Recent content by Screaming Meemie

Any interest on this at $2600obo?? I'm inclined to think it's worth about 2 & a half but I'm biased. haha. Anybody think my Betsea is good for over $2k or should I quit tryin? 24,019 on the clock.

Place me in the no noticeable difference group... unless you use crappy old fuel tubing as a stand-in & it develops a nice crack 20 miles from the garage in the dark leaving you to limp home, thumb on the barb. Put me in that group too. I went back to caps ($2.75 for a 6 pack at oriley) & sock...

Bumpity Bump bump. Update: Changed the oil and cut the mufflers off some old stockers I had laying around & installed them. She sounds great & runs even better. Mileage is a tad under 24k, not 29 as I said above. Whoops! Anywhoo, lowered my price a bit... asking $2800obo. Im very open to any...

I've put my Betsea up for sale! All new filters & gaskets this season Re-done BS38's Just changed the oil after 500 miles... it was almost caramel colored still.. no metal or plastic in the pan Removed rear baffles in stock exhaust & have another stock set as well HHB oil cooler HHB...

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/mcy/4594559356.html Back up. Same bike, just reposting due to a multi-time flagger. Getting tired of this childish ad-removing BS... very obo on the price.

Mine's up here: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/mcy/4593134940.html '79 650SF If it's still up it's for sale. OBO, very open to reasonable offers.

Yeah definitely, Gentleman. Same composition, just less dense/less of it to be had per 'breath' of the engine. Going to keep my jetting the same, fingers crossed, and do a plug chop or two.

Thanks all! I'm definitely going to change some sprockets around when I get back to MN.. The stock rear with the 18t front seems like it'd be a decent middle ground while still leaving 5th gear good for some higher speed cruising on county backroads.

Thanks 5twins, thats honestly what the bike was feeling like... I was wondering if the elev. maybe just added to it? Either way, I'm most likely going to gear it back down a bit, maybe try the stock rear & 18t front, in MN because the speed limits are lower & I'd like a bit of extra giddy up...

Not to flatter, but seeing what somebody could do with a bike like this is what made me pounce on my '79 when I found it. Haha. Not that I went anywhere NEAR as ambitious. Glad to hear all the great news man! Welcome back.

I love my shocks more with every pothole, speed bump & railroad crossing I come across. & Kickstart is great for leaving the bar, looking like a badass... but when nobody's watching that electric leg is the bee's knees.

Hey guys, jetting/elevation question here. Bought the bike in MN (elev.950ft) all stock, ran great (which I later couldn't believe due to the rotten air filters, oil filters, sparkies...etc). I hit 102 speedo-indicated mph with stock gearing. Didn't check the tach at that time, but I'm sure it...

Yikes man, thats rough. It's primo ride time around here. Hope everything works out for ya, it sure is a sweet looking bike! Hope to see some on-the-road shot of 'er on here soon.

That may well be true... I only have 200 miles on it. I guess I just assumed a 3mm gap when running, I could fit my pinky finger between the shaft and chain on the curves in the chain and nearly so when the the rivet is adjacent to the shaft. I'll admit that i was considering going to 520 sized...

I've got no tensioner on mine, but no hardtail either. I'm running 18/30 with the shaft-guard removed and there is no way that the chain will ever hit the shaft and still be on the sprocket.. a solid 3mm gap at the least. Stock chain, size 530. Ive got about 200 miles since the 18t install and i...