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I only want naked from now on!
« on: May 28, 2011, 08:43:39 PM »
Dang FZR of my sons, full ruddy fairing, has to come off every time for any sort of work! >:(
I just had the whole shebang off last week to redo the steering head bearings and fork seals, now there seems to be another problem?
Another promise I must make to myself: ASK MY BOY MORE QUESTIONS! before he dumps the bike here and runs off, I have just stripped the fairings off "AGAIN" had the tank off the fuel pump the plugs all out the airfilter apart.
He said I had the bike out for the whole afternoon, into the back country, great ride! "About now I should have been listening but I've already switched to analyse mode and I'm running simulations of why the bike is not revving to max revs.  He twists the throttle and sure enough it gets to 10k and drops right off. I pretty soon discover that he's almost past reserve tank so that won't help, one of his plugs is finger tight and I'm begining to suspect this bike has a rev limiter on it! No more full fairing bikes in my shed...none....don't care...finish no more..keep it naked from now on...it's just not worth wasting a perfectly good riding day digging through yards of kevlar and fibreglass!!!!! :o >:(
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 10:56:55 PM »
i hear ya hush,my next door neighbour had a mid 90s suzy gsx 750,hes not mechanical,,nice enough old fast bike,he had it for 15 years,it had a rich problem and like you ,,it was off with the fairings,a while later i found the carbs,,anyway they have aluminium needle jets and two of them had worn about half way through making them have a flat edge which you could see,like a matchstick square,,two new needles later,sync proved good, and put it all back together,he reckoned it went better after that,,he sold it shortly after and now has a new 650 vstrom,,that 750 had a heap of kays on it and it was always serviced late,,like really overdue,,good engine and trans in those.

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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2011, 09:15:11 AM »
How I know what you are talking about!!!  Brownie (see sig) is a giant pile of brittle plastic!  Wished I could talk Joe into some repro's, he would make a killing on that model.

Be kind to the plastic and do not over tighten the screws or you will be fixing plastic too!
I don't have a motorcycle, sold it ('85 Yamaha Venture Royale).  Haven't had a CB750 for over 40 years.

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The Kid's Bike - 750K3

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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2011, 03:12:00 PM »
You might be in trouble if you over tighten Spiderman's nuts too Tipper! ;D
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2011, 05:30:16 PM »
You might be in trouble if you over tighten Spiderman's nuts too Tipper! ;D

I am expecting to get my azz kicked by Spiderman when he grows up!  ;D
I don't have a motorcycle, sold it ('85 Yamaha Venture Royale).  Haven't had a CB750 for over 40 years.

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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2011, 09:57:03 PM »
All good the FZR got it's Warrant of Fitness so it's road legal now, my boy is happy and he can sell it once he gains his full licence.
You are only allowed to ride up to a 250 machine until you get your full licence, he tells me there is a queue of his cop mates wanting to borrow the little pocket rocket so they can get their full licences ha ha.
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: I only want naked from now on!
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 10:51:13 AM »
I wish I could just drop my bike at my dad's house and have him fix it. Problem is that my dad lives 3000 miles away and doesn't know squat about bikes. You're a nice dad, Hush. (And the jealous part of me asks: Maybe too nice?)

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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2011, 01:44:02 PM »
It's sort of paybacks Vance, he gave me my CB650 (it was in bits) and I just love working on bikes from the 70's to the 90's also every now and then he finds something different for me to fix up, am waiting on an abandonded bike right now to see if it is viable. :)
Truth be told, I would rather have him ride a bike I have repaired and know it is safe than some other spanner jock who doesn't care if he makes the next corner. ;)
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2011, 01:49:03 PM »
You might want to do up a dirt bike for him if he is going to come back to our fair city. They are ideal for getting around at the moment.
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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2011, 03:38:13 AM »
Apparently something with "tracks" is his reccommendation for getting around Chch right now. ;D
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Re: I only want naked from now on!
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2011, 11:49:42 AM »
IDK, a couple hours at 70mph+ on the highway with a decent fairing does show that there are definitely some positives.
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2011, 02:54:22 PM »
One of the bikes we rebuilt for sale was a Honda CBR400RR it went like a cut cat and my son sold it to a young guy who found out just how fast it went on the motorway. Problem was the fairings were not built to to maintain 160kmph between cities and they parted company with the bike, buyer wanted his money back, son being a cop asked him what the motorway speed limit was (100 kmph in NZ) and that was the end of that. Fairings are great for wind deflection but a pain in the butt when they gotta come off every time you wanna do something. :)
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!