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better than i expected !!! its mine now
Now, All you need is some decent weather?
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noyd666
some fantastic racing from the lads at ASSEN. those tires must be sticky.
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IVAN MAUGER passed away 16-4 018 , 78years old. six times world champ. =RIP
Brother Nature
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A true legend... 
Riding that flat round track in the sky now...
Riding that flat round track in the sky now...
your right , this thing handles like a truck . but its not to bad . they do make the 7degree rake tripple trees for mine & i'm looking into getting them . its supposed to make it handle alot better ..... time will tell .
its alot shorter than the triglides too i noticed , almost a foot & a half shorter .
but i have no complaints what so ever with her !!! she runs exceptional for a 30 year old bike ! had to rebuild the carb & rejet it , but other than that , shes been a dream to ride !
shes still put away for the winter ...... waiting on the damn weather to cooperate & get nice enough to ride soon !!!
HuffnPufferfish
Member
weather to break, its too bloody hot to ride now
and the roads are now piling up with cruisers, heh heh heh
and the roads are now piling up with cruisers, heh heh heh
Rode yesterday, something hit my radiator or something came lose and started losing coolant and as that happened the rain started but was less than a mile away so got home. Haven't had a chance to investigate with the rain, killing me to not know what broke. Snowing now and I'm just like, "Come on, give me an hour!"
Sunny and 66 tomorrow but no bike stores open for parts
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Sunny and 66 tomorrow but no bike stores open for parts
.And the best sunny day is the day you can't actually find any leaks on the bike nor any fluids low. Attributing the previous 'leak' to riding in the rain and rainwater/crap from the roads getting up onto the bike and steaming off in 45F weather .
This did drive me to install the new radiator guard though.
. This did drive me to install the new radiator guard though.
Brother Nature
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Been having terrible weather around here too so decided to do a little inside project. Shed the 10.6kg stock muffler for some straight pipes and a nice new 5kg set of exhausts. Now sounds like a real v-twin should...Deep rumble on idle and a lion like roar when you twist the throttle.
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bench warmer
Weather’s tuning up nicely. Finally putting some miles on my ride again.
dropped a new battery in mine , got a new stereo installed . checked the plugs , she seems to be running a little rich , so i've got my buddy coming up to do some more fine tuning , gonna go get new plugs tomorrow , ordered all my Amsoil fluids . hopefully by next week some time the weather will cooperate long enough to get a good ride in .....
Gear oil isn't due but oil is. Mobil 1. I've got to clean out the garage and get er up on the lift for oil and a clean up. The Harley oil filter is tough to do without a mess.
Rich can be a problem. Valves get hot and there's decell popping. If you know carbs it's not bad. If you don't..... I never got past lawn tractor on carbs.
Rich can be a problem. Valves get hot and there's decell popping. If you know carbs it's not bad. If you don't..... I never got past lawn tractor on carbs.
i know enough to be dangerous
but my buddy did the rebuild & rejetted it the begining of last season , he wanted to see the plugs & do some fine tuning before this season starts . it ran great all last year , no real clouds of smoke or even acted like it was running rich , so it can't be to far off .
Rich mixture runs cooler than stock, it also deposits carbon on the exhaust valve and smokes
Weak mixture runs hot and leaves the valves white, until they overheat and crack ...popping on the overrun is usually an exhaust leak if running stock mixture settings
Since your buddy rebuilt it presumably he has all the new settings to compare with stock
Weak mixture runs hot and leaves the valves white, until they overheat and crack ...popping on the overrun is usually an exhaust leak if running stock mixture settings
Since your buddy rebuilt it presumably he has all the new settings to compare with stock
