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Re: Anyone have a slick Gyro stand ?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:42 pm
by motormike
66SIX wrote:I always had a problem working on my Gyros .
So I made a goofy stand ,I took some square tube drilled a hole , and screwed it into the fender holes , then put it on top of a wooden box .
It is always such a pain to work on Gyros because there is no flat places to put a box under it . and if the break is not set it tips over . I was just wondering if anyone else had a better way to mount the bike and get it off the ground .
I also tried to use a motorcycle stand but it was not very secure , I just got a lift from Harbor Freight but had to get the extra front wheel adapters and drill holes to mount to the fender holes , I just did it tonight and have not been able to see if it will work .
Here's the set-up I use........all too easy............. 
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:37 pm
by 66SIX
motormike wrote:Hey guys, 66Six was just messin' with us......he knows better than all that sh**.......
Motor Mike is right I was driving around and saw a bunch of scoots in a bad part of town so I stopped and asked if he wanted to sell some parts , It just looked so weird I thought I would take some pics .... I was just kidding ,It was a joke !
Kinda like taking photos in front of the Harley dealership of my Elite .
I was just messing around .....
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:35 pm
by eliteguy50
66SIX wrote:motormike wrote:Hey guys, 66Six was just messin' with us......he knows better than all that sh**.......
Motor Mike is right I was driving around and saw a bunch of scoots in a bad part of town so I stopped and asked if he wanted to sell some parts , It just looked so weird I thought I would take some pics .... I was just kidding ,It was a joke !
Kinda like taking photos in front of the Harley dealership of my Elite .
I was just messing around .....
Did you ask them for a trade-in value?
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:37 pm
by motormike
Just a personal statement on my truck window...........no offense
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:43 pm
by Wheelman-111
Greetings:
No offense taken, but 'round these parts such a statement needs to be backed up with a gun rack. An AK47 oughta do it.
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:54 pm
by motormike
I've been looked down on by HD riders all my life.......I wave at them, they flip me off.....I aint hurtin' nobody
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:20 pm
by eliteguy50
motormike wrote:I've been looked down on by HD riders all my life.......I wave at them, they flip me off.....I aint hurtin' nobody
I've had the same. Ride up on a busted old elite E and get no respect, Ride up on a Classic the next day and things change. They seem to understand more once you show them that a 90 pound bike can do circles in a single parking space with no feet on the ground.
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:45 am
by Wheelman-111
Greetings:
Quoth EG50:
They seem to understand more once you show them that a 90 pound bike can do circles in a single parking space with no feet on the ground.
Funny, I've been telling my Big-Bike Brothers the same thing for a couple of years. Also the agility to miss that crater-size pothole emerging from beneath the wheels of that Durango up ahead - that you're
bound to smack on an HD - is another endearing feature of a 50 around town.
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:30 pm
by motormike
Question asked by chevyguyjay......."what kind of oil do you use in the crankcase of your Gyro?" .......... 
.........Since I just drained and filled mine, the answer is easy........check the manual............recommended is 10w40 for the transmission which is translated "crankcase"....that's what he meant.....also, since my Gyro is pushed extremely hard, I opted to fill with sae 30w......this might change the clutch performance some, I'll know more after a day of racing.
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:04 pm
by tazland001
Just got my parts from motormike. Fast shipping, well packed, and reasonably priced. Good seller.
Taz
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:21 pm
by motormike
Thanx Taz........many more gyro parts coming available as the '86 Resto progresses.....the rare parts not so much, but any need that anybody wishes to voice, I'm listening......30w oil in my trans had no affect to my discernment......I made a rookie mistake and had vent tube from the case Tee'd into carb vent tube... 
....result was pushing air into carb bowl and changing fuel delivery.....ran normal halfway up but never would lean out for top speed....found error after eating puddle spray all day........S#*t happens.............. 
.... ............here's how to bicycle a gyro.........
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:49 am
by 66SIX
I was curious and was just watching this ....
I think it went a little high ...
Don't forget to add shipping
It's a peice of plastic w/ no moving parts
Someone somewhere has to start making custom carb covers ?
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:59 am
by chevyguyjay
your in for a surprise. lol i think all of us are. 
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:55 pm
by bradthreee
I love surprises
Re: Gyro - general thread
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:06 am
by motormike
Congrats b3..........you're married!!!...............SURPRISE.............. 