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Sputnik Sidecar

on October 16, 2016

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Just bought a Spotnik sidecar for my V-Storm. Restoration of the hack starts now.

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11,822 miles MLK Day 2012 was blessed with a beautiful 73 degree weather. Rode the bike for 10 min or so to get the engine warm. Then parked it on the side stand. The oil drain bolt is on the left side of the frame. Yes, the frame is the oil tank on this bike. Be careful when removing the plug. The oil will shoot out. There is a copper washer on the drain plug. Make sure to get it and replace it with the new one. Here is the oil filter kit. It comes with the filter and all the other washers you need to replace. I thought the oil might drip onto the frame, but it never did. There is a drain bolt on the bottom of the engine. It's a 24mm bolt. A quite bit, perhaps a 1/2 quart, of oil came out of the engine case. The bolt has a copper washer. It tends to stick to the engine case. Make sure to get the copper washer. So I need to get the oil filter cover off, but it looks like I need to take off the front spro...

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When I get to work, I looked down by the foot peg. Something looked strange. I thought that the gas tank was sagging a bit. I looked closer. To my surprise, a bolt was missing where the rear frame attaches to the main frame. I rode home without any problem, but as soon as I finished the dinner I started on this project. The problem turned out to be the broken bolt, not missing bolt. First I thought about drilling the bolt out. BUT, I soon realized that I need to be VERY careful. There is a plastic gas tank just behind the bolt. If I go through the bolt, I might drill a hole into the gas tank. That would be a DISASTER! So as you can see, I put the crescent wrench handle behind it to stop the accident. I drilled a hole big enough for the bolt extractor. I struggled with different size of the extractor, but #3 was the one that got the job done. Time to make a trip to the hardware store. I found out that the...

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