Topic: Obvious sillyness (Oldest tires & sprockets contest)

[Kelly E]

I changed this sprocket last year and wont win the contest but seems I got my money's worth out of it!

Steve….. I think that might be a winner. Phew!

Maybe give it to Kelly E, make a clock out of it. Its got that cringe factor thing going for it.

I can make a clock out of that.

[Mark1976]

I changed this sprocket last year and wont win the contest but seems I got my money's worth out of it!

Steve….. I think that might be a winner. Phew!

Maybe give it to Kelly E, make a clock out of it. Its got that cringe factor thing going for it.

I can make a clock out of that.

There ya go!!!
How do ya not look at that!!!

[Stev-o]

I changed this sprocket last year and wont win the contest but seems I got my money's worth out of it!

Steve….. I think that might be a winner. Phew!

Maybe give it to Kelly E, make a clock out of it. Its got that cringe factor thing going for it.

I can make a clock out of that.

Had I known it was still good for something, I would have sent it to you! It went straight to the bin after the pic was shot...

[Don R]

 You could have turned that around and gotten another 17 or 18 miles out of it. L0L!

[Terry in Australia]

The rear tyre on the “spare” DT250 was flat, so I went to pump it up, but nada. I removed the old valve and tried to screw in a new one, but there was an obstruction that wouldn’t allow me to screw it in. Turns out a previous owner had screwed another valve deep into the stem, underneath the other one! I’d never seen that before but my valve remover couldn’t reack it. I made another one using a 5mm screw with the thread ground off and aslot cut into it. I still couldn’t get it out so wound it further into the stem then installed a valve and was able to pump it up. The front tyre was badly cracked so I just put 20 psi into it and called it good. In over 50 years of mucking around with old bikes I’ve never seen 2 valves in one valve stem. Luckily I’m taking it to a swap meet next weekend so won’t have to worry about it.

[grcamna2]

The rear tyre on the “spare” DT250 was flat, so I went to pump it up, but nada. I removed the old valve and tried to screw in a new one, but there was an obstruction that wouldn’t allow me to screw it in. Turns out a previous owner had screwed another valve deep into the stem, underneath the other one! I’d never seen that before but my valve remover couldn’t reack it. I made another one using a 5mm screw with the thread ground off and aslot cut into it. I still couldn’t get it out so wound it further into the stem then installed a valve and was able to pump it up. The front tyre was badly cracked so I just put 20 psi into it and called it good. In over 50 years of mucking around with old bikes I’ve never seen 2 valves in one valve stem. Luckily I’m taking it to a swap meet next weekend so won’t have to worry about it.

Must have been a powerful valve stem wrench,plus a PO w/ a very weak mind to do something that lame Terry.

[Don R]

 When the swingarm bolt is wrong and won't reach through the footpeg bracket.

[Kelly E]

When the swingarm bolt is wrong and won't reach through the footpeg bracket.

You should have posted that picture today on April 1st.

[Don R]

I'm the fool this April, I sent money to an Italian exhaust company and expected to actually get something in return.

[Terry in Australia]

I'm the fool this April, I sent money to an Italian exhaust company and expected to actually get something in return.

I read a post in a FB page where a buyer actually received his Busso pipes last week Don, so you never know, you might finally see them soon.