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Offline Tews19

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14025 on: May 15, 2013, 07:41:13 PM »
BIKE DAY FROM HELL!!!!! WHAT COULD GO WRONG WENT WRONG>>>>>
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14026 on: May 15, 2013, 08:34:26 PM »
That doesn't sound good!
Can I have a motorcycle when I get old enough?
If you take care of it.
What do you have to do?
Lot’s of things. You’ve been watching me.
Will you show me all of them?
Sure.
Is it hard?
Not if you have the right attitudes. It’s having the right attitudes that’s hard.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14027 on: May 15, 2013, 10:13:19 PM »
BIKE DAY FROM HELL!!!!! WHAT COULD GO WRONG WENT WRONG>>>>>



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14028 on: May 16, 2013, 04:02:16 AM »
talked about it. have been blowing smoke and neutral hard to find when hot. at this stage blaming a poor choice of oil on my part. bugger.  :(
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14029 on: May 16, 2013, 08:45:31 AM »
Thank you on the bike. Its in pieces right now. Going through it. Frame is in the process of being stripped so I can paint. Does it look funny with the 4 into 4s?

I like the 4 into 4s.  They stand out nowadays and add good curves.

Thanks I actually saw another member with a 550 that is the same style as mine but finished. I was pleased.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14030 on: May 16, 2013, 09:48:53 AM »
Ordered a set of JIS screw drivers. I am tired of stripping heads using a phillips on a JIS screw and it's easier (and cheaper) to buy the correct tool then to replace every screw on both my Hondas.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14031 on: May 16, 2013, 09:57:19 AM »
have  mounted  this acu-rite turn mate..
i kan not speak english/but trying!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14032 on: May 16, 2013, 10:05:54 AM »
Got my bike through inspection and got insurance and license plate! :-)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14033 on: May 16, 2013, 10:23:05 AM »
have  mounted  this acu-rite turn mate..

Looking good!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14034 on: May 16, 2013, 10:46:13 AM »
yes and make life easyer for maskinists
i kan not speak english/but trying!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14035 on: May 16, 2013, 02:57:07 PM »
Still stripping the frame. I called to get a price on getting this thing blasted but decided I will leave the final clean up to them. Not ready to give in yet, what can I say.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14036 on: May 16, 2013, 05:56:31 PM »
This actually happened on the way home from the slimey crud run a few weeks ago but I didn't get the photos uploaded until now.

My dad noticed that my luggage rack was sitting at a goofy angle. It was pretty easy to figure out what was wrong:



This wasn't completely unexpected because I had removed the rearmost supports from the luggage rack since they never quite fit right and they held the rack too low for my liking.

Luckily we weren't too far from a town so I limped it along hoping that the other side wouldn't break as well. We pulled into a hardware store just as they were about to close. I bought some duct tape (obviously), a threaded rod to shove in the broken pipe, and some zip ties to hold it tight. It wasn't pretty and I had to remove the left sidecover but it got me home.



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14037 on: May 16, 2013, 06:24:00 PM »
Finally finally finally got my airscrews adjusted well. No more burbling at light throttle! I can do 2000 rpm in 5th smoothly now. All good. I tried several methods, but what finally worked was taking a screwdriver and going out and riding, pulling over, riding pulling over, until I finally got it as close to perfect as I think I can.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14038 on: May 16, 2013, 06:26:41 PM »
I finally finished rewiring the K6 everything seems to be working right which is surprising. I also replaced the throttle cables, gas cap seal, stator cover gasket, and installed allen head bolts on the engine covers.


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14039 on: May 16, 2013, 06:37:01 PM »
Pulled this out of the at cave. Battery dead and no spark, need to get this one running this weekend. Hoping someone will like it better than me!


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14040 on: May 16, 2013, 08:17:02 PM »
Mocked this up before a trip to the welder tomorrow afternoon.
Cone Engineering 18" Quiet Core slip on via DCC.
Great craftsmanship. Baffled,  but fairly open.  Wonderful mellow growl.
No jetting expected.  I was already a little lean in the mid range.
Have a look and listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PWJOQac0-c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

« Last Edit: May 16, 2013, 08:21:09 PM by flybox1 »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14041 on: May 16, 2013, 08:22:01 PM »
Pulled this out of the at cave. Battery dead and no spark, need to get this one running this weekend. Hoping someone will like it better than me!




Aw yeah, that's a Austin CL $3500 Cafe Racer!       ;D ::)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14042 on: May 16, 2013, 08:39:57 PM »
^^^Sweet baby jesus

I have been contemplating putting a reverse cone from them on my bike and I think you have put me over the edge on it.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14043 on: May 16, 2013, 08:58:21 PM »
^^^Sweet baby jesus

I have been contemplating putting a reverse cone from them on my bike and I think you have put me over the edge on it.
thx.
loved the short one as soon as i saw it, but the loudness wasnt my thing.  had to have the baffled version.  worth every penny.   :D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14044 on: May 17, 2013, 04:06:07 AM »
Pulled this out of the at cave. Battery dead and no spark, need to get this one running this weekend. Hoping someone will like it better than me!




Fark! That's one ugly arsed F! ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14045 on: May 17, 2013, 04:26:02 AM »
Mocked this up before a trip to the welder tomorrow afternoon.
Cone Engineering 18" Quiet Core slip on via DCC.
Great craftsmanship. Baffled,  but fairly open.  Wonderful mellow growl.
No jetting expected.  I was already a little lean in the mid range.
Have a look and listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PWJOQac0-c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sounds great, I like it.
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I love it when parts come together.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14046 on: May 17, 2013, 07:01:35 AM »
Pulled this out of the at cave. Battery dead and no spark, need to get this one running this weekend. Hoping someone will like it better than me!




Fark! That's one ugly arsed F! ;D

I have to agree with you, Terry.   I cannot take the credit for it though, but could not pass it up for $1K.  Need parts for the Z1, this one needs to go!  CR, think I should list for $3500?!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14047 on: May 17, 2013, 08:00:57 AM »
Just say its a one of a kind cafe custom that has won some local shows and featured on a website (just don't say this website ;))

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14048 on: May 17, 2013, 08:10:53 AM »
installed new plugs caps and condensers on the 550 the other day - she's running a lot better i must say.

also ordered some paint through work for my 750 project:  gonna have some fun this weekend!  i must brag because it only cost me $3/can.

cast aluminum, clear, aluminum, stainless steel (for the frame), and low gloss black.  gonna test them out on samples 1st to see how they look.  this should keep me busy!

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #14049 on: May 17, 2013, 08:11:01 AM »
Got the stock exhaust from member 2ceebee about a month ago, finally got a chance to put them on, looking great!

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