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Doctor Zero posted:I rode it in to work today! I just couldn't take it anymore - I didn't care that it was 28 degrees. I grinned like an idiot the whole time. My experience today, word-for-word.
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Feb 4, 2010 04:37
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Borrowed a trailer and brought it home* from Cleveland. *"Home" = my dad's garage, until I get a cover. Catch-22: I could've built a garage with the money I spent on the bike.
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Feb 14, 2010 03:27
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I think I broke it  ( cruiser) 
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Feb 20, 2010 22:02
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DiscoKid posted:It's been mid 30's to 40's here the last week with sunshine and dry roads, tempting me to take it out for a spin, but less than 72 hours ago some dude loving tanked his poo poo and killed himself because he was going too fast (and I assume, because there's still salt pilled (yes 'pilled' not 'piled') all over roads at random). Learned that lesson last time I was out. Throttle pinned in 3rd climbing a big hill; when I reached the crest, I drifted into the center of the lane (between the tracks where car tires run). Wheelspin/death wobble/soiled shorts.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:wrecked it. some person in a ford explorer ran a stop sign and t-boned me. now i'm lying in a hospital bed with a broken hip and wondering what the bike looks like drat. Here's hoping for a full recovery and a trip to the dealer with a fat insurance check. 4-1/2 quarts of Mobil 1, a NAPA oil filter that looks suspiciously like a Suzuki filter with a different label silkscreened on, and a pair of NGK Iridium IXs.
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Mar 21, 2010 04:31
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"Hard Krome"? More like "Hard of Hearing"   Good riddance, you noisy, obnoxious bastards.  PO fuckery: broken 8mm bolt, drilled and tapped 1/4-20, and a too-long bolt with a stack of springlock washers.
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Apr 7, 2010 21:14
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Bucephalus posted:
Broke screw extractor.  Used Dremel tool with a small carbide burr to grind out broken tip of extractor, then carved away the remains of the broken bolt (which is probably what I should've done to begin with). Chased threads. Procured appropriate M8 bolt. Installed stock exhaust. Enjoyed a ride of more than 5 miles without my ears ringing.
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Apr 10, 2010 20:53
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520 chain, 102 links. Once you're on the road, let me know how the Challengers feel. Haven't ordered mine yet.
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Apr 21, 2010 20:35
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Jabs posted:Too new a rider with a bike that's too new to me, and is so small it feels like a bicycle to me, anyway. Understood.
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Yesterday: drilled and tapped the Twinstar's perches and installed stop screws so my wife can reach the levers with her tiny girly hands. Adjusted front brake switch, brake cable, and clutch cable accordingly.
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May 9, 2010 01:17
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Sneak preview: 
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May 14, 2010 23:38
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Turn the key on and see how fast/far the voltage drops, and whether it stabilizes after turning it back off.
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May 15, 2010 17:00
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Gr3y posted:Nighthawk carbs BTDT with my 650; took me 2 days to figure out. Hang tight and I'll get back to you. (Alternative: score some GSX750 carbs and throw those vacuum-piston motherfuckers away.) E: Here ya go; lemme know if you need any other shots   Click here for the full 2034x1356 image.  Click here for the full 2034x1356 image. Dagen H fucked around with this message at 15:10 on May 19, 2010 |
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May 19, 2010 14:09
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^^^Replace the washer. Copper or aluminum washers compress and deform to fill in irregularities and prevent leakage. Once compressed, they lose malleability. They're intended to be replaced any time the drain plug is removed.
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May 29, 2010 03:52
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Gr3y posted:Not quite good enough for my dumb rear end. Welp. Let me compare/contrast your pics to the rack I've got and I'll try to hash out a coherent explanation of where/how everything goes.
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Jun 8, 2010 23:46
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Missed this the first time around:Gr3y posted:Also if I decide to buy another set of carbs are there any to keep an eye out for? I saw a set of Nighthawk carbs on eBay, but they're off a '93, so I don't know if they'll fit my '82. According to the gang at CB1100F.net, Suzuki GSX-R750 carbs mount right up using (2) #1 and (2) #4 CB750 boots, and require minimal tuning.
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Jun 9, 2010 01:42
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Yep, '79-'82s were all 748cc DOHC. The stock airbox won't fit, but there are purportedly no issues with running pods.  Working on your carb linkage, see some problems. There should be Dagen H fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Jun 9, 2010 |
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Jun 9, 2010 02:50
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Nope, looking for this little dude:
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Gr3y posted:Check the diagram I posted above. I'm pretty sure that's the big brass tube thing on my carbs. Same carbs, yep. The brass tee goes between carbs 1 & 2...you're gonna have to split 'em and put it in.   E: I'm off work tomorrow; I'll label your pics and add some of my own, then do a megapost. If anyone objects, just speak up and we'll take this to another thread.
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Okay, let's light this candle.   We've already taken care of D. G is just the choke cable clamp, it's screwed to the rear carb rail, like so:  Visible in the background is the plastic tee you're missing. The hose that attaches to the tee clips into the round notch next to the choke cable clamp. C looks like one of the springs that goes between the throttle shafts on 1/2 or 3/4, like so:  Next up: B. The hole in it without a bushing fits onto rod 6. Pull the little cotter pin and remove the upper washer, spring, and bushing. There should be another washer under the bushing; it stays on. Then slide B over the rod so that the little tab and the side of the lever with the bushed hole are facing inward toward the carb. Reinstall the bushing (you've got it upside-down), spring, upper washer, and cotter pin.   The bushed hole in B aligns with threaded hole 9. Next comes spring E, which hooks around little boss number 10. Then lever F, with the the little roller doohickey riding on lever 13 and the notched end pointing toward rod 6 (see above photo). The other end of spring E hooks over lever F. You'll have to hook the spring on first and then rotate the lever counter-clockwise into alignment, putting the spring under tension. Then the whole B-E-F assembly is secured to the side of the carb with a screw theaded into 9.    Now with that out of the way, it's time to fit everything together. Tube 2 fits into hole 12, and tube 11 fits into hole 3. The plastic tee fits into rubber joints 4 & 8. Now comes the fun part. The perpendicular hook on spring A latches onto the little tab on lever 13, and the parallel hook on the other end latches onto lever 1 (there's a little notch there). With carbs 2 & 3 fit together, the ends of the spring should align with each other. Once again, you'll have to get the spring attached first, than rotate the levers into alignment so that the spring is under tension. Alternatively, you may be able to get one end on and then pull the other end around with a small screwdriver or pick and hook it into place.   Now comes the real bitch. See that adjuster screw on lever 5? Under the spring are 2 washers. One of the washers goes under lever 7, and the other goes above it. You have to pry the 2 washers apart with a small screwdriver and slide the adjuster screw into the slot while keeping all of the tubes and linkages in proper alignment. Edit: The adjusters between 1/2 and 3/4 fit the same way; do you have them installed correctly?  Once you get that, hurry up and slap the rails back on before you bump it and it all falls back apart! Good luck, please let me know if my camera and I can be of further assistance.
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Nighthawk: Sold it.  The sale was contingent upon me delivering it, so I had a nice ride up ~40 miles of back roads. The tach needle may or may not have seen the redline on occasion.  Intruder: Washed it. For the first time. In direct sunlight. I'm a bad cruiser owner. Also took off the blingin' horn:  Stripped off the chrome shell, bent up a bracket out of a scrap of stainless, and remounted it all stealth-like inboard of the shifter, next to the battery box. Dagen H fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Jun 17, 2010 |
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Jun 17, 2010 02:47
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Jigsaw puzzle! Headless enrichment plunger:  Bike Bandit to the rescue! San Diego to Ohio in 2 days.  New plunger installed:  And done: 
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Marv Hushman posted:Pulled the cluster to do some spider eviction, contact cleaning and bulb replacement. I was a bit confused as to whether I'd replaced these bulbs before, but no longer. I would have remembered dismantling THE ENTIRE UNIT to perform the task. The tach light on my Nighthawk was burned out when I got it, and stayed that way until I sold it. Screw that.
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Wow, phenomenal work! I love the nakedness, and how the red frame really stands out in a sea of black. Well done.  : New page, no content. Sorry.
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Jul 11, 2010 22:03
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New Spitfire! The old tire was showing some (un)healthy cracking, so I figured it was due for repl  JESUS CHRIST IT'S THE ORIGINAL loving TIRE ...I really should pay closer attention.
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Crayvex posted:I question your other mod of forward controls too. They are poo poo for handling. Why are you trying to make your bike handle like poo poo? It's. A. loving. Cruiser. We're not all knee-draggers.
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Feb 19, 2011 21:41
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Waited by the mailbox for Mr. Postman to bring my registration sticker...no dice. Took the top and doors off the Jeep instead.
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Forty Two posted:
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pr0zac posted:If you want to lose your faith in humanity, sit broken down on the side of the highway for a while watching thousands of people fly past. That's the flip side of riding a sumo...they just know you're up to no good.
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Apr 21, 2011 23:27
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Z3n posted:It gets faster. The first time is always a birch changing tires After that it's a sycamore.
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Jul 4, 2011 16:43
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Replaced the 105/107.5 mains with the correct 110/112.5, removed the 2 shims from under each needle, and reset the pilot screws to 2 turns out (they were at 3-1/2). gently caress you, PO. e: Also a sync, because I could see with my naked eye how far apart they were. Dagen H fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Jul 10, 2011 |
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Jul 10, 2011 00:51
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Crayvex posted:Wires were a pain the rear end cause I had make em myself. I'm not real confident that the ends that connect to the coil will stay put. Still, it is running much better and it so longer missing!! Maybe tomorrow I'll electrical tape the piss out of them. Next time, try these.
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Jul 10, 2011 05:07
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Fair enough.
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Jul 10, 2011 15:43
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Ola posted:I moved from A to B at opposite sides of the city center recently. A and B are equally distant from C, my workplace, which is in the middle. The first day I walked to work we were called in to a meeting. "Guys, we need a bigger and better place, we're moving to point A". Methinks BAGELBEABS* is luring you into a trap.
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Jul 18, 2011 03:27
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My Twinstar won't redline* in top gear**. *The red line on the speedo indicating shift points. There's no tach. **4th
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Jul 23, 2011 01:27
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:for anyone wondering how the wide world of sports you get that drat centerstand spring back on... here's how: I knew that  The real trick is to do that with the stand down, before you disassemble the bike. Fold the stand up and the spring falls right off.
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Of all the available colors, you chose the one that most resembles a condom?
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