Search results

======================= Mr. Mwbill, as our mothers used to say to [and about] our 12 year old best-friends and partners-in-crime, “you are a bad influence on my boy and I‘m expecting much trouble from the two of you!” Therefore, we should not tempt Mr. Scdmarx [a nickname already suggesting...

================= Mr. Scdmarx, I think it is safe to say that you, sir, are (1) monkey clever, (2) slightly odd, in a good way[!}, (3) someone who values function before form, and (4) also someone we could learn much from . . . if we were neighbors, I would be mighty tempted to give you the...

==================== Many, many years ago as a teenager I visited my grandfather in Arkansas, who ran a one-man mechanic’s shop where he repaired outboard, small, and auto engines, and he showed me how to use a “sounding stick” [for lack of a better term] like a stethoscope to locate errant...

Update on my original post. Did I fix/sort out the problem? Well, yes and no. Yes, I did figure out that I had unknowingly lost the speed cable from the housing on my "noise run" as I had duct taped the speedo cable off to the side (so as not to interfere with the spinning wheel), but I did not...

So while I was trying to isolate a very slight, intermittent, screeching noise coming from the front of my bike, I disconnected my speedometer cable at the front wheel hub to see if the cable/speedo dial was causing the problem. For the record, no, the light screeching continued. The sound...