What happened to engineers...and design teams? YIKES!
Been there on other bikes!
You've done a lovely thing, and I'm sorry for your loss. I'm amazed that you had to buy it...
There one of the most visually pleasing bikes made...to my eyes. Same as the FJ. Congrats. I'm envious.
I've never replaced them. There's enough old crap on there that tightening to torque should be...and has been, fine.
Smoking deal.
I use the same ones...but in R/W/B...like any good patriot! Also worth noting is that they are LONG! I gut 1/2 to 1/4 of that smaller tip off. If...
How long will it take you to use that decade worth of tires? :)
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I have them all!
I miss mine! It was a superb ride.
That's a lot of bike for a newbie. Have you ridden anything on or off road?
Gotcha. The boiling was the oil and water, no alcohol. I've seen this verbatim elsewhere, but this is the instruction I planned to follow....
Roget that
Never seen those. Do they provide any security? I remember the old disc lock fiasco. I got all of mine replaced with new ones that also could be...
I have the oil. I'm just lazy. Can you provide some details on method? All I've heard is boilng, nothing about IPA.
There is the idea that one can boil the rubber in a water and wintergreen oil to make them like new. Anone every try that? I need to on a Subaru...
I use zip ties at the ends of mine on the CB-1, as I got tired of losing properly tightened nuts and plates.
Nice post. The charging fix is easy and one and done. No need to roll the dice on every ride.
Excellent!
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