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Offline Prospect

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What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« on: October 02, 2013, 05:31:14 pm »
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Most- Carb Cleaning

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Offline boatsdickson

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2013, 06:08:07 pm »
Hate......electrical troubleshootin
Enjoy.......carb rebuilding & tweeking
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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2013, 06:32:26 pm »
Hate Electrical troubleshooting
And re wiring
Like doing modifications to make the bike my own
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Offline 70CB750

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2013, 04:14:46 am »
Oil change.

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2013, 05:48:41 am »
Hate troubleshooting intermittent problems.

Like, riding mainly, but if it has to be maintenance then any form of improvement or upgrade.

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2013, 04:18:04 am »
Shim over bucket valve clearances.

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2013, 03:05:55 am »
hate adjusting stinking bloody drive chains......give me a nice simple shaft drive anyday, what do you mean cb's are chain drive, bugger.....oh well at least it was free

my other bike's a Vmax and one of its big selling points to me was the shaft drive, 120+hp (dyno proven) and a chain was never going to be a good thing.
i blame Terry

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2013, 10:50:40 am »
Oil change, it is always messy. Chain adjust or replace may come in second.
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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2013, 11:56:44 am »
I like it all. I'm a goddam prevert.  :D
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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2013, 04:26:42 pm »
Hate changing tires, and I even have a No-Mar. Ugggggg.
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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2014, 09:59:02 am »
I love the reward in hand polishing aluminum.

I hate adjusting/lubricating a chain.

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2014, 03:36:51 pm »
Yeah, the chain. However I found that if I research and buy a quality chain with a high tensile strength 10,000+ it will NOT need adjusting that often. Well worth the double price. Of course it depends on your HP and your wrist too  :D
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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2014, 03:54:07 pm »
Maintenance on my bikes is kind of like sex.

Don't like to be rushed, but on review all great fun.

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2014, 05:08:06 pm »
Like: Almost everything except...
Dislike most: Adjusting the valves. Physics are against locking that nut and not moving your adjustment, they just are!
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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2014, 03:01:37 am »
Replacing #2 and #3 spark plugs sucks.

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Re: What maintenance do you like doing the most/least on your bike?
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2014, 02:16:51 am »
hate oil leaks..
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