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I think he's referring to kph -- kilometers per hour. Kind of an odd way to make the reference, though.

Hrm . . . I got the idea from an article I found on the web somewhere. This guy filled his tank with the soda solution and, using a section of a coat hanger, suspended the anode from the gas cap opening. He had good results. As I recall, I decided on the easy way out because I didn't want to...

Resurrecting a semi-stagnant thread here, but anyway . . . Yep, This is pretty much exactly what i did with an XS750 tank I bought for my cafe project. If you value your tank's paint job, though, I don't recommend it. For my tub, I used an aquarium I had sitting around. Obviously, you don't...

Thanks. At google, when I do a search on flame and aluminum wheels and trucking or trucks, all I get are hits about customized trucks that have flames painted on their bodywork. :shrug:

Do you have any more info on this "flame" product? I'm not having much luck finding it using google.

And that is typical. All the later engines sold in the US are "447."

Regarding phosphoric acid, there's a product that can be found in some hardware stores called Rust Cure: http://www.rust-cure.com/ It's premixed, ready to apply. I buy it in quart-size spray bottles. I've used Rust Cure on bare iron and steel, the insides of tanks, just plain rusty...

azman857 has you pointed in the right direction for a cafe bike on the cheap. In fact, much of this is the direction I'll be taking for my cafe build. I have an XS750 tank that I've picked up for the build and I have a gen-u-ine bum-stop cafe seat with no rear fender (cuz that's the way I like...

I got two main jets installed a couple years ago and one expansion plug (angioplasty because it was too close to a branch point). Made a big difference. Naw, my health issues are related to elevated blood sugar which has apparently risen to the level of being in diabetes territory. Some side...

Thanks for passing these links along. Guess it's time for me to start brushing up on my German.

Webcam's price for rephased cams used to be a lot cheaper, since they grind the camshaft down to the base circle and build the lobes back up anyway. To them it didn't matter where the lobes were placed -- you just told them where you wanted them. But they changed their prices once they noticed...

inxs, where did you find those images? I'd like to find a set of them a bit larger so I can print them out and add them to my reference files. Interesting shifter, eh?

Well, I guess it all depends on the sort of riding you'll be doing. One thing I've never enjoyed about my XS was how tightly wound out it feels on the freeway. The OD 5th will reduce the freeway revs while not affecting the bike's acceleration through the lower gears the way changing sprocket...

Good ol' Simple Green works wonders for carbon fouling. You just have to be patient with it. Submerge the parts you want cleaned in it, and let them sit -- sometimes for up to a week -- and they will be virtually spotless when you remove them. I'd follow Gordon's advice on the bores. They...

Thanks for the feedback, Pete. I had forgotten about inxs's earlier post. I usually work from a Clymer's. Been meaning to add a Hayne's to my collection too. If it has many charts like the above, then I suspect it's perhaps a bit better than the Clymer's, which I find to be barely adequate.