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Mr. Wiggles posted:Lost a spoke and nipple on my super tenere. It's a tubeless rim, so no air coming out. I had to ride another 10 miles home after that and I took it easy, but I'm having a hard time sourcing the right spokes and nipples to replace. How bad will it be to ride without a spoke in the meantime, including off road? N'thing "please don't ride with a broken spoke." Get a professional to inspect the wheel, replace the spoke and ensure it's all trued up. Woody's makes good stuff but shipping a wheel is a pain. Maybe there's a motorcycle shop with a crusty, grumpy old guy who's great at spoked wheels. Cheaper and faster than shipping a wheel to Colorado.
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How stupid of a bike is a Guzzi Stelvio? The massive fuel tank, factory hard bags, ABS and cheap prices are making me look at craigslist a lot.
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Sep 27, 2017 04:50
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Thanks for the info on Guzzis. Will keep them on the bottom of the list for the moment.
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Sep 28, 2017 00:59
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Taking the fuel line off the fuel valve on my '04 Honda 599 has gotten very, very, very difficult in the past few years. It seems to almost weld itself onto the fuel valve and due to limited clearance it's really hard to get in there to pull it off. What's a good way to make this easier to take off in the future? I worry if I have to pull the tank off on a road trip it's going to be almost impossible, it took 20 minutes of fiddling to get it off in a dry garage stocked with tools. My thought is it's old fuel line that's had tons of ethanol gas through it and it's probably time for a new line: it's a whole $8 for a new OEM one.
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Oct 5, 2017 21:19
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Bike: 2004 Honda 599 (CB600F), naked and carb'd, water cooled. Problem: poor fuel economy and strong rich exhaust smell in cold and wet weather. Example: yesterday was in the low 40s (F) and stronger-than-usual rain for the Pacific Northwest. Got high 30s, low 40s MPG instead of the usual 45. Stop and go city riding lets the bike almost get up to usual temp. No problems if it's cold but not wet. Also, warming the bike up seems to take another minute or two longer than it used to. I've also had the engine get so cold it shuts off when you pull the clutch in, but that was mid 30s, pouring rain and going downhill for miles. Is there an actual problem here or is this the nature of naked, carb'd bikes? I try not to ride much in these conditions 'cause it isn't as much fun as staying dry but  .My thoughts are it's possible the thermostat is stuck open a little bit. Any way to test this aside from visual inspection? Is this the right path to go down?
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