling. I gave that old light a cleaning and it sparkled like new! Has to be 10lbs w/ real glass and oil leather gasket!

He was always very depressed he got too old to take me out and show me the spots that fed our family durring the last Great Depression. He had 8 kids and his younger friends can't help but talk about that crazy Old Man who'd never know when to come in, despite getting zapped by lightning through the bottom of the boat! He road a moped (to beat the gas prices) till he was 85 collecting an Aero-space engineers pension! LOL! Through all the wild times life dealt him, he passed in a Hospital bed at almost 100 Y.O.

As I felt it necessary to tell this story, something tells me, you'll find that old light soon and have good luck with it! I'd love to see pics!

 

[Turtle Tedd]

...welcome from Florida...bikes to motorcycles to motorized bicycles...these things are a lot easier to lift and move around

 

[jimraysr]

Presr O Lite headlight??

This may be too old for you, but before all the turbo torches,
Prest-O-Lite was the refrigeration and AC servicemans side kick.

The little tank was (and is) an "MC" and the larger tank (around 2') is a B tank. The little one was for a Heilite leak detector. Copper disc in a gas flame and drawing its primary air from a rubber tube. The tube was run around areas of suspected Freon leaks and when the flame turned green, you found it. the green was fosgene, so you didn't want to breath it.

Now the question: What does MC and B stand for?

Well, MC for motor car and B for bus. Gas lights before they had electric ones.

Only seems proper for an AC tech that you would have Prest-O-Lite gas light on your MB?

My B tank isn't the original, but my MC has the name in raised cursive letters in the side of the tank itself.

Nice looking bike. Glad you found the group.

Jim

Thank you again everyone!
this is a great site and hope to be around here for quite some time.
machiasmort, good eye! that happened on the very first ride. I only went around the block and the engine was popping and sputtering like mad and the pipe was glowing bright red!!! I'm thinking that I trashed it in one ride.
After going over eveything I found that I somehow smashed the plug gap almost closed and didn't notice it when I put it in. Fixed that and everything is fine now. I'm running a 16:1 mix slobbering rich right now for break in.
As for the headlight, I just had to make do untill I can find one that fits the style of the bike better. I have an old carbide bike lamp that I got from my granfather (30 yrs ago) but haven't been able to find it yet. What could be cooler than an open flame!!??

 

[skypiratescotty]

Awesome looking ride! Oh and the Slow Stik definately adds a thumbs up in my book!
Scotty

 

[TOTAL CARNAGE]

Yes Jim I remember. I still have one around the shop somewhere. And yes, the fumes off that thing were nasty!
The slow stick is my eveyday beater. WAY over powered with a brushless park 390 and 11.1v lipo. unlimited vertical he he.....you should hear the wings flap in a powered dive!!
machiasmort....great story. If I only knew then I would never stop bugging grandpap for storys of his life. I,m sure it was amazing!

 

[Mountainman]

one of of five men to get prostate cancer

Being a Guy (prone to prostate cancer). Those things emit EMF. Electro Magnetic Frequency (radiation)! Might not be a good idea to have it right there!

total carnage hope that you don't mind here
good spot for a public message regarding the good old prostate thing
I was on a court case years ago regarding a man who had prostate cancer
and was blaming his doctor for not catching it earlier

think it's something like one of of five men will get prostate cancer
my dad has it right now -- most old guys will just die with it

we should do all that we can to protect that prostate thing
don't even think that cell phones should be around it

want everything healthy when we ride that thing

MM

 

[yimmie]

fellow Pa rider

good to see more people from pa ridin. i got some great roads within 20 miles of my houde for riding. nice coverd bridges, etc...
i like your build looks awesome. i am trying to gather pa riders for road run. if any inter. let me know