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IOWA ! Water Slide Decals

April 1, 2020
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There were these postcards you could buy when you traveled to different places - states, national parks, places-of-interest, etc. The postcard came in a paper sleeve and included a water slide decal for outside (or inside a window). You could write a nice letter to your family or friends and mail the postcard - then sticker the decal on your camper, station wagon, car or suitcase ! Neato ! This is one of those decals.... Most Iowa decals I see have corn, farms, pigs, cows, barns, tractors, maybe some places of interest - or a pretty country girl.

If You're Reading This....

March 27, 2020
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....It indicates you are HOME. Stay at home. Don't make any unneeded trips to the grocery story, gas station, stay away from your friends . . . just stay away. THINK before you travel. If you are in an area where there is no virus, it's coming for you. No place is immune to this. STOP THE SPREAD. I'm doing my part 100%.

- Washing my hands properly with hot soapy water for 30 secs.

- Washing outside door handles and mailbox with bleach mixture

- Spraying all counter tops in my home (and letting sit for 10 minutes)

...then drying off

(I save the towel to use with bleach later outside, then throw it)

-Take a hot shower everyday

-Wash Your Towels

-Keep the TV off ! (watch local news once a day)

-Read a book, or all those old magazines

Take a nap.

- Play games, Work in garage, Look at blogs/instagrams

-Exercise in your home: Do stretching. Lift Weights

- Jump rope in your driveway

- Eat the right foods (don't over eat)

- Calm your nerves

-Clean out your tool box, closets, chest of drawers

- Vacuum, dust, wash windows, clean bathroom

Just stay home if you can - Stay away from everyone at work.

Reinforce it - Stay away from me - Thank you !

No disrespect - If I sick, I don't want you to get it . . .

I don't want to lose a single blog follower due to carelessness . . .

I love you all - Now practice it !

-Respectfully and Good Luck -Noot

Bushings Over Needle Bearings

March 27, 2020
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1952 K Model Case RIGHT Case.

- Lower repair (by Crooks Motorsports)

-New Oil Pump Studs

- Blasting (by Gelner)

- Washing and Blow Drying (by Noot)

Jerry Branch Ported Cylinder Heads

March 25, 2020
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March 25, 2020
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I keep viewing ironhead Sportster heads on Ebay - and the seller describes them as "Branch heads" and they aren't...not even close. Branch heads (at least all the one's I've seen):

1. Have numbers stamped near the intakes (on the bottom)

2. Have micro, knife edge cut valve seats

3. Have mirror polished ports (both intake and exhaust)

Later heads have a smooth intake, but unpolished as much...

4. The head gasket surfaces AND rocker box surfaces

are both surface ground (parallel)
for straightness and squareness

4 Gallon

March 25, 2020
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This thing started right up after sittin' 3 1/2 months in the cold, with temps below freezing most of the time. I looked all over for the battery that goes in it. Not near the Battery Tender with the others - and then I realized I forgot to take it out ! Shit ! It's a 5+ year old acid-type battery, and it hasn't given up yet, since it had 12.2 volts and started the bike. It's life is helped by the Cycle Electric DG5000 and a steady 13.5 pretty much all the time. My 4 gallon tank is ready for fuel - and I'm ready for a road trip - but we should all be sittin' tight for now.

Low Compression

March 25, 2020
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A guy needs about 6.5:1 Compression to run the total shit fuel produced by these places. (no offense to any ethanol workers our there) The "pot life" to that 86/87 is about 2 weeks and it's dead. My lawnmower didn't want to run with that crap...

Lil' Digger Sportster '65 CH w/65" Displacement

March 20, 2020
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Outside Oilers

March 20, 2020
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I guess the reasoning was to keep the oil cooler and prevent the oil from gettin' all hot, and fried all over the top end as it was pumped up through the hot cylinders? You take those old panheads apart, and the non-detergent oil is burnt all over everything... It worked.