Forum: Hacks
11-21-2011, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,257
on some trailers...
My 6 x 12 is designed for electric brakes and I want to add them. Haven't seen any electric brakes for smaller trailers like my 4 x 8. Brakes on a light trailer may be a mixed blessing, sort of like...
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Forum: Hacks
11-16-2011, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,257
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Forum: Road warriors
11-16-2011, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,438
Kawasaki is now off my list...
Commuter boy, sorry to hear of your experience with the Ninjette. As for 3rd party warranties, no way- the insurance company has no motivation to keep you happy so you'll buy another bike from the...
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Forum: Airheads
11-09-2011, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,591
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Forum: Airheads
10-31-2011, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 864
I'm becoming suspicious of the (new) battery...
Charged it up good, showed 12.8 volts no load. Started up and was giving 13.5 volts charge @ 3000 RPM right away. After a couple more starts was back to 13 volts max @ 4000 RPM. I'm beginning to...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-31-2011, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,635
Way to rich for my blood-
And Kurt, Diana AKA gearheadgrrrl here- do you still need the late airhead rocker bearings? I found some.
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Forum: Road warriors
10-31-2011, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,127
I gave it a try...
Nearest particpating dealer to me is 150 miles away, but I live in the country, 70 miles from the nearest Kawi dealer. They called me back promptly and I said I might be interested in a KLR650. They...
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Forum: Airheads
10-29-2011, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 864
Good Ideas...
I get more than a little nervous about "arcing" when there's semiconductors around, so I won't try that... Last I remember "arcing" was with a generator on a really old car! I think I'll charge the...
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Forum: Airheads
10-28-2011, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 864
Airhead: Low Charge After Storage?
The patient is a '92 R100GS that I finally put back together after being apart since 2008. It fired right up and the tranny I messed with seems to shift OK, but I'm not getting a healthy charge. I...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-28-2011, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 719
"Chopper" no, standard or cruiser, yes.
IIRC, the XS650 started as a standard and then morphed into a cruiser, and in '79 I believe both configurations are offered. If anybody's got the jones for this bike, it's in Reeder, ND. That's on US...
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Forum: Hacks
10-28-2011, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,768
Unless the parts are almost free...
I'd leave it alone. Going from 3.20 to 3.36 is only a 5% increase, probably not worth the bother. The big pistons will give a bit more power, but if you use that power for long it'll just run hotter...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-27-2011, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 719
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-27-2011, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 719
Sorry, Try this linkee...
http://www.midwestauctions.com/weishaar/_private/index.html
And click on the auction date in the upper left hand corner.
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Forum: Hacks
10-27-2011, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,138
The wonders(?) of CANBUS...
Thanks Jay, I could probably get away with just moving the right turn signals to the sidecar and using the same wattage bulbs. The tail and stop light are more complicated- the F800S uses a two...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-27-2011, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 719
'79 Yamaha 650 at auction in ND
http://www.midwestauctions.com/weishaar/_private/index.htm
My brother's got an XS650 and could always use a parts bike, but it's 400 miles from me so I'll pass on this one. I have no financial...
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Forum: Hacks
10-26-2011, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,138
Thanks for the suggestions!
Claude, I was considering using one of the trailer isolators- I've got one from Curt on my CANBUS VW car and it works real well. The one you mentioned looks like it's built more solidly, so I'll...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-25-2011, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 538
Decided What to Collect- Airheads & Buells!
After much calculating, soul searching, and self inflicted emotional stress I've answered my own question:
First, Airheads- I've already got a LS, GS, and ST, so why not complete the collection?...
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Forum: Hacks
10-25-2011, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,138
The F800S Is Gettin' Hack'd!
Got a chance to show it to local (only 85 miles away!) sidecar wrangler and machinist Lee Bruns the other day and he thinks he can do it. I'm game- heck, even with a hack it should still do 40 MPG!...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-23-2011, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
I'm leaning to Airheads...
Probly because I'm riding one today- 111k mile ST with a hack. Bad memories of cheesy metalurlagy on Japanese bike of the 70s are coming back, and thought I love Buell, they ain't as reliable as an...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-22-2011, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-22-2011, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-22-2011, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
Had an RD400
and it was a decent all rounder- got 40 MPG and rode it from Minneapolis to California. I
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-21-2011, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-21-2011, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
I live in southwest MN section of heaven...
And it's like a candy store for collectors out here. In the last month I've seen a restorable '58 Chevy go for $425, bought the YZ250 for $25, passed on an MB5 at $35, and was outbid for a '61...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-21-2011, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,694
Collecting Strategies?
I stand on the precipice of the twilight zone, on the verge of entering the abyss of collecting. I'm spending way too much time perusing auction announcements. Even attended a few, and dragged home a...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-11-2011, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,631
Thanks!
It has air caps on the forks, so maybe it's a midyear YZ250X. Oh well, time to wash off the manure and mouse entrails so I can bring it in the shop and take the head off...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-10-2011, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,631
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-10-2011, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,631
Pictures won't upload...
Sorry, but looks like ADV can't handle my 3 meg pix, and if I degrade it to their 200k or so limit it'll be useless. So we'll just have to be old school and "use our words".
The bike has a black...
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-09-2011, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,631
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-09-2011, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,631
Barn Find: mid 70s Yamaha YZ250 for $25!
It'd been a long day at the auction. The bill promised a '63 Corvair, '73 VW, Honda MB5, and a "Yamaha 250". I'd gotten up at 4:30 am, and driven 200 miles, the last half dozen down a bad dirt road....
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Forum: Hacks
09-25-2011, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 945
That was the 2nd batch...
After the military decided to standardize on the KLR. First batch (about 10 or so, IIRC) was built on 1st generation BMW R80GSs with BMW's sponsorship. Neither deal went beyond the small batch of...
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Forum: Hacks
09-22-2011, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 683
Performance was kinda disappointing though...
Something like 28 horses on the dyno, barely beating out the 250s! 73 MPH top speed and dang near 200 feet to stop from 60MPH (maybe that 73 MPH top speed is a good thing...
Now that new Urals are...
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Forum: Hacks
09-20-2011, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,797
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Forum: Hacks
09-18-2011, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,797
Need mods to make 100 HP?
Just about any of the major manufacturers will supply you with a bike that will give you way better than 100 reliable warranteed horsepower. Heck, if you look in the back of a Harley showroom you can...
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Forum: Hacks
09-16-2011, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,797
Lost Cause...
That's a lot of work to get less power than a V-Rod or just about any 1000 cc. or larger watercooled bike can provide out of the box. And how many miles will that aircooled Harley last putting out...
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Forum: Hacks
09-16-2011, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,797
heat is the enemy...
I will concede that somewhere, somehow, an aircooled Harley may have flirted with the hundred horse mark. And it probably was a Sporty rather than a Big Twin.
But these are aircooled engines. My...
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Forum: Hacks
09-15-2011, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,797
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Forum: Hacks
09-15-2011, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,797
You expect to much...
Even at 1700 ccs., it's still an old long stroke two valve pushrod aircooled twin. That means maybe 60-70 "flash" horsepower and at best 50 reliable horsepower. With a sidecar and those two big...
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Forum: Hacks
09-08-2011, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,306
Easy Choice!
I"ve attended a few Ural events with my airhead BMWs with sidecars and jokingly referred to my airhead as a "2010 Ural prototype". Well, I was wrong- It's 2011 and Ural still hasn't quite caught up...
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Forum: Hacks
09-03-2011, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,641
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