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motocat12

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  1. shaggy fails doping tests though.
  2. Rode Pandapas Pond in Blackburg saturday for 2 hours. started on the easy trail that might be just what I need at my current fitness. turned onto Prickly Pear and it started destroying me with jagged rock sections and rocky climbs. My fork didn't handle this well at the slow pace and I tried to bleed some air out with my thumbnail. pfft , no air in fork. I was able to force a little in with my pack pump and then locked it out. I preferred the lock out to it's original reaction. Got back on the flowy easy horse poop trail and finished 10 miles. Had several water crossings. Who's great idea was it to make these to soak your shoes and pants but leave you hot? Got a valve extension from an auto parts store and pumped my fork back up with my floor pump. 4 hours of Carvin's Cove on Sunday. May be my favorite US trail so far. (might have to re-hit ones i haven't ridden in years) Had intended to finish the ride after a big loop hitting a lot of the trails and take a fire road back to the parking. It went straight up for 2000 feet in 3 miles. at the top the OG trail not marked on maps.
  3. i've seen some bent down to match but in the main force direction for adjusting. not sure if the torch would help. you could swap the perches with something with adjustable. wouldn't a set screw between the lever and it's stop let you adjust the distance just with more effort than a dial?
  4. found this on google maps. that's a chainsaw.
  5. Headed to Roanoke for the weekend to hit trails.
  6. My SV definitely lost some torque with a shorty exhaust. I put a 5" extension in front of the can and improved it. SVs and RSVs have many saying they need a long exhaust. Now i'll start to get some science. I don't know how a dual 45 compares to a 2 into 1 60mm lengthwise. I also previously added 2 balance pipes on the old collector.
  7. My Italian bike's exhaust will melt metal and glass! How many heartbeats does it take to pressurize an exhaust? The fitting is closed off except for 1/8 opening. gauge threads are brass. The worst part is I need to install my old 2 into 1 exhaust or find someone with the same bike to measure for comparison.
  8. anyone ever measure the difference on exhaust backpressure from oem, aftermarket, baffled aftermarket?? I just found a spare gauge threads straight into my header.
  9. No reports yet? On my way to get some KTM.
  10. what's enough amps rating? i was looking at 1000 to have for the car too.
  11. I was considering ditching this for a 3 day trip but my destination has rain forecast just like friday here. Up in the air, may aim for early Saturday.
  12. oeticker clamps. I just used mini end cutter pliers to crimp. it's annoying needing to know the perfect compressed size of the outside of the hose though.and they're more limited in starting size sliding over barbs. I needed 2 different size clamps for the ends of the same hose. In the theme of my bike's 13mm bolt love, I had to special order my clamp sizes from carquest course I also changed my in tank lines from barricade to nylon.
  13. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a27410366/elija-godwin-sprinter-impaled-javelin/ an unthrown javelin. University of Georgia sprinter Elija Godwin was impaled during practice on May 7 when he was running backwards and ran into a javelin sticking out of the ground. I always thought Weird Al should do a cover of Video killed the radio star- javelin killed the track and field star.
  14. my hobbyist auto-darkening helmet quit at some point I recently realized. I slapped a local gold shade in it that was nice for welding but annoying to arc. Orderd a true color helmet off ebay. Headgear needs some fiddling but the view is great.
  15. Man driving on bare rims pulled over by police next to huge pile of tires. (I hear that in a norm macdonald voice in my head.)
  16. You clearly don't own any golf courses.
  17. I learned yesterday the vstrom 250/300 is not a v engine.🙄 the pstrom would be doubly fitting.
  18. That would be a pretty clean look if you could get the right amount of heat all around the hose. Or not? https://zcardepot.com/products/radiator-hose-clamp-power-grip-custom-240z-280z?variant=18838039134321&currency=USD&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyIC2uOCD4gIVx5yzCh2PNw4yEAQYAyABEgJkDfD_BwE https://www.amazon.com/Gates-32922-PowerGrip-Hose-Clamp/dp/B000CRDL6G?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&psc=1
  19. these are $59 now and I still haven't been there since this was posted.
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