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Buzglyd
Well, I jumped in with both feet again. Tomorrow morning I will be riding the ST4 down to the local dealer and then I will ride home on a new Sport Classic!

She'll be a red GT1000 with Termi pipes and bar-end mirrors. I just figure I can't let Sarnali recycle his bikes more than I do! The ST4 was a great bike over 24,000 miles.

I just realized that all my current bikes will be air-cooled.

45 degree Vtwin
90 degree L twin
Parallel twin 2 stroke
Single 80cc 2 stroke

Not a radiator among 'em! And not one over 100 hp. I'm not gonna have any fun!:cool:
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SmokeU
Come on man! At least my ancient Concours should have 100hp.

I wouldn't mind a Thruxton.
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Buzglyd said:
Well, I jumped in with both feet again. Tomorrow morning I will be riding the ST4 down to the local dealer and then I will ride home on a new Sport Classic!

She'll be a red GT1000 with Termi pipes and bar-end mirrors. I just figure I can't let Sarnali recycle his bikes more than I do! The ST4 was a great bike over 24,000 miles.

I just realized that all my current bikes will be air-cooled.

45 degree Vtwin
90 degree L twin
Parallel twin 2 stroke
Single 80cc 2 stroke

Not a radiator among 'em! And not one over 100 hp. I'm not gonna have any fun!:cool:
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I think my current bunch may not have 100HP when added together!
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Kenneth_Moore
I envy you. That Duc is such a fine looking bike. There was this rich kid in high school who had one that looked a lot like it. The little bastard had a Lotus Europa too.

N-Joy, send feelthy peectures!
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Fenton
Jeez Buzz, you would think living in SD with 3 street bikes the entire board would offer to visit and buy you a beer. Wait til it snows and disconnect your phone.
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pushrod
LR,

You lose the 'Busa?

Buz, you're gonna have to throw a die to choose your steed du'jour!
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Buzglyd
pushrod said:
LR,

You lose the 'Busa?

Buz, you're gonna have to throw a die to choose your steed du'jour!
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Well I rode the H-D today because I needed to go to the mall and pick up my laptop from the Apple dealer and then I rode the RD400 around town just to piss people off!

Dang that thing is loud.
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seruzawa
Some day you should...

Buzglyd said:
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Well I rode the H-D today because I needed to go to the mall and pick up my laptop from the Apple dealer and then I rode the RD400 around town just to piss people off!

Dang that thing is loud.
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...put in 20:1 premix and then ride back and forth in front of the Sierra Club offices. Then do the same in front of the Federal Bldg where the EPA has its offices.
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Buzglyd
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...put in 20:1 premix and then ride back and forth in front of the Sierra Club offices. Then do the same in front of the Federal Bldg where the EPA has its offices.
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Well they banned leaf blowers in Del Mar. Maybe I'll ride this around there just to remind the locals of the good old days!
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mscuddy
Uh, I think the Huffy would be a better choice...

Buzglyd said:
Well they banned leaf blowers in Del Mar. Maybe I'll ride this around there just to remind the locals of the good old days!
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...for weed-wacker imitations. In fact, that was the name of our motorized bicycle gang "Hell's Weedwackers".

Had a patch and everything...and you don't want to know what a prospect had to do to join...
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...for weed-wacker imitations. In fact, that was the name of our motorized bicycle gang "Hell's Weedwackers".

Had a patch and everything...and you don't want to know what a prospect had to do to join...
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That company doesn't carry any airfilters that fit. I'm gonna hafta make one out of a sweat sock or something. Any suggestions for filter material?

Ok I'll bite. What's the initiation?
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mscuddy
Go to a local gun shop..

..buy a tin can of Benjamin .22 Caliber pellets for a pellet gun. The can is a perfect fit for making an air cleaner (that's what was on it when you got it). Cut a hole in the bottom of the can, to fit over the carb mouth, along with two 1/8th inch holes for the screws, and cut a big hole in the screw-top lid, and cover it with some wire mesh. Get some foam rubber for filter material, and bingo, neat lil' air cleaner.

We made prospects ride a flat black rattlecan 1981 450 Suzuki twin with a brown his 'n hers step seat, 6' sissy bar with a Maltese cross, ape hangers, and streamers on the grips for a month of Friday nights through Tujunga, down foothill blvd. If the prospect didn't get beat to death, or shot by the townsfolk who's motto is "it's a black & white world homie" they were in like flynn. Of course then they had to do the "walk of fire" afterwards, but that's another story...
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mscuddy said:
..buy a tin can of Benjamin .22 Caliber pellets for a pellet gun. The can is a perfect fit for making an air cleaner (that's what was on it when you got it). Cut a hole in the bottom of the can, to fit over the carb mouth, along with two 1/8th inch holes for the screws, and cut a big hole in the screw-top lid, and cover it with some wire mesh. Get some foam rubber for filter material, and bingo, neat lil' air cleaner.

We made prospects ride a flat black rattlecan 1981 450 Suzuki twin with a brown his 'n hers step seat, 6' sissy bar with a Maltese cross, ape hangers, and streamers on the grips for a month of Friday nights through Tujunga, down foothill blvd. If the prospect didn't get beat to death, or shot by the townsfolk who's motto is "it's a black & white world homie" they were in like flynn. Of course then they had to do the "walk of fire" afterwards, but that's another story...
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Well you've exceeded my mechanical ability by about 1000% but at least I know where a gun shop is.
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The_AirHawk
mscuddy said:
and you don't want to know what a prospect had to do to join...
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Did it have something to do with "shaving" a particular body-part, with a particular type of "razor"? :-o
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