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Offline longshanks

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8200 on: November 10, 2011, 10:56:01 AM »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8201 on: November 10, 2011, 11:44:35 AM »
Pulled those sh1tty Red Wing shocks off the back so I can give them back to my co worker.  Put the surprisingly better CycleX shorty shocks back on until I find a set of Koni's I can afford.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8202 on: November 10, 2011, 03:26:03 PM »
Put the 650 away, then rode the 360 back to the house.  I'm in San Antonio for 8 days the Florida for 3 days.  When I get back the 360 is going inside for the duration of the winter.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8203 on: November 10, 2011, 04:17:01 PM »
Rode the hell out of it, about 100 miles. Didn't break down on me once (except when I forgot to turn the petcock back on), a step in the right direction. Still running lean though >:|

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8204 on: November 10, 2011, 04:51:46 PM »
Here's a couple pics for you Terry.


I really need to get some better ones.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8205 on: November 10, 2011, 05:03:55 PM »
Pulled those sh1tty Red Wing shocks off the back so I can give them back to my co worker.  Put the surprisingly better CycleX shorty shocks back on until I find a set of Koni's I can afford.

Hey, Greggo, how did that exhaust of yours work out?

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8206 on: November 10, 2011, 05:48:23 PM »
Here's a couple pics for you Terry.


I really need to get some better ones.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8207 on: November 11, 2011, 01:07:18 AM »
Pulled those sh1tty Red Wing shocks off the back so I can give them back to my co worker.  Put the surprisingly better CycleX shorty shocks back on until I find a set of Koni's I can afford.

Hey, Greggo, how did that exhaust of yours work out?

MJ

I fooled with it for a while, fitting the pipes this way and that.  Even at its best, it didn't fit real well, and I wasn't happy with it.  So, I put it back on ebay (where I got it from), and it sold in less than an hour to some reseller.  Needed the dough for the 750 project.  I'm going to fit a Hooker 4-1 that I've been saving - looks brand new, and has some crazy looking equal length headers.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8208 on: November 11, 2011, 03:39:42 AM »
Here's a couple pics for you Terry.


I really need to get some better ones.

Hey that looks great mate, I'd never seen one with aftermarket wheels before, but they really give it a clean look. If your wife ever tells you to get rid of it, let me know right away! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8209 on: November 12, 2011, 02:23:30 PM »
Changed the Fork Oil to a 20 Weight.  Like it much better.   Learned everything about how to do it right here  Yea Forum! :)


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8210 on: November 12, 2011, 02:55:17 PM »
Rode two up to Goodrich to pay some more on the new bike.  My son hadn't seen it in the flesh yet.  On the way back I had it up to 7 grand in third before popping it up into fifth.  Didn't want to get carried away or get a ticket! ;D ;D 8)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8211 on: November 12, 2011, 03:05:28 PM »
Got squirrly on the freeway...

On my way to work today while changing lanes on the freeway @ 70mph... I hit a row of pot holes that made the bike go squirrly pretty bad (tank slapper style?) ... it happened so fast I didn't have time to be scared but only to observe in slow motion. It started correcting itself right away, getting less and less, but seemed to take a while to completely stop. I almost thought for a minute my rim was bent or my tire was flattened. But it turned out to be fine. Glad I was using my blinkers and not hand signaling at the time. Phew...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8212 on: November 12, 2011, 03:12:44 PM »
Got squirrly on the freeway...

On my way to work today while changing lanes on the freeway @ 70mph... I hit a row of pot holes that made the bike go squirrly pretty bad (tank slapper style?) ... it happened so fast I didn't have time to be scared but only to observe in slow motion. It started correcting itself right away, getting less and less, but seemed to take a while to completely stop. I almost thought for a minute my rim was bent or my tire was flattened. But it turned out to be fine. Glad I was using my blinkers and not hand signaling at the time. Phew...

And there is the reason why i like steering dampers, no headshakes.....
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8213 on: November 12, 2011, 04:44:57 PM »
Fiberglassed the cafe hump for my CB450




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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8214 on: November 12, 2011, 07:04:34 PM »
Finally fixed a fuel leak from my petcock that occurred a few days ago.. Bought an rubber o ring from ace hardware for .49 cent..... Hasnt leaked since then took her for a lil ride to meet up with a buddy.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8215 on: November 12, 2011, 08:55:17 PM »
It was a beautiful day for a ride but I stayed home and worked on the XL250s.  :P
Reassembled the forks, and began the reconstruction.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8216 on: November 13, 2011, 12:42:06 PM »
Yesterday.........took advantage of the weather bein' nice and put about 50 miles on.
Today......bought some goodies from Joker Machine for her......black tank emblems, cool lookin' brake stay rod, and a t shirt to add to my never ending collection!!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8217 on: November 13, 2011, 01:19:33 PM »
Painted my seat pan today with DupliColor.  Must have missed cleaning a spot during prep, cause the paint lifted after the 2nd coat.   Now i have to wait for it to get bone dry so i  can sand it - blargghhhh. 

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8218 on: November 13, 2011, 03:27:47 PM »
Stripped the paint from my CB350F fuel tank...................

Install the rear turn signals on my 750K5.

Wanting to paint the CB350F the Honda orange color, any help on where I can get the paint from is much appreciated.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8219 on: November 13, 2011, 03:38:24 PM »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8221 on: November 13, 2011, 04:57:06 PM »
   Had the front tire rebalanced, seems the tire manufacturer's placement of the red dot is still a mystery to some.   Also changed the sparkplugs, cleaned the air filter on the VFR.  What a pain in the butt that was. 
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8222 on: November 13, 2011, 07:00:57 PM »
Working on a friends CB750 K6 to get it running after he lost some interest after having sit unloved for 6 years. Turned a pile of small pieces into a right hand switch. Thanks to those that posted info about doing this! Cliff.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8223 on: November 13, 2011, 07:33:29 PM »
Woke her up after a week. Took her for a short spin. Cleaned front disc, replaced pads and later on replaced sprockets and the chain. Tsubaki rules!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #8224 on: November 13, 2011, 08:45:06 PM »
I replaced my 1 Heavy,gas filled carb float w/ a new one & installed the carbs,I then installed some Works Performance dual rate front fork springs(Very nice products!) & put on the correct lighter springs for my Hagon rear shocks and took it for a RIDE...she handles real nice now & doesn't whack me in the back over those "Frost Heaves" any more.
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