Strictly Street

Deals Gap???

Would it prove a bad M/C if it seems to work? Keep in mind this bike has 28 years of un-known history.

Ok, lever tied half way back. I have some goatskin leggings and can do a funky dance... Hey, if it works!

Your right, it does sound weird. But it is just sitting anyway... brb

If it comes to this I'll know who to get hold of. Thanks!

Cool! I do have a weird work schedule for the next week or so. But I will give you a call when time permits. Looks like rain till Friday anyway. Rain sux.

That would be a way I never thought of.

I did, it doesn't as far as I can tell.

Nope

Free wins! If I recall, your over by Hooters. I'll see if I have enough brakes to make it over there. Assuming that I get any time off this week that is. Extra overtime available this week only! (Contract work, un-employed Aug 1, get it while you can)

The m/c seems to be working ok, as far as I can tell. I don't think it would go bad because I gave it new fluid. Perhaps I pissed of the little God that lives in there? I'd be happy to take you up on the offer of using your vacuum bleeder. I don't know what else to do with it. I've tried everything I can think of. Ok, maybe that ain't so much, but still, I'm out of ideas.

You have the net at work, sigh... Not I. Kills me as we are in the same building.

Srsly?

Don't have one so, nope. I've got a 10mm wrench, 3ft of clear tubing and half a can of brake fluid. It's 160 miles to Chicago, I'm wearing sunglasses, and it's night.

:lol: You mean like this...

Is well known that you also ride to choir practice and bible studies.

I changed the pads on my front brake. The old ones were almost gone so its a good thing I changed them. They have always felt a little mushy but I promised myself that when I changed the pads I would bleed them down as well. When I did I noticed that the brake fluid was yellowish. So I thought I would just gravity bleed all the old fluid out and start with fresh fluid. So I did. I hooked a clear hose up to the bleeder and held it up as high as the triple trees so even if it sucked something back in, it would be bubble free fluid. I would have thought that there wouldn't be an issue with doing this. Done it to cars many many times, no troubles. But the bike didn't like this at all. The lever feels even mushier than before the new pads. I've tried pumping them up and cracking the bleeder valve to firm them up, no luck. I've tapped on all the lines to get some pesky bubbles out of them, still no love. I even bled the master cylinder, then the lines, and still no luck. Then the other way, lines then master. I tried to gravity bled them all over again, running half a can of brake fluid through the system. I don't have any bubbles anywhere I can see, yet, I still have mush! By mush I mean I can pull the lever all the way back to the bars. I think it is supposed to stop before it gets to the bars. Being too hard to pull all the way in. Anybody got any tips?

These are tubeless from the factory original equipment with the mag wheels,(stock) and metal valve stems built into the wheels. So no tubes for this bike. Stock parts are easier to find.

I talked to my wallet and we ruled out radials. I would need two, one front and one back. Still have lots of meat on the back. Front still has some tread but it isn't round anymore. Over 70-80mph the front end bunny hops down the road. Very annoying! Not very safe either. Maybe a belt broke inside the tire or perhaps its just age. I have no idea how old the tire is but no matter. A new one is needed. A touch quicker on the turns would be ok with me. Nothing drastic, just a little bit would be fine. Hmm, the speedo would be off a bit though, maybe...

By now you've probably seen the NY Times's long piece on distracted driving — about how most drivers and most legislators willfully ignore the evidence of the dangers of talking on a cellphone, texting, and other electronic distractions while behind the wheel. According to this article, cellphone use while driving causes over 1,000 fatalities a year in the US. Another shoe has now dropped: it seems that the US National Highway Safety Administration blocked a proposed definitive study of the risks. The NHSA now cites concerns about angering Congress. Two consumer safety groups had filed a FOIA request for documents about the aborted study, and the Times has now made the documents public — including the research behind the request for a study of 10,000 drivers. http://documents.nytimes.com/documents-from-the-u-s-department-of-transportation-s-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration#p=1 from /.

Good for you! Hope you get into the class!

Lots of older bikes out there with a lot of life left in them. Prices are really good right now.

Might have to work that night, might not. If not, see you there unless I have to swim. Might have to bow out on this one. Changed the front brake pads and am having a trouble bleeding the brakes down. My first problem is I don't want to do it in the rain. -rain sux The second is it doesn't want to bleed down. rain sux

Love to go but it's just to far away from me. Anybody have an interest in this near C-bus?