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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #50 on: December 07, 2013, 06:50:55 AM »
I am following all of these steps but am not sure how my bike is going to function. Just tried the no handlebar thing and it is pretty tough just holding onto the triple top. So I removed it. Now I am just holding onto the forks (like a hetero man)....and it wobbles before I hit the "ton". My bike is super light, and super fast....everyone wants to be like me, all women orgasm when I look into their eyes. My bike is so light lite fast superfast that I accidentally flew. Like off the ground. The clouds taste funny. On my last ride I bumped into Soichiro. He gave me a high five and told me my bike looked super fast and that I should remove all of the spokes and use a hub less magnet levitation system. So now that's how I'm rolling. Of course I drilled holes in the magnets to keep them light. Working on an electromagnetic system now. Pics soon. Thanks for all the help guys.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #51 on: December 07, 2013, 06:58:42 AM »
I am following all of these steps but am not sure how my bike is going to function. Just tried the no handlebar thing and it is pretty tough just holding onto the triple top. So I removed it. Now I am just holding onto the forks (like a hetero man)....and it wobbles before I hit the "ton". My bike is super light, and super fast....everyone wants to be like me, all women orgasm when I look into their eyes. My bike is so light lite fast superfast that I accidentally flew. Like off the ground. The clouds taste funny. On my last ride I bumped into Soichiro. He gave me a high five and told me my bike looked super fast and that I should remove all of the spokes and use a hub less magnet levitation system. So now that's how I'm rolling. Of course I drilled holes in the magnets to keep them light. Working on an electromagnetic system now. Pics soon. Thanks for all the help guys.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #52 on: December 07, 2013, 09:17:09 AM »
I am following all of these steps but am not sure how my bike is going to function. Just tried the no handlebar thing and it is pretty tough just holding onto the triple top. So I removed it. Now I am just holding onto the forks (like a hetero man)....and it wobbles before I hit the "ton". My bike is super light, and super fast....everyone wants to be like me, all women orgasm when I look into their eyes. My bike is so light lite fast superfast that I accidentally flew. Like off the ground. The clouds taste funny. On my last ride I bumped into Soichiro. He gave me a high five and told me my bike looked super fast and that I should remove all of the spokes and use a hub less magnet levitation system. So now that's how I'm rolling. Of course I drilled holes in the magnets to keep them light. Working on an electromagnetic system now. Pics soon. Thanks for all the help guys.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #53 on: December 07, 2013, 10:02:09 AM »
Bike delete mode completed.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #54 on: December 08, 2013, 06:12:43 PM »
As TT and others implied , getting rid of a fatty ass rider is one of the best/first things you should remove . Those of you who know me will undoubtedly agree that I have a very nice bike ..... that indeed does look much better with me not on it ! I make it look like a moped ! For the record , I have shed a few #'s.
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #55 on: December 08, 2013, 08:18:00 PM »
Those of you who know me will undoubtedly agree that I have a very nice bike .....

You do George and I enjoyed riding it!
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #56 on: December 08, 2013, 08:27:46 PM »
I am following all of these steps but am not sure how my bike is going to function. Just tried the no handlebar thing and it is pretty tough just holding onto the triple top. So I removed it. Now I am just holding onto the forks (like a hetero man)....and it wobbles before I hit the "ton". My bike is super light, and super fast....everyone wants to be like me, all women orgasm when I look into their eyes. My bike is so light lite fast superfast that I accidentally flew. Like off the ground. The clouds taste funny. On my last ride I bumped into Soichiro. He gave me a high five and told me my bike looked super fast and that I should remove all of the spokes and use a hub less magnet levitation system. So now that's how I'm rolling. Of course I drilled holes in the magnets to keep them light. Working on an electromagnetic system now. Pics soon. Thanks for all the help guys.

That mag-lev system sounds way cool.  Try draining the tank & fill it with helium for more lift.
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #57 on: December 08, 2013, 09:17:32 PM »
Dont forget to remove the fork springs, they are a bit heavy. If the whole Mag Lev thing is too difficult, you can always go for the proven 1 spoke solution. I.e. Remove 39 spokes from each wheel.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #58 on: December 08, 2013, 09:27:47 PM »
I am working on another idea where I will wrap some carbon nano tubes with a paper mache mix (with glass fibers of course) and replace the frame with that. Then when finished I will paint it with watercolor instead of that heavy urethane paint. Can you believe there are idiots out there that will have parts powder coated!!! Like...'can you please bake this cement onto my bike sirrrr' I mean, it must be about 600 grams of powder they put on there! With a trowel. Good luck keeping up with me doing ton ton stuff. Waaaaaaa waaaaaaa chick a waaaaaa waaaaaaachicka chick a waaaaaaa ( sound of me grabbing mad gears and ripping wheelies)

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #59 on: December 08, 2013, 09:32:12 PM »
Well, now you're just being silly. One spoke, everybody knows you need at least 3.
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #60 on: December 08, 2013, 09:35:15 PM »
Maybe on a sand cast. With the mag Lev system soichiro told me about...."we don't need roads wherewe are going"

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #61 on: December 08, 2013, 10:20:08 PM »
Well, now you're just being silly. One spoke, everybody knows you need at least 3.

Nope. I beg to differ. You can definitly do 1 spoke. Its a pity this technology hasn't been adopted to motorcycles yet, but i think the sohc is a good candidate. Not sure why Soichiro didn't think of this beforehand because he was certainly ahead of his time.

About half way down this page, there is the 1 spoke solution known as the nanodrive (for bicycles at least), but bicycles are always on the cutting edge of tech. We could learn a lesson here.
http://sheldonbrown.com/nanodrive/index.html

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #62 on: December 08, 2013, 10:37:48 PM »
I read the sandcast bikes leaked battery acid onto the chain, I happen to have an original one already pre-lightened by 44 years of acid drip. Imagine the weight savings possible. As a matter of fact I'm considering dropping it in a gas tank while I acid wash that. You know, etch two birds with one splash so to speak. Yep start bidding early, you don't wanna miss out on this gem. Or just stop by with a new chain, I might be willing to deal.
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #63 on: December 09, 2013, 05:43:50 AM »
Ok, how bought the engine?   Don't need those silly stator, starter, trans, sprocket, and clutch covers!
Keep the Franken's points cover on though, just 'cause it looks cool.
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #64 on: December 09, 2013, 06:05:31 AM »
Or buy extra points covers fron me to lighten your wallet! Woooo

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #65 on: December 09, 2013, 06:17:51 AM »
brakes. brakes are for sissies.
get rid of them and everything that's no longer needed to operate them. full speed ahead at all times!

while we're at it: that throttle stuff is also a waste of time. real men don't break and don't slow down.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #66 on: December 09, 2013, 06:18:40 AM »
Easiest and cheapest way to make your bike lighter and toughen it up; leave it outside, uncovered, and in the rain and snow.  This will make your bike toughen up and shed some pounds at the same time.  Weak bikes give up and die, but the ones who want to live will start right up and run stronger than ever.

Oh yeah, it also helps to leave half a tank of fuel in the tank and carb bowls.  This will give it enough food to make it through 30 or so years.  The stuff some folks call gunk is really like enamel for teeth, it protects it.  Without that coating the bike becomes to sensitive, like some sissy #$%* and will rust and be weak.


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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #67 on: December 09, 2013, 06:48:52 AM »
Actually,  the rusting bike will end heavier than a clean bike.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #68 on: December 09, 2013, 06:51:23 AM »
Actually,  the rusting bike will end heavier than a clean bike.

well, now we are getting scientific  :P

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #69 on: December 09, 2013, 07:00:20 AM »
Ha. This is a velocity and gravity thread. Don't even get me started on the weight of the bike in a parallel reality.

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #70 on: December 09, 2013, 07:50:34 AM »
Brains, you don't really need one and it weighs a few pounds- CHUCK IT!!
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #71 on: December 09, 2013, 08:03:39 AM »
What!? There is no way the head of my penis weighs a "few pounds". Maybe 300 grams on a warm day. Besides if I got rid of it how would I be able to tell what time it is without a flesh watch? Silly Dukie. ::)

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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #72 on: December 09, 2013, 08:28:34 AM »
My goal of the lightest 72 gold cb750 on this Planet..
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #73 on: December 09, 2013, 02:22:09 PM »
I sawed off my shift lever and brake, now I hold those nubs instead of handlebars. Don't need handlebars, so I just grab the tripletree with my teeth. No seat or tank- I lay out flat on the frame and piss into the carbs. Feet on the back hub takes car of swingarm AND shocks, so those can go... just gotta drill some speed holes in my head, and I'll be flyin'!

Anybody know where I can get carbon fiber engine cases? I hear they have those in Japan...
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Re: a few things you need to remove from your bike
« Reply #74 on: December 09, 2013, 03:43:35 PM »


Anybody know where I can get carbon fiber engine cases? I hear they have those in Japan...

Pretty sure Yamihaha sells em....
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