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Crossover pipe What's the purpose of the crossover pipe between mufflers? -- LSMFT Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin-- ... 27 Jul 2010 18:27
GOOG Re: Battery Water. ` <breoganmacbrath(a)yahoo.com> wrote: He just loves to keep an argument going by undermining my excellent answers. Bwaaahahahahahahaha! -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ig... 24 Jul 2010 08:03
Battery Water. '83 Honda VT500C Shadow. IN hot weather, the battery goes dry in about 500 miles. To put in water, I have to take off the seat, remove the battery, fill it, reverse the process. PITA. It's my garage sale bike, so it does sit idling a lot while I'm browsing. The battery does get a workout. Anything I can d... 4 Aug 2010 11:27
Pilot air screw with a cross-drilled hole? What is the correct name for a pilot air screw with a cross drilled hole in it? These were used on Mikuni VM carburetors 30 years ago... AIR, once the screw was turned out about 2.5 ~ 3.0 turns, the cross- drilled hole by-passed air and made the mixture as lean as the pilot jet would allow... ... 16 Jul 2010 01:18
Spark plug Seems every cross reference has different numbers. I have NGK DR8EA in my bikes. Crosses to Champion Z9Y or RA6HC or RA8YC. WHich is it??? All of them? Also get AC S102F, Autolite 2796. They don't seem to stock NGK's around here any more. -- LSMFT I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't l... 10 Jul 2010 10:34
Lowering the front end On Jul 6, 7:38 pm, sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote: I want to relocate my Thruxton's triple tree one inch lower on the forks (ie, so that 1" of the forks would project above the upper triple clamp). Is this likely to have any adverse effects, especially on handling? It would make the handling quicke... 10 Jul 2010 04:09
[Q] Lowering the front end I want to relocate my Thruxton's triple tree one inch lower on the forks (ie, so that 1" of the forks would project above the upper triple clamp). Is this likely to have any adverse effects, especially on handling? TIA for any advice, SQ ... 7 Jul 2010 00:28
I need advice re: drive chain My chain is stretched on my 1979 CB 650. I bought a new one online, but since I could not find exact replacements for the OEM specs I thought I had figured out one that would apply -- I read as much about it as I could find online and waded through the multitude of chain choices, but I obviously still lack unde... 6 Jul 2010 11:13
Custom fitting a steering damper My Magna-sidecar rig needs a damper to stop a bad steering wobble between 10 and 60 km/hr. I bought a used damper with a 3" travel but am having trouble fitting it to the bike. There's no place anywhere I can find to locate it by direct attachment. So after futzing around a while and making measurements I came ... 2 Jul 2010 15:48
Working with bike materials On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:03:06 -0700, sean_q_ <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote: what's the best way to drill and saw through it? Drilling, use a slow speed, sharp drill bit. Keep the material cool with a constant flow of water. Take your time. A dull bit will build heat and it will either melt the material and grab the ... 5 Jul 2010 20:03
[help] Working with bike materials Hi, I'm a newbie with only moderate mechanical skills and resources. I'm restoring a bent '05 Triumph Thruxton and fixing up a '94 Magna V45 with a sidecar. As usual, I need to modify some materials (rarely does anything I have, buy or scrounge ever bolt right on without some futzing and tweaking). (1) I have... 28 Jun 2010 22:48
Life in the fast lane - sort of.... OK, if this doesn't make you smile you need to go for a ride or something... http://www.craigboyce.com/Videos/YouTubeFinds/TheSlide.shtml ... 27 Jun 2010 06:22
Locked Out? What is worse than locking your keys in your car or locking yourself out of the house? http://www.craigboyce.com/Videos/YouTubeFinds/LockedOut.shtml ... 25 Jun 2010 18:44
?Fork oil The manual for my 1979 Honda CB 650 simply calls for using ATF in the front forks, no specs given. Can someone translate 1979-speak "ATF" to the kinds of ATF available nowadays to choose from? Thanks, frog ... 15 Jun 2010 09:52
sometimes I get tired of explaining things... I wrote in a forum... If you just want the spark plug deposits to be a little lighter, change to the next hotter spark plug. Reading spark plug deposits only tells you if you are running the right heat range of plug for the mixture you have. It does not tell you if the mixture is too lean or too rich for ... 12 Jun 2010 12:43 |