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Z3n posted:Don't bother with the carb rebuild kits or the battery until you verify the engine isn't hosed. Jump it and check for spark, check compression, try using starter fluid if everything in the valve train seems ok. Can I use the kick start to check for compression, or is putting back on carbs and jumping it the way? I have a funny feeling I'm going to need new wires and def. need new plugs, and if I can just insert the compression tester, and kick it a few times to see what the compression is I'd rather do that, if possible.
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Doctor Zero posted:What kind of shenanigans can there be? It's simple. You want to ride it, it has to be registered. Period. Shenanigans like "Oh poo poo, I'm 6 years behind on my registration. I'll just transfer title over to my wife to wipe the slate clean."
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I don't see how that would (should) stop the person who failed to pay the registration from still having to pay that registration. The bike is under your name, you owe the money. Selling a bike shouldn't be a retroactive thing, i.e. by buying a bike, I don't suddenly take responsibility for any accidents that bike was involved in during the previous owner's time, even if that owner failed to pay registration fees. So why should I take charge of the money you failed to pay? At least, that's how it ought to be imho...it sounds like CA is trying to get into some sort of pseudo-auto-loan-like-profiteering business.
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Hypothetical, but a question that's looming for me. I'll probably be buying a 2nd bike soon and moving up from my XJ600 Seca II. I love the cafe style/naked style and I'm wondering opinions on this. I'm debating between an sv650 or a monster s2r. If I get the sv over the monster, I'd use the money saved to upgrade the suspension, exhaust etc...but with all that said, which would you recommend?
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SV. It will be a better performer in the long run.
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I too would recommend the SV, but the real answer is "the one that makes your heart go boom-chicka-boom". Sit on both, get testrides if possible.
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ari.gato posted:Hypothetical, but a question that's looming for me. I'll probably be buying a 2nd bike soon and moving up from my XJ600 Seca II. I love the cafe style/naked style and I'm wondering opinions on this. The S2R is really pretty, but I'd take an SV and mod the ever loving christ out of it. GSX-R front end, LSL kit, Ohlins/Penske rear, flatslides, cams. You'd have a serious beast of a bike.
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ari.gato posted:Hypothetical, but a question that's looming for me. I'll probably be buying a 2nd bike soon and moving up from my XJ600 Seca II. I love the cafe style/naked style and I'm wondering opinions on this. XL1200S or 883R with pro racer piggy backs duh
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ari.gato posted:Hypothetical, but a question that's looming for me. I'll probably be buying a 2nd bike soon and moving up from my XJ600 Seca II. I love the cafe style/naked style and I'm wondering opinions on this. Monster, it will be cooler in the long run, and it will never have an ugly rectangle swingarm.
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Gnomad posted:You likely pinched the neutral light wire. The switch itself is down in the engine and works by grounding the bulb, somehow you managed to supply that ground. Good call- that's exactly what I did. I crushed the wire between the engine case and the sprocket cover. Spliced the wire back together and everything is back to normal. Thanks for the help.
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Z3n posted:The S2R is really pretty, but I'd take an SV and mod the ever loving christ out of it. GSX-R front end, LSL kit, Ohlins/Penske rear, flatslides, cams. You'd have a serious beast of a bike. This. Once you go flatslides you never go back. Zool posted:Monster, it will be cooler in the long run, and it will never have an ugly rectangle swingarm. And the SV will make more power, will be more reliable, will have better fit and finish, and on and on and on. The Monster is technically cooler, but the SV is a better bike 
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Apr 22, 2010 01:56
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And with enough money you can swap whatever swingarm you want on it! 
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Put a desmo swingarm on it.
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Anyone have any experience with the Bridgestone Spitfire S11s?
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But it's not itallian
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Armacham posted:My girlfriend Becktastic just had her KLR stolen around 2pm by Speedway and COuntry Club in Tucson AZ. It is a Blue 2008 KLR 650. Please Keep an eye out. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/mcy/1704211678.html Found it! hah, somehow it ended up in Marin County California 
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eviljelly posted:Shenanigans like "Oh poo poo, I'm 6 years behind on my registration. I'll just transfer title over to my wife to wipe the slate clean." At the expense of dragging this out, how can you be 6 years behind on your registration? Doesn't it ever expire? I'm assuming not. Regardless, the state should go after the previous owner, not the poor sap that bought it. That's the silliest system I've ever heard of.
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Doctor Zero posted:At the expense of dragging this out, how can you be 6 years behind on your registration? Doesn't it ever expire? I'm assuming not. I was wondering this as well. Here in Ontario we get a sticker for our plate and the cops go after plates with expired tags when they get bored.
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Doctor Zero posted:At the expense of dragging this out, how can you be 6 years behind on your registration? Doesn't it ever expire? I'm assuming not. It drops out of the system after 7 years.
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Z3n posted:The S2R is really pretty, but I'd take an SV and mod the ever loving christ out of it. GSX-R front end, LSL kit, Ohlins/Penske rear, flatslides, cams. You'd have a serious beast of a bike. What are flatsides?
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ari.gato posted:What are flatsides?
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ari.gato posted:What are flatsides? Carbs that have flat slides. In the case of the SV, we're referring to Keihin 39mm or 41mm flatslides. They boost power and have a massive upgrade in throttle response, because you lift the slide directly. The downside is they require some minor initial tuning, although you have plenty of shops in LA that could help you with that, I might be able to fake it well enough to get the bike running well. They also sound loving astounding. They're pretty much the best upgrade you can do power wise to an SV. And I'd buy a decent condition gen one because the engines are better built, the second gens have a flaw in the engine casings that causes the crank to snap when you start to power them up (80+ HP), plus they're more expensive to build, and you can get all of the gain out of the gen 2 engine with a cam swap on the gen one.
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Flatslides should be a required upgrade for anyone with a carbureted bike.
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infraboy posted:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/mcy/1704211678.html quote:never dropped, dirted, or abused. nope definitely not it
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ari.gato posted:What are flatsides? Pilot pilot jets y'all.
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Ola posted:Pilot pilot jets y'all. Phat_Albert really does have the best avatar on the forums. I've spent many hours listening to Wu-Tang trying to figure out an equally good one and nothing comes close.
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Z3n posted:Carbs that have flat slides. In the case of the SV, we're referring to Keihin 39mm or 41mm flatslides. They boost power and have a massive upgrade in throttle response, because you lift the slide directly. The downside is they require some minor initial tuning, although you have plenty of shops in LA that could help you with that, I might be able to fake it well enough to get the bike running well. They also sound loving astounding. Duly noted. I'll probably come back to here or the SV thread when I get mine to get it going.
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Hahaha me too, I listened through 36 chambers two times,  in hand, trying to shoehorn a bike pun into somewhere, ANYWHERE.The only thing that works easily off that album is  BRING THE MOTHERFUCKIN RUCKUS
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Ola posted:Hahaha me too, I listened through 36 chambers two times, LMAO. Use that one before someone else does.
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Ola posted:Hahaha me too, I listened through 36 chambers two times, That ones perfect actually. True story it took me like 3 days to come up with the wording for my title after I thought of the idea. For a while it was "Get the main jets" and a few other revisions. Art takes time.
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Ola posted:Hahaha me too, I listened through 36 chambers two times, If I owned a ruckus I would have used that one. Now I'm listening to Magical Mystery Chamber on repeat hoping something will come to me. 
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I have a silly question: why is the air intake and carbs on the back and the exhaust at the front of the engine and not the other way round?
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niethan posted:I have a silly question: why is the air intake and carbs on the back and the exhaust at the front of the engine and not the other way round? I always assumed it was to keep the exhaust from getting too hot and the carbs from icing up. It's probably not that simple though.
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niethan posted:I have a silly question: why is the air intake and carbs on the back and the exhaust at the front of the engine and not the other way round? It's because there wasn't space on old bikes to put the carbs and intake/filter and stuff on the front (easily) without getting in the way of the forks. There's also some fluid dynamics stuff at work regarding the length of the tailpipe and evacuating exhaust gasses, because the new YZ has a killer loop in the exhaust. Kenny Rogers fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Apr 22, 2010 |
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I'm actually considering getting Keihin flatslides for my F2. I've emailed a website asking for a price quote, and they say both the 33mm and 35mm fit my bike. Which size should I get, and what is a ballpark reasonable price for these bad boys? Will the Factory Pro jetkit I got be compatible with it? And what about the airbox, will I need new air filters?
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Phat_Albert posted:Flatslides should be a required upgrade for anyone with a carbureted bike. Yes, if you're an idiot. Different driving styles and engines require different carburetors. A lot of engines won't even benefit from flatslides. Flatslides are for high-RPM-strong/low-RPM-weak-torque small-displacement 4-strokes and most 2-strokes. Problem is that flatslides diffuse the flow too much and react too quickly for strong big-displacement 4-(and 2-)strokes to give any real power at fast opened 1/4-3/4 throttle. Those bikes are way better off with a CV. Also gently caress all this flatslide rubbish in here. They have different characteristica from CVs, but they aren't ment for the same job, and they are by no means better in each and every way. FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:I'm actually considering getting Keihin flatslides for my F2. I've emailed a website asking for a price quote, and they say both the 33mm and 35mm fit my bike. Which size should I get, and what is a ballpark reasonable price for these bad boys? Will the Factory Pro jetkit I got be compatible with it? And what about the airbox, will I need new air filters? What the gently caress is an F2? A Honda CBR F2 600? In that case you shouldn't bother getting any flatslides. Blaster of Justice fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Apr 23, 2010 |
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niethan posted:I have a silly question: why is the air intake and carbs on the back and the exhaust at the front of the engine and not the other way round? Just real estate issues I suppose. The airbox and carb rack would stick out way in front of the forks while four hot pipes does no good to all the wires and seat padding which is behind the engine. There's no big benefit to putting the intake up front anyway, ram air effect (as many bikes incorporate) is about pressure, not smooth unrestricted flow, and pressure can do a u-turn no problem. Try a coiled up (not kinked) vs straight garden hose, not much difference. Some bikes do it differently of course. HDs have the carb in the middle and a pipe to the front and one to the back.
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Blaster of Justice posted:Yes, if you're an idiot. Do you have the exact same rant but with the word "flatslides" replaced with "pipes"? And the bikes I've ever bothered with flatslides on have had huge improvements from them through the entire rev range. Hell, the DRZ400E came with a flatslide stock. The SV should have...and it's hardly a "high RPM strong, low RPM weak" engine...I could carry through a gear higher between T2 and T3 at infineon thanks to the midrange boost it provided. You always hear people complaining about partial throttle response on flatslides and I've never even noticed it. Correctly tuned, they offered superior response at all rev ranges. Only lame thing was no choke on the SV carbs, so you had to warm it up manually, but that didn't bother me much, it's nice and hot down here almost all the time. Are there engines that it's pointless on? Sure, but the SV or DRZ isn't it. Z3n fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Apr 23, 2010 |
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Z3n posted:Do you have the exact same rant but with the word "flatslides" replaced with "pipes"? And the bikes I've ever bothered with flatslides on have had huge improvements from them through the entire rev range. Hell, the DRZ400E came with a flatslide stock. The SV should have. The DRZ is understandable. The SV however. Pffff. Every claim that doesn't have a bench readout to back it up should remain silent. Yes, for 2-strokes, I have a lot of rants about exhausts and roll-back waves and what fits an engine - not so much for 4-strokes, since it matters almost poo poo except for my ever growing tinnitus 
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Z3n posted:Are there engines that it's pointless on? Sure, but the SV or DRZ isn't it. Would it be worth it for a 600cc inline 4?
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