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Switching front and rear sprocket.
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Bot/Troll U took the bait
Yesterday at 5:03 AM
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AUTOMAN
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Whats your weather right now?
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Currently dark. Continued mostly dark until widely scattered light towards sunrise.:laugh2:
Yesterday at 2:08 AM
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Valve Guide Question
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I've seen multiple guide to head oil leaks on Vipers and Hemis. Slight gouge or debris snowballs into severe score direct path from...
Yesterday at 2:01 AM
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Semi-generic carb theory question
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BS carbs? They are supposed to eliminate whacking throttle open lean stumble by extra fuel. cliff
Thursday at 12:52 PM
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Calling all tuners/plug chop
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Bad chop, start with a new plug. Plug inspection is way down the insulator. cliff
Thursday at 12:55 AM
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Little end blues
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Pix are too blurry. What copper is missing? cliff
Tuesday at 2:05 PM
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Low compression.
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Like I said, lazy opening. Usual measure point is .050" Threw me off. Any progress? cliff
Monday at 1:56 PM
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Low compression.
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These are very lazy cams! 36°BTDC I.O. is more like it. @.050
Monday at 5:17 AM
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AUTOMAN
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Low compression.
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Intake opens WHEN? Not an adiabatic miller cycle engine. cliff
Sunday at 1:54 PM
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Low compression.
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Sounds like timing chain skipped a tooth.
Sunday at 12:46 AM
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Just Ride.
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does this count? '74 250A
Sep 23, 2023
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Low compression.
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Usually the wrong compression gage with the check valve near the gage itself. This will add 8cc or so volume and resultant low...
Sep 23, 2023
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New member introduction
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Hi I am cliff. A rather newbie here without, but I do have an XS650 SP2 1979. Rear end that is. Spoked Borranis, 16" rim on a Kaw H1...
Sep 23, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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Concentrate on idle, you are confusing us and yourself. the 36mm cut away has zero influence on idle, kapeesh? ZERO cliff
Sep 20, 2023
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Handle bar grips - glue or no glue
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Gasoline!
Sep 19, 2023
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Any Idea What’s Causing This Gunk?
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Just one port doing this? Valve guide dripping oil from rocker box. Sloppy guides do this if really bad, but guide to head casting due...
Sep 18, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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"The height that the 2.5 slides arc is cut to makes it a lot more open than the 2.0 even when the idle screw isn't screwed in all the...
Sep 17, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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Nothing to do with idle.
Sep 14, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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Forget the cable adjust Concentrate on idle, you are confusing us and yourself. cliff
Sep 13, 2023
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Interesting new spark plug tech....plasma plugs
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More BS nonsense. Same BS as Singh Grooves on the head. What do think the current spark plugs do? cliff
Sep 13, 2023
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Horn issues
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Think about handlebar grounding also. cliff
Sep 12, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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Pilot circuit completely non-op You are forcing the throttle open enough for the "off-idle" cut-away/needle jet fuel to flow, just to...
Sep 12, 2023
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Rev counter jumping/not charging
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Phone charger on a bike? cliff
Sep 3, 2023
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The years have been less than kind...
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Great patina. If you forget stuff, it does not bother you.
Aug 26, 2023
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77 shell 750CC holed the piston
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Underside of pistons may tell us something, I rest on my experience. Skull, you are correct on the replies. Experts here to help and...
Aug 26, 2023
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1976 XS650 Starving for Fuel?
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? Is the TCI that sensitive on 12-14.5volts? Sounds like heat or fuel stave. cliff
Aug 25, 2023
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My disc brake is dragging.
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Seal on caliper pushes piston back a couple thou away from the rotor. Or should. cliff
Aug 25, 2023
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Are you an "under revver", "over revver"?
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What iz rev limit? cliff
Aug 23, 2023
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77 shell 750CC holed the piston
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Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl Used in the '80-'90's by all major brands. Until it was found that it clogged up cats and...
Aug 22, 2023
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77 shell 750CC holed the piston
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Deto-pure and simple. Classic end gas deto on hot side of chamber. Crown also weak from heat and fractured from deto. Cliff btw red...
Aug 22, 2023
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Another Oil Thread
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Use non synthetic for break-in because it's cheap. Run for 10-20 minutes and dump it. cliff
Aug 20, 2023
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77 shell 750CC holed the piston
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Detonation-classic Top land damaged Valve cut out valley next to land
Aug 20, 2023
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Another Oil Thread
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Old GM EOS. 2OZ with normal fill. Phos and Zinc for 20 minutes then dump. cliff
Aug 19, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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CA=Cut Away(how rich/lean the off idle pickup point is.
Aug 19, 2023
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Throttle cable/idle adjustment vm34
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Seems like pilot circuit is zilch. Need to jack up slides to idle is just starting the pick up transition CA circuit. Screw the screw...
Aug 18, 2023
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Is there a beater thread?
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Great idea!
Aug 7, 2023
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Selling a bike / how to handle test rides?
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My 900 Ninja paid for, with signed registration in hand . He ripped around with a borrowed AGV. Never returned. With my 300 buck...
Aug 1, 2023
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Cruisin Image rings issues
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What was the break-in proc? cliff
Jul 27, 2023
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Black and White Spark Plug
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Yes remarkable contrast on the plug. Glazed black is oil coking. Light brown/white crusties on ground electrode is phosphorous from oil...
Jul 25, 2023
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Black and White Spark Plug
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Fuel wash and some oil burning. cliff
Jul 24, 2023
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Over revving
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Other than slight angle. It looks good.
Jul 22, 2023
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Over revving
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I'll bite. how'd ya modify? cliff
Jul 22, 2023
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A Rupp story
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302/289/260 SBF
Jul 22, 2023
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Blade Fuses
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Whoaw-wow how do we measure such things? Without a u tube vid. cliff
Jul 18, 2023
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snap on tools
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Same here Jim. I had bought some at Roush since it was convenient. 500 bucks worth and 20 bucks a week payment. 1985 and complete crap...
Jul 18, 2023
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'79 Special 2 front wheel rim ?
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Borrani's!
Jul 16, 2023
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Running hot after BBK and total top end rebuild.
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8/10 thou ring gaps? cliff
Jul 13, 2023
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Wannabriden's D Port Re-Port
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Keep on learning. This post is cool to see. Aero-dynamics are so cool. Various densities, velocities, mass flows and most important...
Jul 12, 2023
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good good good no vibrations
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Unless forcing function is a pure sign wave, it has harmonics. cliff
Jul 12, 2023
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Wannabriden's D Port Re-Port
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As for pitot tubes.. I use them and these special valves to map velocity around the seat at various lifts. example 6.4L
Jul 11, 2023
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