dorifto240

well technically it was between the cb350 or the rs500 (yamaha thumper) so whichever pops up first is most likely what i'd get down the line. how's the parts/aftermarket selection on the bikes you mentioned?

what makes the cb350 more difficult to work on than what you mentioned?

i thought he bought those shocks off ebay, guess i'll have to reread the thread.

It's a Honda. They liked to show off their technical prowess a bit, look at the CX500. Just be prepared to say "what were they thinking?" a lot when you work on the bike.

The parts support is greater for the CB350. But the RS500 has "cult" status, so there's a pretty decent community around the bike.

If you do get a CB350, I know we've got tons of parts for the bike at work.

I'm interested in the stem, clip-ons and cooler. Just sent you a message.

question: how did you know those shocks were going to work with your mount points? were they adjustable height or did you just get really lucky?

also, does bore-tech do just engine work or can you include your carbs as well? if you don't mind, would you be willing to share the cost of that service? pm if you'd like. i looked at their site pricing but was slightly confused.

have you looked into rd350 wheels? there was a bike on cafe racer tv where they had a suzuki front end with yamaha rd350 wheels. not wire, but nostalgic. lossa engineering was the builder, i'm sure if you gave them a call they might have some ideas.

i'm getting the cafe bug and i'm looking for a cb350 twin. i'm seeing a lot at the vintage races during the wera rounds i've been going to and i'm liking them a lot. probably not to race, but definitely to ride around town. i'm not so good with the forming and making my own molds so i'd probably have to look into buying premade "kits" for the tank/tail, i think the rest would be a good project though.

You can measure your ride height, and then order shocks to fit. Just make sure to specify how they mount to your bike (eye to eye, eye to clevis). The springs take care of the rest.

CB350s are hipster cool right now, so the price on them has gone up. But there are plenty of small CC vintage two cylinders. An XS400 or KZ440 would be a good choice. Plus they're easier to work on than the CB350.

Damn I need to give you my bike over a winter to give it a little TLC. I love when you post up your project always looks great.

You should! The bikes look even better in person, and the ride/drive up is a good time!

Explain to me again why you don't do this full time?

I talked with my boss about this. If all you're going to do is drag the bike, and no cornering is involved:

You can buy insert extensions for your swingarm. You pull your rear wheel off, and the adjusters, the extensions slide into the swing arm, bolt down, and then you reinstall your rear wheel further down.

BUT: that setup can only handle straight line forces. No cornering, or it will fail.

If you want a full blown, custom made, extended swing arm:

http://www.mcintoshswingarms.com/Swingarms.htm

That's the guy to go to, he's in New Lebanon Ohio. I've seen his work, you can't tell it's extended until you look at the length.

So did HB2 pass or is it still being debated? Everything I found states it is only a secondary offense, not a primary.

It looks like HB2 was line item vetoed by Strickland in 09. But I could see anything directly relating to seatbelts in the veto report. According to Lawriter it isn't a primary offense. But line D says "notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary" which might mean that in Dayton it could be a primary offense.

It does look like 4513.263 is only good until June 29th of this year, afterwards: who knows?

"Every driver and front seat passenger must wear a seat belt." Here.

It looks like Ohio revised the code to make seat belts a primary offense (here).

Everybody talks about 'free country' like it's a defense for stupid.

Tell your idiot friend to wear a seat belt. "Free country" nothing. If he dies in a wreck everyone's insurance and premiums go up. Where's the freedom in that? I pay enough as it is because of other stupid people and their stupid decisions, I don't need to cover for one more.

Your freedoms extend only so far as they can without infringing on another's freedoms.

Hindsight LS Bar End Mirror HSLS-200

They are on there way with the adapters.. I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone with these things.

1. I can't see anything but my shoulders without really leaning.

2. The vibrations from the bars are pretty bad after an hour of riding.

As far as vibrations go:

Older Yamahas have an internal vibration dampener/bar weight. I've seen sets going for $10 on eBay. It should help with the vibrations and still let your run bar-end mirrors.

It's just a weighted tube with some o-rings on it. But it works great.

its actually a 73 cl200, wonder if theyre interchangable? ill have to sk all what the bike needs, pretty sure the motor needs rebuilt.

Most of the parts are interchangeable.

Nothing beats rock climbing. Motorcycles come close, but not quite

the rice paddy is a good place in columbus.

http://www.ricepaddymotorcycles.com/

We've actually got a CB200 in our yard right now. PM me with a list of what you need, I'll see what we've got.

Gear left adrift, must be a gift.

Anybody have any?

Neighboor kid just picked up an '05 Ninja 250 with about 4000 miles.

The idle is all over the place. I tried to set it for him a few times with the motor warm. The idle still hunts in the 1,100-2,200 range. If you rev it the idle hangs around 3k for a few seconds then gradually drops.

Is this a trouble spot for Ninja 250s? Dirty carbs or out of sync?

I agree with everyone else. Sounds like the carbs are out of sync. Especially since the RPMs hang and then drop down slowly after you rev the engine.

My Buddies 84 VFR has a similar problem. We can get the bike running. Thanks to me completely redoing his fuel lines for him. But once it starts and you try to turn the choke off the bike stalls out. If your running the bike and go to make a stop it does the same. I have Cleaned his carbs, Adjusted the idle, and bought new fuel lines and re ran them all. Still same problem...

It might be getting to much air. I just sold a KZ440 that does/did the same thing. An extra piece of filter foam sorted it all out.

The GSXR1100 swingarm might be longer than the 750. That's probably why others have recommended it to you. So, there won't be extensions for it. But it's not going to give you much more length than your swing arm.

To really extend your swingarm: talk to a machine shop. They should be able to cut and extend your swing arm as far as you want. And if you butter them up a little bit, they might cut you a deal.

Especially if you're a repeat customer.

There's a scientist in Israel who recently developed a high-powered battery based around silicone. Here.

Long lasting, easily recycled, apparently cheap to produce, and light weight.

I give it two months before it's suppressed, and quietly disappears.

I would like any would be thieves to know that I now have a new security system in place on all my belongings.

It involves some bushes. And a 2x4.

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Only if you can keep the gray in my hair from showing up in the pictures. (Of course you can.) Make sure you have a high speed lens though; scooters are hard to catch with their mind blowing speeds.

16" wheels, dual front disk brakes, steel braided brake lines, get used to this view.

Regard, regard and burn with envy!

That's probably faster than my bike, and no worries about the speeds. I can shoot three frames a second. Hopefully I'll be able to sight a scooter in at least one of those three.

Hopefully

I don't have a scooter, but would you mind if I came along and photographed some of the ride?

okey dokey.. I need 2777.7 of these to start with, at one buck each for an equivilent 40 hp bike that will run for an hour maybe...

edit: or 555 of this Hoover vacuum cleaner 18v lithium at 45 bucks each

electric isn't cheap to build...

I really think a hybrid is the way to go, with a very small gas engine and alternator/generator to supplement the batteries.

Those are retail prices, if we had a connection to one of the factories in China, we could get those batteries on the cheap.

I agree with the hybrid, but its cost will still need to be around the $3000 to $4000 range.

From what I've seen, a $3000 electric from off shore, would double to at least $6000 to be introduced into the US market. We have requirements that are expensive, apparently.

When GM phased out the EV-1, they cited lack of sales. On the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" (pretty even handed, and well done) the president of GM said "you can't charge more for a car that will do less."

The price point on all electric vehicles is too high in the US, and everyone involved seems to have admitted this fact at some point. The marxist/conspiracy theorist in me thinks something is amiss.

$3000 for a basic, around town electric bike is a good price. $6000 to $8000 for a car would work as well.

Seriously though, does anyone want to help build one with me?

thats awesome, this makes me want to do something like this. sweet bikes guys.

You should! A few hundred for a motorcycle, a few hundred more for parts and such, some time in the garage, and a unique bike no one else will have ever seen.

Looks like a heck of an event! I really hope to be able to participate in the next one.

One thing that may help would be if you designated a spot with good lighting for every competitor to have at least one photo taken, it would be easier for us bystanders to really compare the bikes.

This also helps ensure you've got some quality pictures for promo work down the line.

The lighting was a little less than desirable. Next year, we'll work on it.

A friend of mine has developed a few electric race bikes, and he's said the technology is basically archaic right now.

It's a double edged sword: To better develop, there needs to be more sales. For more sales, the bikes need to be better developed.

But I'd use one for around town, especially if the price was in the sub $3000 range for a new bike.

Well it is all I have. Do you have evidence that the common belief is 2?

No more than you have evidence it's 288. That's not the point though, if we really wanted to settle this, we'd need to poll a sizable portion of the US. Give them the problem without an answer, let them solve it and see where we end up.

You're Facebook poll is a bit more conclusive, account for margins of error and such, but is such a small sample it doesn't matter. The poll here is just too close to really have a clear answer.

Odds are if we do get a large enough sample, we'll still have an inconclusive answer, you'll still say it's 288 and I'll still say it's 2.

I'm not saying that you might not be correct, I'm just saying by and large in situations like this there's a "best" answer that's often dictated by society and it is arbitrary. 288 is a valid and correct answer, but it isn't the best.

We could send the formula to the ACT and SAT boards and see what answer they give us. Those tests influence curriculum and teachers everywhere, so their "right" answer would be an authority.