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From: snarl on 9 Jul 2008 17:06
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:14:34 -0300, "Tud" <tud333(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Snarl wrote...
>
>> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:56:07 -0700 (PDT), Hoppy
>> <theoneandonlyhoppy(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Jul 5, 5:52 am, "Tud" <tud...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> But not mine. I'm not sure if you can read this thread without being a
>>>> member, but give this link a try:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sovietsteeds.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3663
>>>
>>>They use Bendix carbs on Urals?
>>
>> Think CA emmisions certified. That was a major hurdle when we (yes I
>> was a part of that) set up th' initial Ural US distributorships.
>
>I assumed that was a shot at the way to bike lit up, didn't look like you
>could see a carb from the picture, but I don't know enough about Bendix to
>say anything.
>
>But no, to Hoppy's original question, Keihin.

Guess I need to go back to bullshit school.

Snarl... it's tough gettin' a hook in Hoppy's lip

From: Scott on 9 Jul 2008 17:31
"Hoppy" <me(a)myhouse.com> wrote in message
news:8OmdnVrJ5eRFi-jVnZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d(a)comcast.com...

> Kind of an old gray-beard thing. ;-)
>
> Early 70's Harleys came with Bendix carbs. They were notorious for
> catching fire, especially if equipped with one of the cheap "custom"
> air cleaners that were popular at the time. I watched a couple of
> Harleys burn to the ground around that time.
>
> Hoppy
> BS007 AH85 SENS SLOB16

I used to chuck up Mikuni's to put a .125 x .06 (took about 45 seconds with
a parting tool) groove in the spigot so they wouldn't pop out from the
adaptor and hang off the end of the throttle cable.

We got the idea from one of our buds who put a 38 Mikuni on his panhead, it
backfired when he was kicking it (yep, magneto), tossed the carb off and lit
it on fire as the gas poured out of the fuel hose, and burned it to the
street on the Tahoe run.

It would have been OK, except the good Samaritan in the restaurant across
the street lugged out a huge fire extinguisher which he "lit off" from about
25 feet away, which was like hitting the flames with a blowtorch, it simply
carried lots more air to the fire, which was over his head.

Then, he ran over his right leg on a three wheeler at the campground and
hyperextended his knee.

And he wasn't even drunk yet.



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