My thoughts exactly when I saw the black. Nice bike by the way! I started a topic on the 83 24hr Nelson race. I noticed in the video at 24:24...
Yes shims will change the pressure/rate. When you change the installed height your applied pressure will change. Same thing you do for valve...
You may find that's all you need is more pressure on the clutch. I was going to suggest before to shim your stock springs and see what happens....
That's the same shock I put on my bike in 91. Great shock!! That's a great deal you got supertex. There are manuals on the web for those. Just got...
Donald I didn't really think that was funny. I thought it was normal!? Now I must confess that I have used the wife's oven to bake a few things....
There was a catholic priest, a baptist minister and a jewish rabbi having lunch together one day talking about how divine their faiths are. The...
Yea I know what you mean. That's why I try and take at least a week by myself each year thru a lot of back roads. Sometime I come across perfect...
Those VT600 needle/seat are way to short. There is not enough leverage from the float tab at those angles to keep the needles closed. Not to...
Yes a bad spot on the starter armature or a bad brush touching the armature. Put 12v right to the starter pole it's self and the negative to it's...
BB the memory changes sometimes and sometimes not. NOW for a bit of trivia and knowledge of today's WORLD tire walls that are use on most...
Thanks for the pics. Looks like a great ride. Did you take the old mule road to Lick Observatory, the one for cars only with lots of turns? I used...
Jumper solenoid. They are known to go bad. See if you can bump the starter over by putting the bike in gear and rocking back and forth. Armature...
Most if not all "Octane" boosters in a can don't do anything. If they do they might raise the octane .1-.6 tenths of a point. The better choices...
Very nice 1st gen. You definitely got a deal! I wouldn't worry about the cams at this stage. The cam chain tensioners are a different story. If...
I was poking around the internet watching mc racing. I came across my 2nd to last 24hr race I had anything to do with. The 1983 24hrs Of Nelson....
For the rod you could make little gussets for it at the bends or use small tubing. I like your idea of the lever arm attachment. It would take...
One to go check the circuit breaker after changed bulb doesn't work.
[IMG] Then the fight started!
I like it. It's a one person fun commuter to the city. I wonder if it falls over if the battery goes dead?
You can use standard torque values depending on the grade of the bolt/stud. Here's one in metric. These are max torque values for oiled bolts. For...
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