Diablo
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I went for indicator mount over thingummyjig. Crown cover definitely has a better ring to it though. :biglaugh:
What did you do to your Vmax today? Part 2
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I went for indicator mount over thingummyjig. Crown cover definitely has a better ring to it though. :biglaugh:
I know it's been written of before (getting a key made when you have no key), but I removed my 1986 ignition switch bracket, and there was the code for the key. I took it to Lee's Bike Sop, a locksmith on US 1 in Hollywood Beach FL and got two keys made for $19.
The code was in the position where the blue tape is.
The backdrop for the shot was a near-identical bike to one I almost bought for my first 'big' bike, a BSA Rocket III, The bike cover is of a Triumph Trident, both are 750 cc triples, and for about three months, they were the fastest stock bikes you could buy. Then Honda released the SOHC 750... . It was the spring of 1972, the bike was owned by a US Army member who was in Vietnam, he wrote home and told his parents, "sell the bike, if I make it home, I'll buy another." I test rode it, it ran great, but I decided to ride an enduro and ride off-road w/my friends who had either two-stroke enduro or motocross bikes, or Honda scramblers. I bought my first new bike, a Yamaha 360 Enduro.
As for the 'thingamajig,' or crown cover, isn't it's function as the front turn signal carrier? I think H-D calls it the 'eyebrow' or something, that little visor over a Sportster headlight.
The code was in the position where the blue tape is.
The backdrop for the shot was a near-identical bike to one I almost bought for my first 'big' bike, a BSA Rocket III, The bike cover is of a Triumph Trident, both are 750 cc triples, and for about three months, they were the fastest stock bikes you could buy. Then Honda released the SOHC 750... . It was the spring of 1972, the bike was owned by a US Army member who was in Vietnam, he wrote home and told his parents, "sell the bike, if I make it home, I'll buy another." I test rode it, it ran great, but I decided to ride an enduro and ride off-road w/my friends who had either two-stroke enduro or motocross bikes, or Honda scramblers. I bought my first new bike, a Yamaha 360 Enduro.
As for the 'thingamajig,' or crown cover, isn't it's function as the front turn signal carrier? I think H-D calls it the 'eyebrow' or something, that little visor over a Sportster headlight.
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Miles Long
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I could have chromed it for you! (and still can)
Dorney
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Well I can't read the size on the side cover but it's either a RD350 or RD250.
Dave
Dragmaxster
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I think it's RD350- I had one in 1975 ran like a scalded ape
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That's the later model designation, RD.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ipad&p=1972+yamaha+ds7
I'm pretty sure the 250 and the 350 were near-identical, and based in geometry on the Yamaha roadracers preceding it. That's why they handled so-well. light, good geometry, and a well-developed two stroke twin.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ipad&p=1972+yamaha+ds7
I'm pretty sure the 250 and the 350 were near-identical, and based in geometry on the Yamaha roadracers preceding it. That's why they handled so-well. light, good geometry, and a well-developed two stroke twin.
scuff
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adambweird
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Scored some louvered radiator covers off of flea bay. If they look right to me and fit right theyll be getting a powder coating this winter.
redbaron13
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Picked up the voodoo exhaust with shorties at noon thirtyish, got home about 1, boiled some eggs, put the exhaust on, took three hours, nothing broke, I am thoroughly impressed with the way this thing sounds, hope the police are not, cannot wait till the rain stops, my granddaughter, took care of the hardware in the tight places.
Diablo
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Had a slightly insane moment. Switched out the 17 inch rim for a 15 inch item. Partly to satisfy curiosity about something stated about the seventeen rim, partly so I can properly clean the wheel better without working around the rotor, partly to see the difference in handling and also so that I can do some pics tomorrow with the bike looking near standard. Near ish anyway
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Diablo
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I wish i had done a before and after of todays little job. Since buying the bike the downpipes have looked tired, pitted and not good. General washing didnt do a thing to improve the looks. I had figured the exhausts life hanging down there and getting battered by crap off the wheel had seen off their best days.
But today, after deciding to spend some time on cleaning the exhaust up a bit with something more aggressive than soapy water, I found that the pipes are still good. Shining pretty close to a new look. I have no idea what the grimy crud was that was making them look so bad, but it took very little time to get them looking good. I am kind of annoyed at myself that I left it so long before doing it now, but I had convinced myself it would have been a waste of time. Good to be wrong occasionally.
But today, after deciding to spend some time on cleaning the exhaust up a bit with something more aggressive than soapy water, I found that the pipes are still good. Shining pretty close to a new look. I have no idea what the grimy crud was that was making them look so bad, but it took very little time to get them looking good. I am kind of annoyed at myself that I left it so long before doing it now, but I had convinced myself it would have been a waste of time. Good to be wrong occasionally.
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I dunno if 'Manchester' is in NH or the UK, or? The pipes cleaned up well.
If you're in the USA, go to HFT (Harbor Freight Tools) and buy a soda blaster, not expensive, and they will make chrome parts look great w/very little work. A bit messy, but the soda does a great job of getting dirt or corrosion in any pitting, out. A compressor is required of course. If you have no pitting, the chrome will emerge looking like you had it on the Baldor machine.
http://www.harborfreight.com/40-lb-portable-soda-blaster-60801.html
With a 20% off coupon, it should be ~$112 w/tax extra. This is the 40 lb unit, they have a 15 lb. unit for $100 before any discount.
If you're in the USA, go to HFT (Harbor Freight Tools) and buy a soda blaster, not expensive, and they will make chrome parts look great w/very little work. A bit messy, but the soda does a great job of getting dirt or corrosion in any pitting, out. A compressor is required of course. If you have no pitting, the chrome will emerge looking like you had it on the Baldor machine.
http://www.harborfreight.com/40-lb-portable-soda-blaster-60801.html
With a 20% off coupon, it should be ~$112 w/tax extra. This is the 40 lb unit, they have a 15 lb. unit for $100 before any discount.
Dragmaxster
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My pool's still 88* F.
Mines at 89 but it was only 106 today-
DAMN Fire-medic are you trying to put RedBone out of business with that pic?
Dragmaxster
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I dunno if 'Manchester' is in NH or the UK, or? The pipes cleaned up well.
If you're in the USA, go to HFT (Harbor Freight Tools) and buy a soda blaster, not expensive, and they will make chrome parts look great w/very little work. A bit messy, but the soda does a great job of getting dirt or corrosion in any pitting, out. A compressor is required of course. If you have no pitting, the chrome will emerge looking like you had it on the Baldor machine.
http://www.harborfreight.com/40-lb-portable-soda-blaster-60801.html
With a 20% off coupon, it should be ~$112 w/tax extra. This is the 40 lb unit, they have a 15 lb. unit for $100 before any discount.
He's in the UK.
Diet coke and aluminium foil on chrome- no lucozade or irn bru--note the extra "I" in aluminum so he would know what i'm taking about--:rofl_200:
Born2Ride
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bike started to have problems again, dying during riding after closing the choke. With normal engine temperature and after one week stopped.
scuff
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you both suck!!!!!!!! just sayin LOL:biglaugh:
blaxmax
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I think the pools in MI are frozen this time of year, huh.
