Xe Máy Độ-Xe Máy Độc: Daughter

Honda CB160 Piston Ring Installation.

I have enough bandanas for now.
Back to motorcycles.

Piston ring install.

I wasn't sure if I was going to have to adjust the rings so.....
Push the ring in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZiqnychIcU
 Measure the gap.
(CB160= .15mm~.8mm)
My new rings were pre-gapped at about .18mm.

Rings must be installed with the manufacturers marks facing up.
Order of rings.
The oil ring very obviously belongs on the bottom. 
Piston rings marked with an "R" or a "T" are the top ring.
Ones marked with an "R2" or "IT" go in the second position.
*(http://rivetrestorations.com/Motorcycles/Tech_Tips/CB160_Rings_ID.pdf)
Point of caution:
The packing grease from these 40+ year old rings had become tacky which prohibited movement once installed.
They were removed, cleaned, lubed, and re-installed.
What I did on top of what I should have been doing.
It's finals season.


One of those nights.



It has arrived.

Old things have more personality.
Scratches, nicks, dings.
Just like us.
Ever met an old guy with miles of stories to tell?

Worst packaging ever.  
Did USPS really allow this?
Period close fiberglass seat. 
Bowser approved.
 The in-crowd.
I see a lot of aftermarket parts....
 Where do I get leathers like that....
 Tim.  Exhaust. Tank. Drag. Turbo intake. Rims. Just one line, please.

愛しているけど、大嫌いだ。。



Red Curry

Rounding out the evening

Vegan red curry and grading
 new normal
tired of cooking alone

Daughter-Youth


Shadows settle on the place, that you left.
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness.
Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time.
From the perfect start to the finish line.

And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones.
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs.
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong.

We are the reckless,
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there.

And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones.
'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone.
We're setting fire to our insides for fun.
Collecting pictures from the flood that wrecked our home,
It was a flood that wrecked this home.

And you caused it,
And you caused it,
And you caused it

Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette,
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget,
My eyes are damp from the words you left,
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest.
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest.

And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one,
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone.
Setting fire to our insides for fun,
To distract our hearts from ever missing them.
But I'm forever missing him.

And you caused it,
And you caused it,
And you caused it