So Cal Tech Session anyone?

[SergioK]

The 'Vibes make me unhappy' thread got me thinking so I searched but found nothing for us southern California riders. Any L.A. area guys ever gotten together for a tech session?

I'm not due for any scheduled service for several months at least but I'd be cool to get together to learn/see about valve adjustments and TB syncs.

[jclark]

At least you should get a bunch of peeps together, and *swap* bikes for a ride.
NONE of them will be the same. Wheird.

Some vibey, some not. Some will feel heavy, some will feel nimble.
Fun game.

[SergioK]

Ha! Why bother? My S seems to have a different mood every other time I ride.

[alq2]

moody when you ride her? ...surely must be female

[island_dude]

There is a reason why my wife calls my bike "that blue German Bit*h" . No question about them being female.

[Jeff Williams]

Sergio,
what do you mean by a tech day.
Do you mean to meet in one place and modify our bikes or do you mean discussing what we did to our bikes,( in our area we have airhead tech days that do both).
If its just knowledge of what we did to our bike and ideas I would suggest riding with some of our forum members in the LA area and you will be blessed with more knowledge than you can shake a stick at.
Every time I ride with the SoCal boys I learn something new.
cya
jeff

[SergioK]

With my other BMW group of friends, we get together every now and again and work on our bimmers. Typically it's standard maintenance stuff but at times we'll mod our cars as well. We'll pick someone's house (usually that has a big driveway). Over the year's, it's gotten to the point where I do all the standard maintenance on both my bimmer and my wife's bimmer.

[Nita]

I like the idea, been wanting to do my own valve job for sometime now but too afraid to do invasive procedure. i have had history of open things up and left a few items behind when i put them back.

[SergioK]

The main point of this besides the camaraderie that inevitably arises from gearheads getting togther is of course the expansion of one's personal knowledge.

I've read through the oil head valve adjustment for dummies several times and it seems quite simple. Then again, I've had plenty of experience adjusting valves on my previous German car. It had twelve valves to adjust so eight seems like a snap although I haven't tinkered in valve adjustments in over ten years.

[Jeff Williams]

lets do it.
Please give advance notice so I can make the trip.
cya
jeff

[motoyoyo]

I'm up for it too. Would be a good chance to have Jeff give us all a valve job. I've heard that's his specialty. Actually I'm versed in the standard valve adjust and TB synch and would be glad to share the knowledge and/or pick up some tips from other members. I'm located in Camarillo if that works as a meeting spot. Maybe all those that are interested can give their location and decide on the best meeting place that works for everyone. Just in case I'll make sure my bike is already tuned up so I can be the beer biotch.

[Cafe Racer]

We did this with my Guzzi and VW friends.

The trick is having lots of people who know what the hell they're doing and lots of tools.

Five guys who have never done a valve job getting together to try it fot the first time is a scary thought. Scarier than one doing it by himself.

[SergioK]

I'm right next to Long Beach although I have to check with my better half to see when we could do this.

[Jeff Williams]

I have three comments:
1. just give me advanced warning.
2. Moki, remember you've got a date with me and the big guy.
3. Scott, for a guy who is well versed in lube job technology you should talk.

cya
jeff

[bradzdotcom]

i have a crescent wrench, a pipe wrench and 2/3rds of a roll of duct tape.

can i come?

....brad

[SergioK]

But if you bring the pipe, we won't need you to roll for us!

[bradzdotcom]

very true, and that's why i'm also bring that cresent.
it'll give us something to eat when the munchies hit.

........brad
ps: i went to high school with cheech marin, but really, it's not my fault.

[Nita]

I have twinmax and all tools for the valve job. No jack though. I live in Seal Beach. I can host but it will have to be sometime in April. (sound like a listing for CE from Craigslist.com)

I like Camarillo too, great roads to ride afterward.

[bradzdotcom]

actually, i've been wanting to have a "i'll show you mine if you show me yours" toolkit meeting for a while.

we used to do that when i raced enduros. guys would craft/graft really nice tools (space and weight were the premium) and assemble a fanny-pack toolkit that covered just about every head-scratching trail-side repair problem.
we'd often burn up hotel time with "show & tell" on toolkits. usually you'd see something you wanted to copy. or learned something trick about a procedure.

one of those guys, chris carter, went on to start Motion Pro, which is probably the coolest motorcycle tool company in the world.

anyway, after laughing hysterically at what "bm-vee" gave me for a toolkit, i assembled my own. i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one.

i'd like to see everybody "whip out" their tool kit in the driveway at this proposed tech session, sp we can all poke through them for ideas. i'm sure i'm missing some important things.

...brad

[SergioK]

I have room to host this TS. I gots a 4-car carport with only one car currently taking up space... no jack though. Since I've never delved into repairing the bike I've never needed to buy one. I'm sure I could use this an excuse to get one.