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  4. Got me a bike.

    in Dumpster

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    A friend of mine has a Boneshaker that he rides in local parades and such.  I rode it around a parking lot for a while.  All I can say is it's a good thing bicycles evolved from the high wheel era...

    It wasn't to hard to mount and start riding but it's a bear to keep going, especially if there's any uphill grade.  Each time you push the pedal, you have to fight to pull the handlebars the opposite way.  Dismounting is the hardest part, you can't just stop pedaling and kick your leg over - the pedal you are standing on will stop the wheel and cause an immediate stoppie!

  5. Random Thoughts thread

    in Dumpster

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    On 8/6/2019 at 5:29 AM, SpecialEd said:

    Fuck the tuk tuk :lol:

    Gasoline . . . in olive oil bottles. Wow. And I guess these people never heard of tending to landscaping before it consumed one's residence.

    What was the best thing you ate there? I'm referring to food, of course 😅

    I think those are old liquor bottles but I'm not sure if gas in a top shelf Bombay Sapphire bottle costs more...

    We only had 2 dinners in Cambodia but the best was a fish curry with a coconut milk sauce with rice at a cool little neighborhood restaurant owned by a French expat and his Khmer wife.  She cooked and served and he walked around barefoot serving drinks and talking to customers.

    We did take a photo of a German sausage and convinced friends that we were eating cobra!  

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  6. Random Thoughts thread

    in Dumpster

    Posted · Edited by MSerfozo

    On 8/3/2019 at 2:16 AM, SpecialEd said:

    I've heard the food there is amazing.

    As far as "tuk tuk" goes, I'd stay the hell away from it if I were you. Sounds obscene and potentially dangerous 😨

    I'll see your tuk tuk and raise you a "Tomb Raider" tree and a Cambodian "gas station".

     

    And, yes, the food was fantastic!

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  7. Random Thoughts thread

    in Dumpster

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    3 hours ago, SpecialEd said:

    Wow, that's gonna be a long-assed ride on a moto. Can't wait to see that ride report. Don't forget to pack sunscreen and an M16.

    I wish I could do it on a moto.  Its 1:45 AM here in the airport at Kuala Lumpur.  Flight to Siem Reap leaves at 6:40.

    Closest I'll get to riding a moto in Cambodia will be in the back of a tuk tuk.  :{)

  9. Random Thoughts thread

    in Dumpster

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    A couple of Christmases ago I was working with a guy from Syria who was Muslim.  He drove to lunch one day and he had a Christmas music radio station playing in his car.  He said, "I just love your American Christmas songs.  They all sound so happy."

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  13. Gloves

    in Reviews

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    Sounds like you have broad hands like I do.  If the fingers are the right length, they're too tight at the thumb.

    I bought a pair of IXS RS 200 X gauntlet gloves at Iron Pony last spring and they fit my fat hands like I want them to.  I liked them so well I bought a second pair a month later.  They run really small - I think I bought 2X but they fit really nice.  Looks like IP still has them on clearance for $45.

     

    https://www.ironpony.com/ipd/pi.asp/ImageName/RS200_GLV.JPG/Brand/IXS/c2/Riding-Gloves/c3/Street-Gloves-Mens/c1/Street-Products/KitKey2/RS-200-X-Gloves

     

  14. Fly Racing Conquest Helmet Closeout $79 at Iron Pony

    in Reviews

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    On 2/27/2019 at 4:01 PM, durk said:

    I ordered some things online from Pony. They have some good deals right now. I picked up a pair of Joe Rocket Nova boots for less than $50. They remind me of a pair of Joe Rocket boots I had before. Not the best boots but for $50 I like them. I also grabbed a pair of IXS textile pants for around $70. They’re the best pants I now own. I also grabbed a $40 Vega chest protector for the quad. 

    Thanks for the boots idea, durk.  I went back today to look at the JR boots but my high arched feet wouldn't fit inside anything close to my size.  Got Firstgear short boots instead for $20 more.  Sizing issues (waist/length ratio) kept me from buying the IXS pants but I got a summer jacket for under $80.  Of course I was $3 away from a free tshirt so I threw in a coffee mug at checkout.

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  15. Fly Racing Conquest Helmet Closeout $79 at Iron Pony

    in Reviews

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    I picked up one of these at Iron Pony last night.  Seems like a solidly built (DOT & ECE, but not SNELL) helmet and I couldn't pass up the $79 price. 

    Sizing runs on the snug side.  I usually wear a L but XL fit better in this.  I got the red/white/black one.

    It was 24o this morning so no ride report.  Maybe Friday...
     

    https://www.ironpony.com/ipd/pl.asp/c3/Full-Face-Helmets/c2/Helmets/c1/Street-Products/Brand/Fly-Racing

     

  20. Craigslist, eBay, Internet find thread

    in LBTS GLWS

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    15 hours ago, motocat12 said:

    300lb dry twin 2 cycle motard undertail exhaust. Anybody familiar with these from the 80s-90's TDR 250.

    Worth a trip to canada even for the flamboyant color?

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-Other/253967178399?hash=item3b219f9a9f:g:vvoAAOSwmLZb4LZX:rk:92:pf:0&vxp=mtr

    Looks like a dual sport version of the RZ250.  With sticky street tires it would be a hoot to ride at the gap.  18" front might be a problem.

    For $1500 US, it's a good deal if you want a 2 stroke.  Those things are getting rarer all the time.  I wish I still had my old RD.

    Too bad about the color though.  I'd probably piss off the purists and make a naked hooligan bike out of it for that price.

  21. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

    Posted · Edited by MSerfozo

    1 hour ago, what said:

    I used straps attached from a hand-fork-lift to the frame of my old ducati to do an entire front-end swap 2 winters ago. it was stable. 

    We were planning to use the 20 ton hoist but the safety guys locked it out before they left for the OSHA class.  😕

    Rear tire is on, we'll balance it on afternoon break in about 20 mins.

     

  22. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

    Posted

    Yesterday I brought my HF tire changer to work and set it up out of the way in the corner of the shop.  At lunchtime I helped a buddy change the front tire on his Ninja 650.  He doesn't have a front lift that will work with the fairing so we put a strap around the upper triple and lifted it with the forklift!  Should have got a pic...

    We knew we could get away with it because our two safety guys were at an OSHA class all day!!!  😀

    He brought the rear wheel in today and well do that one at morning break.

     

  23. FTR1200 Released

    in Daily Ride

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    51 minutes ago, GSX-Sam said:

    Maybe I was selling it short. From what I've seen and read they made the ftr1200 motor rev higher and it has some pretty short-skirted pistons suggesting more of a square bore compared to a hardly ableson. Haven't looked up bore and stroke numbers yet, so I could be wrong. 

    4.0" x2.9" so pretty much oversquare.  Peak torque at 6KRPM so 125hp must happen quite a bit higher up.

  24. FTR1200 Released

    in Daily Ride

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    22 hours ago, GSX-Sam said:

    How heavily has your bandit been breathed on? They make like 60 ft of torque out of the box. I nodded mine almost completely out as far as pipe and jets and put a gsxr cam in it and probably got it into the mid 70's. Never rolled it on a dyno but saw sheets from bikes with similar mods. 

    Mine has had everything short of cylinder machine work done to it.  Holeshot header & slipon, Holeshot stage 2 jet kit, and both GSX-R cams.  Here's what Dale Walker's dyno showed on his similarly built Bandit (but no cams on Dale's for this series of pulls)  I had mine on a dyno once when the Dynojet guy was at Mid-Ohio for the AMA races.  It pulled 115hp (Stage 1 & slipon at the time) but the dyno guy wasn't taking time to attach a spark sensor so no direct RPM and torque measured.  However, my hp curve was shapes similar to Dale's and would imply at least 80-90 ft-lbs in that state of tune.  I think you were selling your Bandit short.

    My surprise at the FTR's torque numbers was because I expected they'd put a v-twin tractor motor in it with peak torque at 3KRPM like another US bike maker does.  The difference between the FTR's torque & hp numbers implies that it revs more like a Ducati than a Harley.  Could be a fun motor.

     

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