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Offline bigreno

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9500 on: March 10, 2012, 12:32:30 AM »
Today I put on a17 inch spoke wheel rear .and adjusted the cam chain .another week and it will be ready for a long ride
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9501 on: March 10, 2012, 02:17:33 AM »
It's 7kph (4mph) leeway here in the NT.
After that, it's bend over boy and scratch out a Gregory Peck. (cheque)

Not worth fighting it in court as some have already tried.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9502 on: March 10, 2012, 09:42:06 AM »
Wow, that's pretty crazy. On a good day (no rain, dry raods, little traffic) I'll do 10-15 over, just so I'm "moving" to other motorists. I don't slow down when I see radar cops, unless there's a wall of cars in front of me that did.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9503 on: March 10, 2012, 10:00:14 AM »
Last night...went to a friends and welded up a hole in the bottom of one muffler, and ground it smooth.
Doesn't look so pretty but it's hardly visible.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9504 on: March 10, 2012, 10:06:47 AM »
Taking her out for a ride today.. real nice weather in Los Angeles
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9505 on: March 10, 2012, 02:05:31 PM »
Took off the rear wheel to fix a flat.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9506 on: March 10, 2012, 09:13:03 PM »
recieved some new valve guide seals the other day so after a ride down to brunswick heads and back i reasembled a head for the spares shelf.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9507 on: March 10, 2012, 09:33:13 PM »
Last night...went to a friends and welded up a hole in the bottom of one muffler, and ground it smooth.
Doesn't look so pretty but it's hardly visible.
It's nice to be able to keep the Stockers on the bike as long as you can..I like fixing my O.E. mufflers,they don't make 'em anymore.  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9508 on: March 11, 2012, 12:18:30 PM »
Fixed the flat and poked two more holes in the tube when mounting - can you say moron?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9509 on: March 11, 2012, 12:32:30 PM »
Moron                                                           ;D   Think we have all done that at least once  ;)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9510 on: March 11, 2012, 02:38:14 PM »
sanding the 550 for return to factory colors

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9511 on: March 11, 2012, 03:02:16 PM »
Cleaned up the 550 and went for a ride in the Hill Country...







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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9512 on: March 11, 2012, 03:19:37 PM »
Put on the new Hagons, then promptly went on a ride with a friend and ran out of gas.

A minor inconvenience, and great to be out in good weather again!

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9513 on: March 11, 2012, 05:03:35 PM »
Changed the oil on XL250s.  Rode it around a bit more to break in the new piston.
Decided it needs a new clutch.  Oh well. ::)

Since it was such damn fine day I fired up the K5 and went for a ride to celebrate DST.
Stopped for Thai food on the way home.

Didn't see Steve-o!  :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9514 on: March 11, 2012, 05:08:36 PM »

Stopped for Thai food on the way home.

Didn't see Steve-o!  :)

Thai food again? [love it]. Italian for me.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9515 on: March 11, 2012, 06:08:28 PM »
Yesterday I helped my dad install a new exhaust on the K2. It's a nos mc enterprises brand 4-2. It took a long time to figure out what went where since there were no directions.



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9516 on: March 11, 2012, 06:16:44 PM »

Stopped for Thai food on the way home.

Didn't see Steve-o!  :)

Thai food again? [love it]. Italian for me.

You are on the other side of the world! [actually Lake Travis]

Yeah, we gotta meet up in the middle some time!  (Well, not in the middle of the lake!) ::)

Yesterday I helped my dad install a new exhaust on the K2. It's a nos mc enterprises brand 4-2. It took a long time to figure out what went where since there were no directions.

Wow, those pipes look great! :o
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9517 on: March 11, 2012, 06:28:04 PM »
I pulled the head cover off my cb500 to tighten the head bolts. I just rebuilt the entire bike and placed a new head gasket in since it was leaking oil out of it. Took it out yesterday for a ride and it leaked oil again. Even worse this time.  When I checked the head bolts though with a torque wrench they were already tighter than the specified value in the manual. So I loosened the bolts up and retorqued then to spec.

Dont want to thread jack, but could too tight wad bolts cause the oil leak around the gasket?

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9518 on: March 11, 2012, 11:13:52 PM »
Installed clip-ons. You can read about it in my build thread:

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=101783.msg1158363#msg1158363

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9519 on: March 12, 2012, 05:59:40 AM »
Started to clean and polish my old 836 for its new home.  It is going in a 1978 cb750f which is going to remain mostly stock with some minor twists, such as polished covers on the all black engine.


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9520 on: March 12, 2012, 09:42:02 AM »
shiny  8)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9521 on: March 12, 2012, 10:19:29 AM »
I got my temps renewed to enable me to drive my bikes legally until my road test in May. 8)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9522 on: March 12, 2012, 01:05:30 PM »
have polished the instrument panel on my cbx
have polished all black alu parts..like front forks ,brake calibers ,engine parts..instrument faces..and put a crome front fender instead that plastic type..

first idea vas a classic cb 1100..but that have not kaburetores,,and looks to new...så bayed a old cbx..and vill build a cb 750 seat and rear krome fender light..and all that old stuff on..to make a real klassic super bike..with orginal honda parts only...
but have dropped that idea..like the cbx as it are..just.. fantastic a mix of old cb and the 4 valve head engine...simpel and advansed at same time

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i kan not speak english/but trying!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9523 on: March 12, 2012, 07:20:40 PM »
have polished the instrument panel on my cbx

Sweet!

I didn't know that CBX instrument panels look that good.

Hmmm - might work on a VFR streetfighter...

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9524 on: March 12, 2012, 08:40:06 PM »
I absolutely without a doubt think the cbx is the bee's knee's. It's got to be the most striking motorcycle, road bike, I've ever seen. All that motor up front has a very big presence. You lucky sob :D any pics of the whole bike?
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