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Motorcycle EMS riders????
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TgerFoxMark
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Im a rider too, 82 Yamaha Maxim 750.. Its old, its finiky, it likes to piss me off...
Just like my old rig.
Indianapolis area would be great in my opinion... Its a bit short notice for this year, but a meetup at FDIC? (yeah yeah yeah. its fire orented... its more EMS heavy not)
Just like my old rig.
Indianapolis area would be great in my opinion... Its a bit short notice for this year, but a meetup at FDIC? (yeah yeah yeah. its fire orented... its more EMS heavy not)
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Very possible when you live only 4 hours or so from the Mexican border. All the bikes that were stolen had alarms on and locked with a solid chain to something big, heavy, and not easily destroyed or moved.
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They took care of me on all but the 73... but I only paid 200 for that one. I'm looking at a ZX-636 that's for sale up here near Denver now
Wanting a bike bad now that I'm seeing the other bikes around. Maybe once I sell my truck and get a Jeep picked up I can work on getting a SS again
xgpt
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They took care of me on all but the 73... but I only paid 200 for that one. I'm looking at a ZX-636 that's for sale up here near Denver now
Well best of luck ^_^
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I've got a nice little CR250 that I take to the Oceano Dunes all the time. I'd love to eventually get me a 03ish Indian Roadmaster to cruise around on.... one day! B)
maksim
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I see many riders on here
NickD
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Just an update on my build . . .
I installed the belt drive and I'm doing the wiring now. Exhaust pipes are coming this week!
Getting close to pushing the start button . . .
Laid on the paint in my garage. I built myself a hillbilly paint booth (just plastic sheathing) but it worked all right.
Belt drive is on all square and true.
The rear fender was a kind of a dealio. It didn't, at first, fit the radius of the rear tire. So I had to cut wedges
out of it, bend it to fit, and then re-weld it all back together. The tough part was smoothing out the welds while
keeping the correct contours.
Had to make a relief cut in the fender to clear the rear chain drive. Here
I'm just burnishing the edges.
Starting to fab up a mount for the regulator.
Regulator installed.
I had a very cool battery box I built early on in the project. But it turned out it wouldn't clear the starter solenoid
so reluctantly I had to build a lessor battery hold down system. Not bad, I can live with it.
Put in a programmable ignition. These are pretty cool and beat the hell out of the older type points and
condenser ignition systems. You can set it up the way you want with dip switches plus you can download
total engine hours, cycles (start ups) and a host of other neat info . . .
I installed the belt drive and I'm doing the wiring now. Exhaust pipes are coming this week!
Getting close to pushing the start button . . .
Laid on the paint in my garage. I built myself a hillbilly paint booth (just plastic sheathing) but it worked all right.
Belt drive is on all square and true.
The rear fender was a kind of a dealio. It didn't, at first, fit the radius of the rear tire. So I had to cut wedges
out of it, bend it to fit, and then re-weld it all back together. The tough part was smoothing out the welds while
keeping the correct contours.
Had to make a relief cut in the fender to clear the rear chain drive. Here
I'm just burnishing the edges.
Starting to fab up a mount for the regulator.
Regulator installed.
I had a very cool battery box I built early on in the project. But it turned out it wouldn't clear the starter solenoid
so reluctantly I had to build a lessor battery hold down system. Not bad, I can live with it.
Put in a programmable ignition. These are pretty cool and beat the hell out of the older type points and
condenser ignition systems. You can set it up the way you want with dip switches plus you can download
total engine hours, cycles (start ups) and a host of other neat info . . .
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TraprMike
My father and uncle went to the Urals.
Just we had no other bikes then)
NickD
Nice customs!
My father and uncle went to the Urals.
Just we had no other bikes then
)NickD
Nice customs!
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Very nice.
I don't know how I missed this thread back in Feb. Probably too busy studying for my Intermediate.
I'll admit, I haven't been on a bike in close to 20 years and even when I did (occasionally) ride friends bikes they were little 200cc dirt bikes. I'd probably kill myself on a street bike today. HOWEVER, I have said for the last couple years that if I DO get a bike, it'll be a Ural. I'm actually kinda looking at the patrol model. I like that two wheel drive aspect of it. Not that I'd be taking it offroad much, it'd just be nice to have. I'm (happily) surprised to see someone else here rides them.
I've been riding for a few years, but I'm a newbie at wrench turning on motorbikes. I recently tried to change the oil in my '02 Honda Shadow (600 ccs, definitely looking to upgrade, it handles like a brick) and ended up adding more oil back than I was supposed to after I was done ruining the floor of my garage with oil stains. I'd attempted to improvise an oil pan with a disposable paint tray- didn't end too well. Now I've got 2.7 quarts in a 2.1 quart reservoir because, like a genius, I was checking the oil while the bike was on the kickstand instead of holding it level. Got a strange feeling that I'm going to have to start over before I can ride it again- which is agitating, as I pretty much missed riding in early spring. >:{
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I bought a '94 600 Honda VLX for my GF when she was learning to ride. It was a pretty neat machine. I had it for three or four years and never had to touch it with a wrench. (You gotta hand it to Mr. Honda when it comes to reliability!)
On the oil thing - I've forgotten how the oil tank is setup, but can't you just use a turkey baster to suck some out?
There's a lot of fellows making Bobbers out VLXs nowadays and there's a large choice of aftermarket parts being made for them. I poked a hole in the baffles on the one we had and it damn near sounded as good as a Harley! It also had a cool look and an aggressive stance for a small cruiser and one of the best "softail" looks I've seen on any bike, Harley's included. I'm actually thinking of picking up another one to chop after I finish my current project. There's even a company that makes a complete "bobber" kit you can purchase for the VLX: http://bluecollarbobbers.com/web/Flat-Black-Honda-Shadow-600.html
Here's some examples of Bobbed VLXs . . .
Here's what they sound like with the baffles punched out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=_0r9cklYflc&feature=channel
On the oil thing - I've forgotten how the oil tank is setup, but can't you just use a turkey baster to suck some out?
There's a lot of fellows making Bobbers out VLXs nowadays and there's a large choice of aftermarket parts being made for them. I poked a hole in the baffles on the one we had and it damn near sounded as good as a Harley! It also had a cool look and an aggressive stance for a small cruiser and one of the best "softail" looks I've seen on any bike, Harley's included. I'm actually thinking of picking up another one to chop after I finish my current project. There's even a company that makes a complete "bobber" kit you can purchase for the VLX: http://bluecollarbobbers.com/web/Flat-Black-Honda-Shadow-600.html
Here's some examples of Bobbed VLXs . . .
Here's what they sound like with the baffles punched out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=_0r9cklYflc&feature=channel
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Respeckt!
Sometime im making Bobber out my VLX 96
I think, this bike have the cobra exhaust?
Sometime im making Bobber out my VLX 96
I think, this bike have the cobra exhaust?
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jerm
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Here's my baby. 2000 Ducati 748 w/853 big bore kit. This is it in track plastics.
TraprMike
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the Ural is definatly a crowd gather'er... the UDF runs high most of the time.
it's not a fast bike, not a show bike, very little chrome. but it's fun to ride, and what other m/c comes with a machine gun mount as factory stock?? !! or at least used to (back in 06 the Gear Up's did). and now at least offer it as a factory option.. LOL..
ya, I've been known to leave a spent AK casing where I park, to mark my spot, like HD marks there spot..
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And, ya see, that's just it, if I DO get a motorcycle, I don't want a 'crotch rocket' that I'm gonna kill myself on ( no offense, jerm, but I'd KILL myself on the Ducatti) and I don't want a 'cruiser' because I'd probably drop the thing within a week and break something (Nick, that's a BEAUTIFUL bike and I'm jealous if your fabrication skills, but I really would break something unintentionally ). I want something that's gonna get me from point A to point B and I can have a bit of fun doing it. I'm leaning toward the Patrol model simply for it's 2 wheel drive ability. I don't think the Gear Up has it (but I might be wrong, I haven't looked for a while), although I really do like the paint job for it.
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NickD
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>>I don't want a 'cruiser' because I'd probably drop the thing within a week and break something<<
Have you taken a look at the new Harley Tri-Glide? They're a bit spendy but I saw one at the dealership the other day and they are beautiful machines.
Here's a review: http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/113/249/Motorcycle-Article/2009-Harley-Davidson-Tri-Glide-First-Ride.aspx
Have you taken a look at the new Harley Tri-Glide? They're a bit spendy but I saw one at the dealership the other day and they are beautiful machines.
Here's a review: http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/113/249/Motorcycle-Article/2009-Harley-Davidson-Tri-Glide-First-Ride.aspx