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2016-09-09 KZ1300 Local Ride - San Luis Obispo, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Templeton, home.
Forums: dCarver's rides
2016-09-09 KZ1300 Local Ride - San Luis Obispo, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Templeton, home.

QuackQuack has nagging issues.

• Oil leak from RHS stator; the rubber grommet is torn nearly in half. Leak from base cylinder gasket that later was identified as water pump seepage. Used 1/2 bottle of Barr's stop-leak and it seems to have worked.
• Custom 1,000 dollar radiator installed.
• New 13 psig radiator cap.
• Fan relay repaired and working reliably.
• Repaired the leaky petcock, or so I thought.. The leaky petcock caused gas to flood the crankcase. Sigh. All clean now and here we are.

Ready to rock. Yes, she's a trailer queen. No dirt road for QuackQuack.


Made it to Los Osos, Ca. Creston --> Atascadero --> Los Osos. Arrived here to find a very oily wet left boot. Stator oil leak.


Morro Bay!


This rider saw QuackQuack and did an immediate U-turn. Meet Brian L. Crow and his 1977 Honda Wing with NOS 77 engine, 16k on it now. He also fabricated the most coolio cover for the hack. Great guy and got to ride with him sometime later when QuackQuack is a proven machine!


Just had to snap this pic of the two very red machines. I like this pix.


The rig from another view. Love the tail fin...


Last pic. Up at the reservoir over Cayucous, CA.


Overall, a good run! She's still running hot, and stumbling above 6k on a 8k redline. Starting to wonder if I might have a cam one tooth out. This happened along time ago once... Ran great at lower rpm, missing on top, and running hot. IIRC, the cam timing mark from the factory was a bit off.

More later.

Fini

Thanks for the pics! Hope you get your issues sorted.

Great looking bike; very 80s class! Love the old Wing with the hack. There's no Wing like an old Wing.
Hope you get the overheat problem figured out. Shot in the dark- stick the thermostat in a pot of cold water, heat it up and measure the temp (a meat thermometer will do) when it opens. Some don't open until later than they should and some don't open as far as they should. Not saying this is your problem but the KISS principle is my favorite.
BMW came in the shop today- no brake light but bright running light. Answer; bulb was in 180 degrees off. Really.
Good luck.
Dogfight.