u/Building_Everything

Hey homies, hope everyone's week is getting off to a good start.

I was flipping through an old easyrider tech tip book last night and came across a story where after stopping for the second or third time on a very short trip to fix something the writer remarked that they should have rolled more joints . As an all day everyday Stoner I had to laugh because I saw myself in that story. I always keep an emergency stash of primo bud mixed with bubble hash in a dugout under my seat, which is always good for making friends or just keeping the temper under control while waiting for your buddy to come pick you up in the crash truck. What are some of your guys favorite biker weed stories or tips?

Told my wife about a dream I had had years ago about a white/brown bulldog named Hoagie, but we always have had a house full of dogs and never had room for another until about a month ago the rescue my wife volunteers at picked up this little girl as a stray. We fostered her until we knew she was going to get along with our big male mixed breed, and more importantly with our 5yo grandson. She was already house trained, knew how to use a dog door and knew basic sit (although she’s too stubborn to stay) and she had a collar but no chip. We kept her lost dog listing up in case her old family came looking but after 6 weeks we adopted her. Vet thinks she’s between 18mo and 2yr. In any case we now have a new bedmate who snores way worse than I do.

Chasing a persistent leak on my rear tire. I replaced all 3 tires on my 82 ATC110 with brand new plus I stripped and repainted all the rims. I learned my lesson on reusing the old o-rings and ended up replacing all 3 of those with new as well. Also new 90° valve stems to make life a little easier. Two of the three are holding perfectly, but this one just has the tiniest bubbling around the rim. I have pumped it up to 18psi (1.25bar) but I don’t want to blowout the o-ring by going any higher, at that pressure I have bounced the tire above my head trying to get the bead to fully seat and the leak got smaller but after multiple rounds of this it just will not go away completely. The rim does not appear to be bent or damaged. It’s not leaking anywhere else, just this one small area in the outside bead.

Is this just something these do after 44 years or is there something else I can to eliminate this leak? I don’t want to put the green goop in my new tires so please don’t suggest it.

Thanks for the help.

Been fixing up an old 1982 Honda 110 3-wheeler and now that the engine is running right and I spooned on some new tires, it was time to go off-road and see if these will really kill me. The answer is “yeah more than likely”. Big old puffy front tire just goes where it wants to and compared to riding an enduro bike you have to plan your path around obstacles waaaay ahead because if you wait until you hit a rough spot to react, the tires have already picked their line for you. Still had a blast despite looping it on a wash out climbing a hill.

Finally got the new rear tires mounted so that means all 3 are fresh, with new paint in all the rims inside and out plus new bearings up front and grease on the spindles in the back, plus a new chain. Naturally it being the weekend and my wife is out of town I just couldn’t pass up a chance to boogie out to the fire roads outside my neighborhood and have fun the way this machine was supposed to be used. Man this thing beat the hell out of me, I set my tire pressures at 8psi on the front and 12 on the rear, and the front end just slewed all over the place. Ended up on my ass after hitting a washout on a hill climb and the trike flipped, but prior to that was a lot of fun whipping around the gravel and through a few mud holes. Rode it home, washed the mud off myself and now it’s miller time.

Pulled the front wheel and fender after my initial test ride showed the wheel bearings were seized. Cleaned up everything, fixed a couple cracks in the fender, stripped off as much of the crappy farmer paint off of it and resprayed, new bearings packed with grease, spacers and new seals and bolted it all back together. Rolls a lot smoother but now that I am looking at it, I don’t completely care for how the front axle plates push the tire out of position with the fender. Do I make new fender brackets or swap in a 200 front end with shocks? Decisions decisions.

New rear tires are due any day, strip and repaint the rear bodywork, source a replacement rear bar and taillight and we’ll see what inspires me next.

I am replacing the seized bearings along with the seals and cleaning everything up on the front axel on my 110. Per the parts diagram there are no washers between the rubber seals and the axle plates, but that seems like a wear point that should be protected. Any reason why I shouldn’t add a fender washer on each end?

Finally got the new front tire mounted, which meant putting on the new chain and the odds and ends I had cleaned up and hit with some fresh paint, then it was time for my first rip on this silly thing. I get why they called these things dangerous back in the day, between trying to run low pressure (9psi) fat knobbies on the street, a fixed rear axle, and no suspension this little thing beat me up. I was able to get off the pavement onto a couple local dirt roads and downshifting allowed the rear tires to hook up and aggressively wheelie without my planning for it. So yeah lots of fun. After that I pulled out the pressure washer and tried my best to remove the built up lichen & mildew and see how much of the original Honda red plastic would come back beneath the farmers camo paint job. I have a lot of gentle sanding to do but overall I am pleased with how this little project is going.

What’s next: the right rear tire leaks quick which caused a lot of pulling to that side while riding. I did put some slime in it a while back when I first got it but obviously it didn’t fix it. Now that I have some positive momentum on this trike Imma order new rear tires for both sides. The front wheel bearings are seized so breaking the axle apart is going to need to happen sooner rather than later. The headlight shroud was showing some cracks but while riding it separated from vibration. I already put it on the workbench and plastic welded it back together but I’ll need to sand that down and polish the farmer paint back down to the red plastic. Order up a new seat pan and while the original vinyl is in decent shape it does have some cracks so I should probably replace that too. Find a replacement hand brake lever. Find a new rear light assembly cause mine is completely gone. Maybe one day I’ll repaint the frame but maybe not. And as you can see it doesn’t have the rear mud shields so that would be a nice thing to put back on.

Biggest mechanical problem is it won’t go into gear in the high range gears. Only low. Not sure what is up with that but for now it’s rideable, I will get around to refinishing the exterior of the engine and repaint the right and left covers and I’ll sort that problem out while they are off the bike.