so where can we meet up in P.D.? I'll be riding my trusty R/W/B '86 sans lower fairings, nothing special, but look for JoeFoe's well-pimped and...
NEVER have a VFR as a first bike ......unless you grew up on dirtbikes!! A 550 pound bike is no place to practice riding. Too heavy, too...
Pull the plugs after 10 miles riding and check them again. Base your conclusions on engine tune from frequent plug checks until it's running...
the electrical starting problem is most likely a bad switch under clutch handle; test it by pulling off the 2 wires and touching them together...
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The day's getting closer!! IF anyone has a friend or relative that lives in Port Dover we could all meet up there and park our bikes together;...
Another owner bit in the wallet by the "Shindengen" monster!
perfectionists are usually disappointed in the long run; JUST RIDE THE BIKE !! Scuffs ain't nothin' and aluminum alloy frames are beautiful as...
some cheeky blighter from up North, an incautious rider, was expelled from Art College........and this is his revenge????> OUCH!!
that DOES sound serious! I'm currently experimenting with an automatic trransmission "seal sweller" to see whether it will stop my fork seals...
USE a green scotchbright pad to scuff up the bulb contacts and the socket contacts.... also clean up the contacts where the signal wires plug...
most seal leaks are too small to worry about; besides it helps lube your chain.
Don't take this as gospel, but i removed a rotor once by removing the bolt and placing a ball bearing (appropriately sized) in the hole, then...
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DOES anyone remember that oil was $20/barrel when Geo motherfu**in' Bush took office??? Think his mismanagement and blatantly inept foreign...
with dirtbike background and being a big guy, ignore my earlier mistaken advice.....you'll do fine!
my opinion on VFRs as first bikes is : not advisable. She's too heavy, too tall, too difficult to turn in LOW speed situations. Besides,...
the symptoms you describe suggest low fuel level in carbs ( a pump or filter problem) or clogged, dirty slow jets...... might be a good time to...
the max pressure is 6 psi, but few riders put air in the forks........ Progressive (brand) springs do help the forks if you decide that help is...
Give over, mate, ya' cheeky blighter! no carbon fibre?? How can you be serious?
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