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    War on Drugs?

    damm, not good though im surprised about the mary j as adelaide use to be fairly liberal about this yrs ago ,yep thats the trouble with opiods , having to increase dosage to kill the pain , thing is theres a big gap between what the hosp docs think and what the gp think , hosp dont want u to...
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    War on Drugs?

    the so called war on drugs is having a neg effect in australia where it is getting harder and harder on legit people needing pain relief because of the pill mills etc in the usa , australia has never had that problem though some addicts would go doctor shopping for their drugs, this was only a...
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    Project 100hp rephased 880

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    preserving chrome

    AND THE WINNER IS ,,,,,,,,,🎬.......SKULL..... thanks for all the ideas but because of our climate iv decided to go with skulls method as hes just down the rd where its a bit more humid plus got a can of lanolin already ,, again thanks for the input as havnt stored any chrome long term ... and on...
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    preserving chrome

    forgot about lanolin , good idea as still got a lot in a spray can from another job , what do u think .. spray then wrap in cotton cloth and then in plastic
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    preserving chrome

    lol .. i bought a set of 2-1 pipes from mikes yrs ago , being mikes double checked every thing when they arrived . 6 months later pullled them out and their was small amounts of surface rust from where i had handled them without wiping them down before putting them back in the box , otherwise...
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    preserving chrome

    trouble is im in the tropics , was thinking a coating of something and then wrapped in cloth and then plastic as probably store it for 5-10 yrs , dont want to out lay to much as probably a 1 time useage ... would wd40 do the trick
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    preserving chrome

    having bought a royal enfield 500 classic im changing a few things , the first being the muffler as its big heavy and highly restrictive the bikes only got 2500 kls on it so the chrome is in very good cond for indian chrome .i want to keep it that way while putting the muffler into long term...
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    It’s that time of year again, the Las Vegas Mecham Motorcycle auction is coming up! 😃

    wow thats a amazing collection ,here in oz we can only drool as collections and auctions like this just doesnt happen here because of a lot smaller population , will be intresting to see the prices
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    Power

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    How far can you go on an XS650?

    have ridden from cairns in nth qld to mildura in vic on a xs650 a couple of times , its 1777 miles or 2860 lks ea way , so long as the bike is healthy and u keep your maintance up ( 2 months grape harvest in mildura in between ) not a problem , also dont push the bike, by staying roughly in the...
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    klicktronic gear changer

    has anybody here put a klicktronic gear changer on their xs650 or even a pringle , bought one 2nd hand yrs ago and just rediscovered it in the shed (bloody gremlins hid it for yrs ) , if so can you put up a discription of how u fitted it or photos would be even better ... thanks
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    Mystery backfires/ignition 180 out???

    this wont help u at all but reminded me of something from yrs ago , rebuilt the xs motor and all together tried to tune after a couple of joints and a beer or 2 , every time even touched the kick start would be a almight bang , a mate and i timed and timed it but could work out why till it...
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    done the unthinkable

    no jetting , fuel injection not carbs but once all the changes are done will get a mate to post pics for me ...forgot to mention also putting a low rider seat on it as well to get the feet more firmly on the ground
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    done the unthinkable

    lol... here in australia , harleys have more of a cult following than in the states , i only bought mine because it was so cheap and no other reason , have ridden a few harleys over the yrs but not the sportie and never owned any , try as i could but i just didnt like it prefering bikes like my...
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