Philly Riders

if any of you know how to set the levels in the bowl or have a colortune THAT would be fan-friggin-tastic!

 

I've set the float levels many times. It can take a lot to time to get them just right. There's plenty of threads going on right now on the subject. It's not very hard just sometimes a pain.

I don't have a colortune.

 

i have a sync vac gauge if anyone needs me to bring that...

 

Are we working or just riding?

Doesn't matter to me either way but I don't know if a home depot parking lot 40 something miles from everyones home is the best place to be taking apart bikes unnecessarily.

 

we updated the meet-up time to 2:30 pm for those who wanted to attend easter services that morning and still want to ride that afternoon!

 

we can ride, i dont mind, I'll get enough advice just from pick'in your brain while we eat where ever we go....

can i suggest a good BBQ place!?
I just need to know where we are headed on our ride, and I will research restaraunts.

 

we're headed to Glasgow, DE. Never been through there.

 

I'm game for whatever. Always up for BBQ. My parts should be here in the next couple of days.

 

We got 40% chance of rain on Sunday right now.
Everyone keep their fingers crossed and maybe we can knock that down a bit!

As for prior posts, I thought we were just riding, if someone wants to work on bikes thats fine, but like iwin said Home Depot is a bad place to do it haha.

guess we will do an update on saturday and we can make a group decision about whether or not to re-schedule this.

 

Sounds like a plan. Iwin helped me get most of the work done on the Seca and we should be finishing up tonight. Getting new tires tomorrow so I'll itching and ready to go. *fingers crossed for Sun*

 

Looks like I'm out for Sunday We were trying to tune her up after doing the valves and carbs and found the throttle cable is sticking. I need to order a new one from Chacal. Hopefully I can make the next one.

 

I'm going to vote we bump this. Thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon.

 

Ok. No problem. We will go another time

 

I'm bummed. I can't do next weekend. The 8th would be my next chance but that's mothers day.

 

so... on THAT note.

This weekend i bought a 2011 kawasaki Versys and am selling the xj now! My wife doesnt want me to get rid of it, but i cant make sense of having 2 bikes at my age.

 

First congrats on the purchase.
Second, why do you need to make sense of it...especially if your wife is OK with it!!!

 

nealsxj, Congrats on the new bike.

I could probably swing the 8th also. Love ya ma, but it's time to ride. lol

 

OK as far as my availability here I go, anyone else...chime in see if we can find a common date(s) in May

5/7/2011
5/8/2011
5/22/2011
5/28/2011
5/29/2011

June is mostly free every weekend.

I should be attending Gettysburg Bike Week 7/9-7/10 and THunder in the Valley in Johnstown PA (6/23-6/26)on the XJ, so if anyone is attending those let me know maybe we can make time to meet up!

 

5/7 I've got a pistol match.
5/8 is good my mom lives across the country.
5/22 is good
5/28 & 5/29 my son is over so no riding.

Don't know about you PA guys but we got a pretty good down pour here about 4:00 yesterday.

 

I vote we shoot for the 8th then. Same gameplan?

 

works for me

 

ok. same plan. See you on the 8th

 

i can do the 8th if it is around noon ish....

I feel kinda sleezy asking this but can i ride my new bike? Or should i just bring the old XJ out?

 

which bike you ride and the time doesn't matter to me.

The rain needs to leave the forecast though.

 

on that note, i am planning on selling my XJ to a buddy of mine for $1000 but if anyone of you local guys want a 1982 XJ 650 with tons of extra parts, let me know. You are all aware it has hard cold starts, so there isnt anything to hide.

full rundown of the beast is:
wrapped headers
harley sportster mufflers
new rear pirelli tire
custom front fender (have another spare plain and a chrome fender)
H4 light conversion
and european bars

the list of extra parts is endless
front brake caliper
chrome front fender
unpainted front fender and rear fender
complete carb
old handlebars
old headlight
old gauges
tons of electronic bits
spare tube (even though the tires are tubeless)
headlight bracket
spare left side plastic peice
throttle controls
old mirrors
tons of other stuff i cant think of

anyways, let me know if you want any of it or wanna buy the bike

 

whats the forecast saying now....I'm taking my bike in for inspection on the 7th. Was the only day I can do it, so there is a chance that regardless of weather I won't have it back on Sunday if they take issue with anything. Hopefully though its in and out the same day.

 

Last I looked it was clear and 71 on saturday showers on sunday. Maybe they'll push into monday.

Does PA not do historic plates? I put historic on mine here in MD no inspections.

 

I don't know if they do. Never looked into it....hmmm......I'll shall be spending the afternoon PennDot's website

 

http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/pdotforms/fa ... fs-ant.pdf

25 years. Antique, no inspection. As long as it's not your daily transportation you should be fine.

 

depends on the interpretation of occasional...but since any ambiguous language should be interpreted in my favor (per case law).....

Permitted use shall be limited to participation in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar uses....

What constitutes occasional transportation? If I ride it in to work three days a week to me that would be occasional. I think I'll be applying for this next year.

I am taking it in Saturday regardless to have a health check done on the bike. I'm scheduled to ride to Virginia Beach and back next week (over three days) and I'll feel better getting a clean bill of health from a more experienced mechanic than myself. ALso since the plate would take a while to process i can be ticketed for being out of inspection in the meantime....

Thanks for mentioning...I forget how old the bike is.

 

No problem. Glad to help.

And who says a club must have more than one member? Just start your own one man club then you're always headed to, or from a club event.

Inspection here is only done at title transfer but it is a total racket.

If I can't see a list for what a given vehicle is required to have and at what dimensions (for brakes, tie rod play, etc) then how can I be told it failed to meet the requirements of the list that doesn't exist? And there is no appeal process.

 

thats a really good point. Inspection is a racket here as well...or at least thats been my experience with my cars. The mechanics I have work on my bike are the first mechanics I've ever used for any vehicle that I've trusted. Not to say they still don't overcharge me, but I they've never said to replace something unless it was a safety issue or my own request. I am having trouble changing out my alternator brushes and doin some other "simple" projects so I'm just gonna have them knock those out as well since i got the parts I'll just pay labor and be done with it. I like trying to fix things, but I'm not good at it, and ultimately I prefer to spend more time riding my bike than working on it.

 

First shop I took my truck to failed it for being lifted. There is no law against lifted trucks in MD. A bumper height law, yes, and it is under that height.

He said put it back to stock and I'll pass it otherwise it fails. $60 down the tubes. Had to find a different guy who better followed the law and pay another fee.

 

pabst... i know it may be far from you but if you are in philly i have my local mechanic do my inspections and he charges me $5. So let me know if you are around, he is a rider too and is a pretty cool dude.

 

yeah the distance won't work and I like these guys. literally two blocks from my house, so i can leave it there and walk home or to my station (firefighter)
and hang out.

Hey looks like im out on sunday....mother is calling me and didn't seem pleased with how I was going to spend mothers day. Let me know how the ride works out and hope to attend the sequel!

 

Currently looks like rain. We can put it off for another time.

 

Well if its cause of rain that's cool but not on my account please

 

Forecast looks good. Noon at Home depot in Glasgow, DE still the plan?

 

Is this ride still on for Sunday May 8th at noon?

 

Yes. Myself and Otter will be at the home depot in glasgow, DE at noon.

 

Have a safe ride guys. Sorry I can't make it!

 

I'd like to go too but today doesn't work for me. Maybe in the future pabst and I can make it down there for some xj fun.

 

Count me in! My schedule opens up a kot after the end of may

 

Well hopefully we didn't miss anyone.

No one got back to me saying they were coming so Otter and I rode out that direction got near the $5 toll and decided it wasn't worth it without meeting someone on the other side, so we turned back then had lunch.

A great day for a ride, the weather was nice, bikes ran great, plenty of other bikes out to see.

 

Lol that sounds fun...glad it worked out!

 

Yeah, it was a great day. Nice ride out there with Iwingameover. Hopefully we can meet up with a couple more of you for the next one.

 

lol well dang it, the last post i saw was iwingameover saying that we'd postpone it for the weather... and I put on all my rain gear and actually rode to DC on saturday and came back sunday.

MY BAD... sorry guys. I am available for other rides, I am gonna give iwingameover my cell so I wont make this mistake agian

 

You guys want to shoot for the 22nd, same plan?

 

I'm doin a charity walk/run that day. Literally just committed to it then u ask...haha

 

I'm down to ride. I checked the map though and there's no way for us MD'ers to get over the river with out the toll we turned around at. Not a problem just didn't think 40 had a toll.