Moabiker's Tall Tales

[59Tebo]

Hahaha. I had an '88 Suzuki Samurai. Hard top, stock, not jacked up. They used to say they were too easy to tip. I pushed mine really hard (on the streets), and never even close to losing it. And with that tiny little engine, the only way to wring any performance out of it (rubber in 3 gears!) was to wind it up really high. If it had a redline, I never found it... It was a neat little truck (full length chassis, engine in the right direction, tiny shaft to the transfer case, shafts fore and aft to front and rear differentials), but if anybody were to T-bone it - death trap. And here in the snow belt, it was an unstoppable weapon (under 40 MPH)!

 

[Moabite]

...these are from 11/12/2018 , this thread....
...white one is mine...
...they were identical in 2017...

 

[Moabite]

...92 year old showed me some kewl stuff, not enough light for the pics, so only see very little

...dino is movie star, was in jurrassic park...(it is full size, complete replica of utah raptor)
...and that a bear skeleton ...
...he owns an eclectic rock and fossil store, but these are at his house...
http://www.linottingersmuseum.org

 

[Moabite]

 

[Moabite]

...cowote says lake oowah is at 8,800 feet...

 

[Mailman]

Wow! You’re already starting the fall color changes, nice!

You need to channel your inner Crocodile Dundee!

 

[Moabite]

...last year at this time there was alot of snow in the mountains,maybe any day now and higher elevations will get snow...

...take my mind off streetbike with good video because...

***next morning street bike not start again, argh...

 

[Moabite]

...so this gal asked me to fix her bike because she not ridden it in 9 years and wants to sell it...
...but can you fix it here, i have lots of motorcycle tools, and do it now? It has gas in the tank and i used additive so that should be ok...

 

[Moabite]

...so plans are to grab this bike tomorrow and clean carbs and fix stuck throttle cable...
...and very shortly after grab my samurai and xr600...

×××editted a few days later, she wants seafoam mechanic to fix at her place, find someone else then.

 

[member28833]

...so this gal asked me to fix her bike because she not ridden it in 9 years and wants to sell it...

Eliminators are fun to ride. Enjoy it.
btw, what about her

 

[Moabite]

Eliminators are fun to ride. Enjoy it.
btw, what about her

...mountain bike mama what i looking for...
...(also friend's gf)...
...she eliminatod...

 

[azman857]

2hrs fix....tops...NOT!

 

[Moabite]

...inline 4

...v-8...
...samurai and jeep that tow it here...

 

[Moabite]

 

[Jim]

Yeah... that ain't gonna buff out....

 

[59Tebo]

Uh oh....... Is it serious?
Here, in upstate NY, they use salt on the roads in winter, so car/truck bodies/frames only last 10-15 years, or so. All the local bone yards are full of carcasses (carci?) with motors in them with a lot of miles left on them. Dime-a-dozen... well, not quite...
What are your chances of finding a used motor?

 

[Moabite]

Uh oh....... Is it serious?
Here, in upstate NY, they use salt on the roads in winter, so car/truck bodies/frames only last 10-15 years, or so. All the local bone yards are full of carcasses (carci?) with motors in them with a lot of miles left on them. Dime-a-dozen... well, not quite...
What are your chances of finding a used motor?

...found a crank and bearings for $325, gasket kit for $45, and front and rear oil seals for $30.
...i think that the only damage so far my old worn out eagle-eyes see so far...need to pull rest of crank off tomorrow...
...looking for a replacement motor in moab as preferable way to fix, sure there one here somewhere...

 

[59Tebo]

Good for you! If that's the only damage, you'll be able to get out of it "relatively" cheap! Good luck, and keep "us" posted (I'm nosy ), even if it's not an Xs650. Come to think of it, the Samauri didn't have much more horsepower than an Xs650....

 

[Moabite]

Good for you! If that's the only damage, you'll be able to get out of it "relatively" cheap! Good luck, and keep "us" posted (I'm nosy ), even if it's not an Xs650. Come to think of it, the Samauri didn't have much more horsepower than an Xs650....

...less...
...ungodly slow acceleration on the road...
...fun for moab though, even stock...
...kinda the honda cub of cars...

 

[Mailman]

CRIKEY !!!