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Offline Trevdawg

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Re: Orphan
« Reply #300 on: February 19, 2014, 05:04:33 PM »
maybe you said this in a previous post but I didn't see anything....

what type of oil have you been using? have you always been using the same oil or as you updated the motor you changed oil as well?
how often do you change the filter/oil too?
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #301 on: February 19, 2014, 08:51:26 PM »
Hey Trevdawg,
I don't want to hijack the thread so I'll keep this short.

I have a BUNCH of CB 550 \ 750 goodies and live near you (just north of the IL border) so LMK if you need anything.

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Re: Orphan
« Reply #302 on: March 29, 2014, 08:12:35 AM »
What did you use to cut the boxed metal with all of the turns?
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #303 on: April 19, 2014, 11:51:16 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on April 19, 2014, 10:49:03 PM
Quote from: brandEn on April 19, 2014, 06:35:14 AM
Jim the fresh anodized parts look great. That cone muffler really looks fantastic on your build. Icing on the cake!

You know Facebook has invaded your life when you're looking for the "like" button.

Too true.  ;)
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #304 on: April 20, 2014, 10:02:49 AM »
No Facebook for me! I have been fighting it forever lol.

I will check that link out Jim thanks
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #305 on: April 21, 2014, 08:23:19 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on April 21, 2014, 05:06:37 PM
Quote from: Syscrush on April 21, 2014, 05:57:54 AM
That is so f'n sweet.  Love it.  I am 100% ripping off this technique - I'm sending your pics to my machinist this week.  I promise to refer to it as a "FunJimmy chainguard" whenever it's admired. :)

You know what would set that chainguard off nicely?


 ;D  ;D. Thanks Syscrush.

My chain isn't a bad as it looks in the pics.
Just in a winter coat of Motul chain lube.
Should clean up nicely.


Quote from: brandEn on April 21, 2014, 08:31:36 AM
Hey Jim, who did your anodizing? Did you find another guy that works for beer after hours? I tried finding a place near me was never successful.

There are a couple of shops that anodize.
They can be hit & miss, but I found another that will occasionally slip my stuff in a run.
I can be persuasive, and if that fails, I show them pics of the bike. Who could say no to that?

Cracking me up Jimmy, persuasive fellow...
Now if you were a female, I can imagine your persuasive powers would be multiplied...

Your touring ride coming up in June should be a good one.
If you happen to range into San Luis Obispo area I recommend the tri-tip steak in the central California area and lots of great roads and views in the area. Pretty good vineyards in that area as well. The Sweet Edna at Paragon Vineyards (only available at their vineyard) is very special dessert wine of the Orange Muscat variety. I love that wine.  Paragon has some very nice wines and have been top rated for their price point...

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Re: Orphan
« Reply #306 on: April 22, 2014, 03:50:51 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on April 21, 2014, 05:06:37 PM
They can be hit & miss, but I found another that will occasionally slip my stuff in a run.
And yet, you didn't have them anodize those damn blue caliper plugs black yet. ;)
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #307 on: April 22, 2014, 04:32:00 PM »
Quote from: Syscrush on April 22, 2014, 03:50:51 PM
Quote from: FunJimmy on April 21, 2014, 05:06:37 PM
They can be hit & miss, but I found another that will occasionally slip my stuff in a run.
And yet, you didn't have them anodize those damn blue caliper plugs black yet. ;)

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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #308 on: April 23, 2014, 09:35:38 AM »
If you shoot through the Sacramento area I can recommend some places as well.
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #309 on: April 23, 2014, 03:47:04 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on April 22, 2014, 10:18:17 PM
LOL. No they'll be RED because they're cherries on the top of my Cafe Sundae.  :D
At least that would be a Honda color instead of that Yammie sacrilege. :D
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #310 on: April 23, 2014, 09:43:00 PM »
Yammie doesn't have a patent on the blue Syscrush, you just can't look past them...
Jimmie will probably keep them so they can bug you about the build...
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #311 on: May 06, 2014, 09:46:14 AM »
FJ, on a lark, I found this today.  You could buy this fork, pull the lower, mill off the caliper mount, paint/coat it, etc. without taking your bike out of service until it was time to do a swap on a rainy day - do you have rainy days in BC? ;)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/00-Yamaha-YZF-R6-Left-Bent-Fork-K7-/150826897700?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item231dfbd124&vxp=mtr
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #312 on: May 06, 2014, 06:10:06 PM »
WHY would he want to do this Syscrush?
Is there something wrong with the left fork, or is it just the aesthetics are bugging you?
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #313 on: May 07, 2014, 12:43:21 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on May 07, 2014, 07:38:35 AM
Blue caliper caps & vacant caliper mounts will crush his system like Kryptonite!  ;D
My dark secret is out. :)

But seriously - $20!  If you don't do this, I'll assume that you're leaving 'em on for spite. :D
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #314 on: May 07, 2014, 04:02:31 PM »
Yeah Jimmy, that's nothing but spite to not spend money on something that isn't broken just to please one person's personal diatribe on Yammy blue parts.
I can't believe you are so shallow to crush Syscrush that way rather than spend the money. That silver fork with the black one would look the balls...


sorry I forgot my smiley... :P ::)
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #315 on: May 07, 2014, 04:05:58 PM »
Let's see, $35 shipped for the fork, $20 to powder it, hour to shave the mounts, hour to clean up fork to uniform finish for powder to look good, $40 to strip and re-powder both after the two don't match...   ::) 
Plus the three or four hours to tear down and then reassemble the forks after being redone.  Cost of new seals and new fork oil...


I'm surprised the flat black on the fork lowers doesn't bug you with gloss black used on the rest of the bike.  ;D


Jimmy, does anyone make blue spark plug wires?
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #316 on: May 08, 2014, 10:14:09 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on May 08, 2014, 10:05:42 PM
Quote from: RAF122S on May 07, 2014, 04:02:31 PM
That silver fork with the black one would look the balls...

LOL!

Blue pulg wires would be the ticket

Better than blue balls i would imagine   ;D :P
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #317 on: May 09, 2014, 06:01:39 AM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on May 08, 2014, 10:05:42 PM
Blue pulg wires would be the ticket
You can even get anodized blue plug wires.
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #318 on: May 09, 2014, 01:51:23 PM »
aluminum doesn't conduct as well as copper, I would skip the anodized blue aluminum plug wires for blue powder coated copper...   :P :-*
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #319 on: May 09, 2014, 08:23:37 PM »
You need. Blue silicone intake rubbers..
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #320 on: May 10, 2014, 02:46:14 PM »
+1. Nudge, nudge, nod, nod, wink, wink.  ;D
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #321 on: May 13, 2014, 01:58:11 PM »
Quote from: MRieck on May 10, 2014, 08:56:11 AM
Quote from: FunJimmy on May 10, 2014, 07:43:54 AM
Quote from: MRieck on May 10, 2014, 07:19:04 AM
Have you gotten the bike back on the dyno Jimmy?

Not yet. Weather's been a bit late, but I've got a fist full of jets & needles so it won't be long.
Stay tuned.  :)
Will do. You should be pleasantly surprised. ;D

Yep, with the cam straight-up - it should be a lot easier to tune.  ;)
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #322 on: June 11, 2014, 03:54:24 PM »
Seeing Jimmys bike is on my bucket list..
 Are you going to the Chilliwack meet in August?
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« Reply #323 on: June 11, 2014, 07:26:53 PM »
Sunday Aug17th Vintage inthe Valley..
 Put on by Dale from Big Top...
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Re: Orphan
« Reply #324 on: June 17, 2014, 10:34:04 PM »
up on the pilots and in a little with the air screw ?
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