Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / October 2007

Ok... so I hook up the lawnmower tank, plug the vacuum hose, put just
a little gas in the tank....give everything a quick check for leaks,
etc......and there it is fuel on the ground....looks to be coming from
the bottom of the #1 carbs' bowl (the nipple coming dowm from it) and

EOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrJvv_L8WBw&NR=1
I mean, the guy completely stops. How could you get any slower and
without putting your feet down.
Greg

Looking for a new pipe wondering if guys had any recomendations as to
what i should get, what im looking for is obviously performance but at
sort of a low decible hum. for about 400$

I know there are people who, like me, can't stand paying a dealer MSRP
for an accessory and then pay an installation charge on top of that.
And there are still others who don't want to be bothered spending time
to install accessories and possibly screw something up and feel paying

   I'm wondering if anyone knows of any beyond-average websites about
motorcycles or motorcycling? I'm looking for something to add to
www.odd-sites.com
Thanks,

I inherited a '77 CB550K from my uncle and now find myself getting this
thing working from sitting in the barn for 5 years.
It just doesn't want to start, so I'm doing the simple things, checking the
filters, plugs, points, regulator.  All but the plugs check out - I can't

The passenger pedal has become a useless dangling piece of metal on my
KLR. There is a pin that goes through both the pedal and a bracket on
the frame. The holes in both the pedal and the frame have become
elongated, so the pedal just flops around. Other then replacing both

I met up with Jerry, Harold, and Morgan at Cleburne Cafeteria today for
lunch.
They are all nice guys; and the food was good.
I think Morgan must've stowed the Tutu in his bags, cause by the time I got

Cool:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/fourstroke-action/micro-camera-shows-the-workings-of-
a-combustion-engine-309138.php?autoplay=true

I may have posted here last year that I had to perform a little Dremel
surgery on the hinge on the left saddlebag of the Venture. I had over
stuffed the bag and jammed the lid. After checking the price of the
top of the saddlebag and the cost of the hinge, the $175.00 for the

I was madly in love and engaged to me married in 1994 to Debra. I was just
crazy about this girl. I held her up on a pedestal so high I couldn't even
see her.
One night she asked me to pull a magazine out from under her bed. When I

A 60 year-old rider hits a left-turner and gets the blame.
The scary part is the threat of speed bumps on the mountain.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20071010-9999-1mi10palo.html
or

He was a typical law-breaking MOTORCYCLE IDIOT, no helmet, speeding,
taking chances with other peoples' lives!
Too bad he didn't DIE, but the point is he is an oh-too-common-example
of the out-of-control, reckless, alcoholic, drug-propelled, death-

im no mechanic, lets just get that outta the way. i just bought a 2001 bandit
600 and it was running fine. the only thing i noticed was that it would
backfire when rolling off the the throttle at high rpm's. when i started it
up today it cut off at idle with the choke on. i tryed ...