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bosco659's latest activity
bosco659
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Cam Seal Leaking... still
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I see the washers in there.
Yesterday at 8:10 PM
bosco659
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Mailman's post
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Mailman’s Suzuki C50 Boulevard
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Haha
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It sure is pretty. 😂 Uhhmmm….it handles nice too. Did I mention it’s comfortable?
Thursday at 9:40 PM
bosco659
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Mailman’s Suzuki C50 Boulevard
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Very nice. How do you find it for power?
Thursday at 9:08 PM
bosco659
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CVMG Rally 2022 is on!
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One month away!😀
Thursday at 12:53 AM
bosco659
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Polishing questions?????
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Started using blue magic to clean chrome. I found it’s the best!
Wednesday at 8:46 PM
bosco659
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Just Picked this Up Today!!
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I’d be careful about how much torque you apply to the crank nut. The thread isn’t that big. Many years ago when. I bought my beetle...
Wednesday at 10:36 AM
bosco659
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An Adventure in Firsts: '83 XS650 Heritage Special Build/Rebuild
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That’s a good deal. Shipping is a killer for us northerners. Shipping by this vendor to canada is about $30 USD.
Tuesday at 10:53 PM
bosco659
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An Adventure in Firsts: '83 XS650 Heritage Special Build/Rebuild
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JT sprockets are commonly used by the guys running Suzuki GT750’s. They have a pretty good rep. I’m in the process of ordering one...
Tuesday at 10:23 PM
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Petrol prices
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Saw an offshore type boat for sale locally. Advertised twin 425hp engines. Googled fuel consumption and it said 1 gal / hr / 10 hp...
Monday at 11:01 PM
bosco659
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Petrol prices
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$11.04 / imp gal this weekend for 94 octane 😩
Monday at 5:47 PM
bosco659
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New addition to the garage…
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The money pit is getting deep. Just ordered carb kits, throttle shaft seals, carb rubbers (intake and air box)… triple of everything...
Monday at 1:21 PM
bosco659
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New addition to the garage…
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The bike idles better now. Put timing back to spec because the surging and bucking didn’t go away as hoped. Plan to do a complete carb...
Sunday at 8:52 PM
bosco659
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New addition to the garage…
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Coil relay mod. Power for coils direct from battery. Eliminates voltage drop though old wiring connections and switches. Supposed to...
May 14, 2022
bosco659
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Great source for vintage parts
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Well here I am with no parts. ☹️ Supposed to be delivered yesterday but FedEx reports a delay for clearance processing. I guess I’m...
May 14, 2022
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Great source for vintage parts
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The best part is you get these guys with an order
May 13, 2022
bosco659
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New addition to the garage…
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As per 5T’s suggestion I retarded the timing by a degree (According to my eyeball) and much of the surging or bucking seems to be gone...
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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New addition to the garage…
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The two bikes together.
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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Cam Seal Leaking... still
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Iirc I had a leaking seal too that I couldn’t stop with repop seals. An OEM Yamaha seal did the trick. I believe it was a narrower seal.
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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New addition to the garage…
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Wow, looks great. I’m surprised the disc would remove that much material. I had a look at my rotors last night and they look worse...
May 12, 2022
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Sold / Found / Inactive -
1977 XS650D Sold Sold Sold!
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First thing I have I to do is hide a key in the headlight bucket I don't ever want to be stranded after losing the key I had a friend...
May 12, 2022
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Cruizinimage quality?
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Also some of the measurements differed and the floats were narrower.........as i recall, without looking up the post
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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Cruizinimage quality?
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Could be but $55 for six rubber donuts seemed high. I’ll eventually order them anyway. Lol.
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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Cruizinimage quality?
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Just registered with them and started to place an order. Parts prices were good but shipping costs looked disproportionately high.
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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Cruizinimage quality?
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I bought a set of inlet rubbers for an XS850 from them. They appear to be good quality, they haven't had fuel near them yet though. I...
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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Cruizinimage quality?
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Worth buying because their parts are usually very good and they are cheap enough that if they weren't then not so much of a loss. Cant...
May 12, 2022
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New addition to the garage…
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Cleaning up grooved rotors: Us cheap asses mount the rotor so it spins freely and go at with a flap disk on an angle grinder. Flip rotor...
May 12, 2022
bosco659
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Cruizinimage quality?
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Will do. Thx Jim.
May 11, 2022
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Cruizinimage quality?
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The Garage
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I’m looking to buy a set of carb and air box rubber connectors for my GT750 Suzuki. Cruzinimage has these parts available at a good...
May 11, 2022
bosco659
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Great source for vintage parts
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Thx. Did Fed Ex notify you that the shipment was held up for paperwork? How long ago was this?
May 11, 2022
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What if "they" are purposely pricing petrol out of existence, making everybody run out to buy electric cars, because they are "so much...
May 11, 2022
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