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    Giveaway: Chop Source Frame Jig Kit! (ends 11pm CST on March 8th, 2015)

    IN - Just pulled my 79 out of storage to start working on!
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    Very tasty handbuilt, not an XS.

    It's like steampunk meets the golden age of bicycle building. Love the guy's outlook.
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    Please, serious inquiries only

    as a religious CL watcher (I've got the app on my android phone that will search multiple regions all at once) - I check the MC postings for about every area in a 2-hour-drive radius of me. Ad was Posted selling a 1993 CBR600F2 for $400. Guy's story stated "Recently moved, lost title. Bike...
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    Please, serious inquiries only

    I love that one the best. Esp on bikes where the speedo is driven off the front hub like my 92 CBR.
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    Definition Of Pain

    I did the same with a tablesaw when I was 18. Had the 2 pins sticking out and everything. Chewed the hell out of the middle and ring finger too, but managed to keep the bones intact on those. Same lack of pain from about 2 pm when it happened til I went into surgery 4 hours later. While I was...
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    XS newbie, reporting to duty

    Anyone got a method for unsticking the valve without a teardown? I've poured some marvel mystery oil over the top of the tappet and spring, and added some PB blaster for good measure, then I put the cover back on to let it marinate. Is there something I can insert under the spring retainer...
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    XS newbie, reporting to duty

    Quick update - finally got around to checking for a stuck valve, sure enough it's the exhaust valve on the right cylinder won't come back up. Bad thing is that I figured out the kickstarter wasn't frozen, the motor must have been rolled over onto that stuck valve when trying to get the...
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    Thoughts on flair ups in the classifieds

    cbrforum.com requires 100 posts before using the classifieds - that might be a little steep, but it does insure not too many people sit there and make a "good work" post on 100 threads and then start hawking their stuff. Moderators also are pretty strict about the for sale posts - must...
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    XS newbie, reporting to duty

    Thanks - sounds like it's a good thing I didn't really get on my breaker bar when working on it last night. Might also be a good thing that the kickstarter isn't working right now if that's the case.
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    XS newbie, reporting to duty

    Hey all from freaking hot Louisiana - first day of Fall, my ass. Anyway - at the wise old age of 35, I finally decided that I would give in to the lifelong draw that 2 wheels has always had on me. Borrowed a buddy's FZ1 to tool around on for a couple of months and get my endorsement and...
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