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Bugdrvr posted:I just seem to get lucky on Craigslist sometimes. Not always though. The kind of running Ninja was kind of in 1000 pieces. It would have made a nice project but I'm out of room. Need to get a storage unit or something. You can help get my CB200 up and running sometime- I'm basically stumped as to why it refuses to idle and has no power, even after going through every possible thing. Let me know if you are ever near the coast, I'm not particularly a beginner mechanic but I always like hearing other's input.
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I was just watching some channel called HD theater, and they had a commerical for the 2009 Isle of Man TT with all the slo-mo footage from that youtube video. It'll be playing Monday at 9 EST for anyone who has that channel.
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Slim Pickens posted:I was just watching some channel called HD theater, and they had a commerical for the 2009 Isle of Man TT with all the slo-mo footage from that youtube video. It'll be playing Monday at 9 EST for anyone who has that channel. Thats been going on for at least a couple of weeks. I DVR'd the entire bunch of races and practice runs to rewatch over and over 
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I'm at my mom's for the holidays and had no idea, and I'm gonna be back in Washington before monday. I wish I had HD channels sometimes. 
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Chill_Bebop posted:You can help get my CB200 up and running sometime- I'm basically stumped as to why it refuses to idle and has no power, even after going through every possible thing. Let me know if you are ever near the coast, I'm not particularly a beginner mechanic but I always like hearing other's input. Heck yeah I'll help you with the CB. I love working on old bikes, Hondas especially. IM me sometime this weekend if you want. I'm doing some stuff on the Bandit but it will only take a few hours. I can ride up and check it out if you want.
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Bugdrvr posted:Heck yeah I'll help you with the CB. I love working on old bikes, Hondas especially. IM me sometime this weekend if you want. I'm doing some stuff on the Bandit but it will only take a few hours. I can ride up and check it out if you want. Whats your IM Address? TheRealKarlMarx has never shown up on my AIM contacts list. Look in my profile for all my contact info.
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Did you post a thread about it? :-)
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Nerobro posted:Did you post a thread about it? :-) I might as well, now :P
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Just to get it rolling, be sure to post "everything" you did to it. Z3n rides a CB200 when he's feeling spunky. And I'm pretty good with points and carbs these days. Off the top of my head, it sounds like you have low compression. But... well.. we'll continue in your thread.
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Chill_Bebop posted:Whats your IM Address? TheRealKarlMarx has never shown up on my AIM contacts list. I guess my gmail doesn't sign into that anymore for some reason and I have no idea what the password is. Shoot a PM here or just email at jim.kresky (at) gmail. You should definitely start a thread. I guess I should make a Baby Bandit thread once I start actually doing stuff to it.
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Haha, poo poo. 'Bike' magazine in the UK dynoed a BMW S1000RR and found it makes 184bhp at the rear wheel, more than an RSV4/1198S/ZX10R/Hayabusa on the same dyno. I know dynos are very woolly and you can fudge the figures etc but that's still hilariously overpowered. edit: the other interesting thing in the article is that the project lead for the S1000RR said he felt the GSX-R1000 K5 was the best litrebike around and the one they took the most inspiration from. ranathari fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Dec 31, 2009 |
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Well, been looking for old bikes and playing with the idea of doing a cafe conversion. Found this CB450 for $450. Looks like poo poo and didn't have a lot of info in the ad other than "it runs good.". I'd want to do a ton of changes anyways, and hopefully have something beautiful like this.  Think it's worth a look at least? Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Jan 3, 2010 |
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I'll help you ride the poo poo out of it.
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redscare posted:I'd be one of those people too if I had a garage I'm terrified of becoming one of those people, now that we have a garage. I'm on the way already. 
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I'm assuming this is a sweet deal? '73 Ducati for $500, afflicted with storagesheditis. http://eugene.craigslist.org/mcy/1538418602.html I'm too broke, maybe another OR goon wants to inquire.
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sirbeefalot posted:I'm terrified of becoming one of those people, now that we have a garage. I'm on the way already. Come to the dark side
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Sloppy posted:I'm assuming this is a sweet deal? '73 Ducati for $500, afflicted with storagesheditis. You should buy that. http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/ducati_750_s_sport_1973.php I mean, like...NOW. If it's in even decent condition, buy buy buy. Hey, look at this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1974...=item2eaa1921dc 23k. Holy poo poo. Go buy that motorcycle. The 73 is the first year of the L twin. That's a seriously iconic motorcycle. Z3n fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jan 5, 2010 |
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Holy poo poo. Buy it. Now. (if its more than a pile of rust) Eugene isn't that far from here...
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Z3n posted:You should buy that. If I weren't in NJ, I'd be buying it. Today.
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laymil posted:If I weren't in NJ, I'd be buying it. Today. If I weren't CA, I wouldn't be posting. Hell, if the g/f wasn't in the bay area with the truck, I'd probably be going home sick and getting in the truck.
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If I had the money, I wouldn't be posting here until after I bought it
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Find out more about it. If it's a SS, then holy gently caress it's an awesome find. A GT or sport would be great, too. I wouldn't be surprised if he's already received deals for a couple grand, though.
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if you guys are so hot on it, jsut paypal together a buy-in and then sell it together and split whatever you get. form an llc! There must be an A/T thread for stuff like this.
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:if you guys are so hot on it, jsut paypal together a buy-in and then sell it together and split whatever you get. I already offered to front the money, but z3n is greedy.
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:if you guys are so hot on it, jsut paypal together a buy-in and then sell it together and split whatever you get. I'm willing to front all of the money for it, but I want to know that it's not a pile of rust first. 
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looks like its already gone. You snooze you lose, guys
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Armacham posted:looks like its already gone. You snooze you lose, guys Not really a surprise. I couldn't have physically made it up there in the time since it was posted anyways
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If any of you read Sport Rider, they're offering a 1 year subscription (10 issues) for $4.29 here -> http://www.bestdealmagazines.com/deal.asp It's a 'deal of the day' thing though, so I assume it'll be gone tonight at midnight.
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Fantastipotamus posted:If any of you read Sport Rider, they're offering a 1 year subscription (10 issues) for $4.29 here -> http://www.bestdealmagazines.com/deal.asp Thanks! It's not my favorite mag, but for 4$...who cares?
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I suspected something was coming loose on my bike because it's been making rattly noises over bumps recently. I think I've fixed what was coming loose - the engine mount bolts, because I didn't tighten them enough after installing frame sliders. To be fair, I think the manufacturer's instructions for installing them are pretty vague: R&G Racing Products posted:Tighten bolt until you feel some compression from inside the protector. Turn a little more so that you feel the compression increase slightly. Then apply a quarter turn. Do not overtighten as damage can occur to the bike. Do not exceed 40nm of torque.
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They did - 40 Nm.
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Endless Mike posted:They did - 40 Nm. Translation from moonspeak: 29 foot pounds. Google is way handy for these conversions...just toss in 40 newton meters to foot pounds and it'll spit out the appropriate conversion. Of course that's assuming that your wrench doesn't have them all marked on it already...a lot of them do.
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Question from the Department of Bad Ideas: How bad of an idea is getting a used cop bike at auction because I have a massive  for the 1200 RT-P
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redscare posted:Question from the Department of Bad Ideas: How bad of an idea is getting a used cop bike at auction because I have a massive Kind of a bad idea. They see a LOT of abuse in the line of work, they're well maintained, but a cop will do things that a civilian would never do...dump the bike as a means of stopping it to arrest someone, just letting it land on the crash bars when they come to a stop, idling for long periods of time, a lot of full throttle, lotta hard on the brakes, plus the additional weight of all the police gear... I'd buy one but I'd also budget to replace just about everything on it, if you can't get a good enough deal on it to make that feasible, I wouldn't buy one.
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 I've always just multiplied the nm value by .75 to get ft-lbs.
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redscare posted:Question from the Department of Bad Ideas: How bad of an idea is getting a used cop bike at auction because I have a massive If you buy one then wear any gear that is any way close to what bike cops wear, I'm going to airmail you a punch in the dick.
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"No honest! I used to ride in khakis and a white open face on my Ninja 250 as well!"
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2ndclasscitizen posted:If you buy one then wear any gear that is any way close to what bike cops wear, I'm going to airmail you a punch in the dick. Hah! I'd go euro-cop style with a white full-face and nondescript blue textile gear  And I don't have a Ninja 250 and I resent that accusation 
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2ndclasscitizen posted:If you buy one then wear any gear that is any way close to what bike cops wear, I'm going to airmail you a punch in the dick. I can see this being a new craze for middle aged men now that the Panther platform cars are no longer being produced.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:If you buy one then wear any gear that is any way close to what bike cops wear, I'm going to airmail you a punch in the dick. If I weren't selling the ZZR1200, I'd be very tempted to paint it black and white in a cop inspired setup. People see you better, and i'll take any help I can get on that front.
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