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  1. k-moe

    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    It does look that way, but it's a bit too early to tell.
     
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    MattiThundrrr Not a guru

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    Raptors?
    sigh.
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Nothing fancy; just a few pics from last week's ride.

    In the background is a T-60, and some other thing.
    [​IMG]
     
    k-moe, Oct 29, 2016
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Sometimes you hit gold.
    A fully complete and road-going RG/(RZV) 500 was in town.
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    k-moe, Oct 30, 2016
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    MattiThundrrr Not a guru

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    drool...
     
    MattiThundrrr, Oct 31, 2016
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    MattiThundrrr Not a guru

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    Knew a guy with an RZ about 15 years ago... rode along (usually far behind) as he split lanes on the back wheel through rush hour traffic in downtown Ottawa. That's when I decided that an RZ was too much for me. Will always lust for them, and never own one.
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    24 hours ago.....

    This was still sitting in the garage, the same as it is now.

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    Of course I was in bed dealing with a cruddy lung and poor breathing. I'm feeling much better now.

    She's my '82 Virago 920 project. I'm not exactly what she'll look like hen done just yet, so I'm concntrating on mechanicals befor th full teardown. The engine spins free and makes good compression. I'm partway though a single-carb conversion (dumb throttle plate screws would not come out of the rear carb without some damage being done to the throttle plate). I've got a friend that wants a single carb done on her bike, so I'll use this one to get familliar with the process. Eventually this will probably go back to dual carbs. I'm torn on the cyclotron. I like the utility (dual range tach for setting idle, hot-swappable Km/M display, fuel gauge), but not the look. If I go with a faired bike I think I'll integrate the display into the fairing. In all likelyhood this will probably end up not being a faired bike though.
     
    k-moe, Nov 21, 2016
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    Saturday was 67 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. Now, 10" on the ground, still snowing hard, drifting, plows are giving up for the night
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Lucky. I don't think we'll get but a bare inch of snow this winter.
     
    k-moe, Nov 21, 2016
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    Saw the snow on news this morning, Rochester NY snowfall 10" with more to come... 53 and sunny here today
     
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    Shoveled my driveway twice already... today!
     
    MattiThundrrr, Nov 22, 2016
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    16-18" in my yard
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Maybe if I lave the mower deck on....
     
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    At the end of last week it was 60 degrees and I was riding my XJ to work. Now it is 25 degrees and 5 inches of snow.

    Bike had been prepped, oil change, Stabil in tank, etc...so all I need to do is swap it in the back of the garage with snow blower, cover it, and plug in the battery minder.

    However, I'm having the end of season blues. My XJ looked cold and lonely this morning...

    I asked for vanity plates for Christmas, with my bike's model number on them....similar to Jayrodoh's.
     
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    Shhhhhh, now everyone will know your plate number!
     
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    I was hoping for one more ride. . . . :confused: :(

    Spring will come soon! :)
    1 more month is winter solstice and then the days start getting longer!!!!
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    24 hours ago this little bugger was stuck in my spare #4 carb body.

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    Whoever thought of the split point drill should have a monument erected in his honor at the front door of every hardware store.

    And now I have a fully functional #4 carb. The one I've been running for the past two years has a stripped idle mixture screw thread, so I resorted to seting the idle mixure via the clever use of a dial indicator, teflon tape, and a quick-setting rubber adhesive. Managed to get it spot on too :)


    OH, we had snow last week. Almost an inch and a half. And it got below zero ºF. And the furnace quit (fixed now though). I think we'll have a real winter after-all.
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    24 hours ago my fuel bottle was still missing, and the tube looked like this.
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    So today I fixed that problem. Bought a new cap, drilled it to take an insert (I used a plush-nut since I had several on hand; epoxied it in place), and once I get a suitable latching knob the cap won't go missing ever again (unless I lay it down and forget to put it back on).


    [​IMG]

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    k-moe, Jan 3, 2017
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Oh, and it was nearly 60 this time yesterday; currently 27, dropping to 6 by daybreak. Gotta love living in the middle.
     
    k-moe, Jan 3, 2017
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    I am writing from the future.

    24 hours ago there was only 1/8" of ice on the powerlines, and I had electricity and internet access.

    Back to the present.
    Let's see how that works out.
     
    k-moe, Jan 14, 2017
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