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The_Maz posted:I treated the CBR to new jets and a few other carb bits. So of course I'm now about to tear down the bike a third time because there's a coolant leak...from the carbs. 90s Honda engineers sure had some ideas I've worked on a Honda single cylinder Enduro, can't recall the model, totally normal dohc water cooled single but then the thermostat housing is part of the rubber intake boot for some reason. 90's Honda bullshit is like it's own forum worth of material.
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The_Maz posted:I treated the CBR to new jets and a few other carb bits. So of course I'm now about to tear down the bike a third time because there's a coolant leak...from the carbs. 90s Honda engineers sure had some ideas You shut your mouth, coolant bleed carb heaters are good
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Jul 17, 2019 10:03
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Carb heaters are in general good. They keep the carb from icing up in cold weather, which, with a venturi is easier than you might think. They also serve to regulate the incoming air temp, leading to more consistent performance. My elite has both a coolant based carb heater as well as a coast enrichener. The carb heater I left for the reasons stated above, the coast enrichener I blocked off because they are pretty unnecessary and without them you get all the off-throttle popping and burbling out of the exhaust. Its great on the Elite because of course the exhaust is very quiet, but you can hear the off throttle pops and snaps just enough to know they're there.
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Jul 17, 2019 16:03
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Yeah carb heaters aren't rare or bad. Yamaha has been doing it for a long time along with lots of carbureted cars.
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Jul 17, 2019 16:26
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With as much of a kick in the dick as carb extraction has been on the Rex, I'm kind of glad it didn't come with the carb heater circuit. (Euro bikes got the heater, NAm bikes got the emissions control PAIR system). I think if I'd had to drain and refill the coolant in addition to the mechanical headaches I'd have sold the fucker on and never found out about the cams. Now that I'm a little more comfortable with the procedure, I guess I can keep the heater circuit in mind if I ever really feel a need to go riding on cold wet days. I probably won't. Calgary's super dry most of the time anyway.
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Jul 17, 2019 16:45
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Sagebrush posted:I swear the most dangerous part of flying small planes is the highway to the airport Where on Earth do you live? 90% of the time I delete my commuting videos without even opening the files.
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Jul 17, 2019 20:27
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Sagebrush posted:I gotta put my gopro back on my helmet. Didn’t you also run over a whole drat extension ladder a couple years ago?
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Jul 17, 2019 21:10
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Didn’t you also run over a whole drat extension ladder a couple years ago? Ouch, i bet that one rung his bell a bit
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Jul 17, 2019 22:07
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Didn’t you also run over a whole drat extension ladder a couple years ago? I think it was one of those aluminum ramps they use for loading ATVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_CXpHDga4  Jonny 290 posted:Ouch, i bet that one rung his bell a bit as you can see in the video, if something is only a couple of inches tall you can ride right over it no problem. In this case it's probably a good thing that I didn't notice it sooner (even in the video it looks like tar snakes until you're right on top of it). I had never ridden over (what I perceived to be) a ladder before, and I probably would have braked hard and/or swerved, and hitting the thing with a lot of weight on the front wheel and some lean could have been disastrous. Riding straight over and keeping the weight off the front by staying on the gas is the way to go. captainOrbital posted:Where on Earth do you live? 90% of the time I delete my commuting videos without even opening the files. bay area. Once I came around a turn in the highway and saw a queen-sized box spring come flying out of a pickup bed and land in my lane. Fortunately it was a few hundred feet ahead so I had several seconds to avoid it. That was about a week after I had nearly piled up into the back of a Range Rover when the lady driving it decided to come to a dead stop in the middle of the highway onramp. e: oh and i should see if I can find the picture I have of a dog apparently driving a car (because it was about twice the size of the driver and riding on her lap). Or the washing machine strapped to the roof of a fuckin Geo Metro or something with a single loop of rope tied to the side mirror 
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Jul 17, 2019 22:37
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New master link straight up destroyed the riveting head on the tool I bought 
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Jul 18, 2019 20:11
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Renaissance Robot posted:New master link straight up destroyed the riveting head on the tool I bought You should have bought the RK Excel chain breaker rivet tool, not the Motion Pro. Never get the motion pro. The RK doesn't give a flying gently caress. It will put a hole through a 1/4" steel plate if you want. It does 630 chains like butter. I broke a motion pro literally every time I tried to press out a link. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jul 18, 2019 |
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Jul 18, 2019 20:58
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:You should have bought the RK Excel chain breaker rivet tool, not the Motion Pro. Fun fact: motion pro pins are identical in appearance to other, superior kinds but they break like they're made of balsa wood.
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Slavvy posted:Fun fact: motion pro pins are identical in appearance to other, superior kinds but they break like they're made of balsa wood. I had one explode like a 6 year old opening a bag of skittles. Always wear eye protection.
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The punch pins have actually been fine, what gave out first was the threads on the inner bolt and then the head on the riveter (which as mentioned a DID rivet just ground flat immediately). I doubt I'll get a refund but it's worth a punt. e/ I've just ordered a clip link to hopefully get it up to a shop. I really wanted to do this myself but I need the fucker running, and I can't afford to keep trying poo poo that might not work right now. At least I got the sprockets on without issue 
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Jul 18, 2019 23:03
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I have to say, although some of them are bad, we've had this one at the shop for a while and it seems pretty reliable https://www.motionpro.com/product/08-0135
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I've had pretty good luck so far with the DID tool, but if the RK is as good as you guys say, that's pretty impressive considering all the extra poo poo you get with it
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Jul 19, 2019 04:26
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Some little poo poo stole a 20p plastic bag from my motorcycle panniers last night. Didn’t steal the £30 dayglo waterproofs though. In response, I have spent another £200 on security products.
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Jul 19, 2019 09:55
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Sagebrush posted:That was about a week after I had nearly piled up into the back of a Range Rover when the lady driving it decided to come to a dead stop in the middle of the highway onramp. A while ago I came around a sharp, blind bend leading to an onramp and there's someone literally stopped right at the start of the onramp, turned 45 degrees towards traffic with their right hand turn signal on waiting for traffic to clear. 
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Jul 19, 2019 12:32
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I have the harbor freight tool, and despite HF’s reputation, it’s handled every chain Ive thrown at it
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Returned the tool, got my money back  Also today I learned Husqvarna make sewing machines
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Renaissance Robot posted:Returned the tool, got my money back
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Renaissance Robot posted:Returned the tool, got my money back Husqvarna loves buying or putting their name on other companies. The blower above is made by Redmax, their cutoff saws were made by Partner, the list goes on and on.
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Jul 21, 2019 01:15
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Oops.
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That's your trailer pigtail, right?
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Jul 22, 2019 04:47
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That was the pigtail between my new brake light in the fender eliminator and my bikes wiring harness. It's not world ending, but I gotta order a new one. 
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I concede that carb heating systems are in fact awesome. Just chasing a pinhole leak in them sucks. However one dubiously made 20 dollar amazon endoscope later I have found the culprit.
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Enough of your colon, show us the bike.
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Happier times How the drat thing seems to spend of the time time lately  Please join me next time when we go looking for polyps 
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Love that bike so much. Nice job on the garage floor. Epoxy is the best.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Love that bike so much. It's been a hell of an improvement over rolling around in 30 year old filth in the parking garage under my old apartment, that's for sure.
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Are insurance quotes produced by a random number generator? I insured my FE 250 today, Progressive still had my FC 250 on my policy for some reason, since it was stolen the first day I owned it, and they literally own it now. Got the policy switched over, and with the claim and everything the cost came to... them paying me $10 because my new policy is 31.50 a year instead of 41.50. It makes no sense, the FE is street legal and could be in an at-fault accident, the FC was not, and could pretty much only be totalled racing, which I'm pretty sure they wouldn't cover, the FE, of course can still be totalled racing off road. What the gently caress?
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Elviscat posted:Are insurance quotes produced by a random number generator? In fairness to them, only one got stolen and it wasn't the FE.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Also today I learned Husqvarna make sewing machines 
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Husky is like kawi in that motorcycles are like a little side business for them
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Our insurance person told us our rate was really low because most accidents on motorcycles result in the death of the policy holder, so they don't need to pay anything. I feel fairly certain that's BS, but it certainly doesn't instill any confidence in the insurance company. This was from progressive
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Husky is like kawi in that motorcycles are like a little side business for them you mean like any of the Japanese big 4, they're all part of a keiretsu
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Lexorin posted:Our insurance person told us our rate was really low because most accidents on motorcycles result in the death of the policy holder, so they don't need to pay anything. I feel fairly certain that's BS, but it certainly doesn't instill any confidence in the insurance company. This was from progressive My FZ1 is $10 a year cheaper to insure than my ex500. Nothing makes sense, we are in bizarro land.
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Jazzzzz posted:you mean like any of the Japanese big 4, they're all part of a keiretsu Couldn't you have just said "conglomerate" instead of making us all google "keiretsu"?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Husky is like kawi in that motorcycles are like a little side business for them Except Kawasaki Heavy Industries owns Kawasaki Motorcycles, Husqvarna Motorcycles are just cheaper, prettier KTMs.
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