Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / April 2008

please flame easy if the answer to these questions is, as it was with
my aftermarket pipes question, as simple as a matter of taste rather
than fact ...
but...

Put the Honda Shadow 600 up on the motorcycle/ATV jack (*) using hockey
pucks (*) to jack it on the frame only, then adjusted the chain (*), lubed
it, and adjusted the rear brake (*).  Actually used a torque wrench (*) with
a crowfoot extension (*) in the process.

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I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the
site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a
good group for info.  Outta here. Fix it for God's sake.
Winter

Kid on a Duc had a minor crash up at Alices yesterday.
He apparantly hit a pothole at low speed, somhow lost it,
went over the bars while the bike slid and wedged under
a parked car.

Damn Friggin Snow!
http://www.actualriders.ca/winter.htm
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See Ya On The Road

After a ton of really crappy weather the sun finally came out, the ice
melted off the road and a few of us headed out for a short ride.
I threw out an invitation on a local riding forum to let folks know I
was going for a putt today. Nothing too ambitious, just a short ride

I've got a 1996 Honda Shadow VT1100C.  I got it all ready to roll today, and
as I squeezed the clutch lever, it had no pressure to it whatsoever, and it
didn't function.  It is a hydraulic clutch system, so the first thing I did
was to check the master cylinder.  It had no fluid.  ...

I have a 1986 Yamaha FZ600 and the battery would die as I would turn
it over. I put new spark plugs in it and charged the battery and low
and behold it fired up in a split second. It ran great and started
great until the next day. I went to go and start it and as I did it

Turning into the gas station, had to stop for traffic coming out.  Turned in
at edge of ramp (near where curb starts), and because I had to stop for the
traffic, I had my feet off the pegs.  The toe of my right foot caught the
curb and rammed my heel into the frame (i.e foot ...

Just an observation... there is a guy selling an '03 VTX1800 for
$16,500. He's got $25K into the bike (counting the cost of the bike
itself).
New VTX1800's go for about $15,000 if bought locally or $12,000 if

Coming home on the Harley from the blueberry farm after dark ...
rolling down the old farm highway I hit a patch under construction --
new black asphalt, no painted yellow lines, no streetlights,
just inky darkness... sh.t I can't see a thing -- hope I'm heading

I've been seriously considering a one piece textile suit for a good
while now and was going to pull the trigger on the Olympia Phantom next
week when the "incentive" checks come.  Well, last Friday, I found a
used Roadcrafter one piece for $200 on one of the forums I visit.  Yes, ...

I don't.
http://www.thumpers-roadhouse.ws/t.jpg
It's certainly not that fat boy, Milligan.

http://www.vtxoa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=242266
Greg