Recent content by ThePirate

Welcome howard... Nice bike i really like that rear fender...and yer seat...pretty bad ass bike overall..how's it ride with those drag bars and forward controls...

Toomany: i'm always trying to rationalize others ideas or perspective....i'm honest but horribly sarcastic...i have fun at others expense more than one should...i'm not the devil or a saint ...just trying to wrap my head around the bigger picture before the lights go out...i've wanted a chopper...

SpaghettiO's...i tried to edit my post but dunno what happened..one vm38 might work i couldnt say for sure...if they're snowmobile carbs..put em back on craigslist or kijiji and look for a set of 34's...or just buy a set from one the companies doing xs650 specific carbs...:shrug: Running rich is...

Dude , Dont you think vm 38's are a tad bit big...vm34 are more than enough...even for a rather modified motor...but then again what do i know..seriously not much

Hardtails are legal...they just gotta be registered as a custom and has to be fabb'd by a custom shop certified as a vehicle manufacturer...or illegally by keeping the neck numbers an registering it at the dmv as a stock bike and getting insurance with only liabilty ..hopefully the insurance co...

Johnygofast...: Or independently wealthy ...or self employed...

Dont think i'd ever say something like that...i also have a personal rule about not havin friends named herbert.lol..truth is ..if i ever get to such an age...i'd look at that young chopper freak and think " right on , ride the shit outta that chop..ya silly basterd"..all said rider would see i...

We all age...an old man ranting about the crappyness of choppers is akin to a younger man ranting about having to spend asmall fortune on a 30+ yr old bike when his appliance like r6/gsxr has a million times the performance...your opinion about choppers is exactly that ...your opinion...i've...

Others personal info hmmmmm.....dont know if any of you have burner phones or use them but ..you should see the crazy amount of info left on these things...so far i've had phones with a few bank account numbers ..lol not partials but full inputed fields of banking info...i could trace what...

Lol...you old guys sure are grumpy ....somebody change their depends and put matlock on the tv...it'll settle down in a bit when their meds kick in...its true though ...as part of a gereneration more than a few decades separated from the posters above (im pushing 40)..i ve rarely had to use hand...

Twomany , I have now .what i gather from those two posts is that people have a difference of opinions...i get it...guys with suspension bikes love em and guys who have hardtails/choppers love em too...do i have to hide my frame pics when asking for help on my motor rebuild...meh...what can u you...

Hey ippy, Does this mod help with finding neutral...im going with hand shift and dont wanna muck about approaching a red light looking for it...i coulda pm'd that i think..meh

I really dont understand the whole "dangerous pos" with all tig welds xray'd and what not...but i gotta ask...dont you like choppers? How are they P.O.S..i dunno..maybe you two could enlighten me ...maybe in a separate thread..since i think this one was about tire size...someone above was kinda...

See...this is where i kinda get cheesed...i am not building a piece of shit...i was a certified welder , have built race cars chassis and rollcages..ridden 300hp turbo and nitrous bikes( on the street in my less advanced years)..im not sour just wonderin if we were at a local bar pub...

I have to say...im running one of those 16x5.00 (avon sm2's) on a 3" harley fatboy rim...my fender sits super snug , which gives me concerns about riding at speed( hoping to fab up some fender mounts to kinda pull the fender away from tire)... i still havent figured out how im gonna set up my...