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These bikes were sold in all markets without an oil cooler, so I'd say if you aren't running lean your engine is going to be just fine.

Ankle is ok. There is one point just above my anklebone that will send me airborne if I press it, some rainbow colours and overall tightness, but is ok considering the amount of weight that was on it. I assume the other driver will be charged with something, but he readily admitted fault for...

Tank was handmade aluminum from Omega Racer. The sidepanels were the usual plastic chrome.

I think the mech probably took one look at the bike and wrote up a worst case estimate. It's not like he's going to spend a lot of time evaluating such an old bike. The handlebars were twisted to one side in reference to the front wheel, so the triples were always going to be suspect. I suspect...

I went to the bike shop and saw the list of parts needing replacement, which included frame and forks. Everything is NLA of course. R.I.P. Chromeo. APRIL 1983 - JUNE 2024. Your like shall not be seen again. I'll see if I can snag the tank and seat. Eh...maybe not. Sometimes you just have to...

No. 174 eastbound in Ottawa just before Orleans.

Just some abrasions on my right foot, and a bit of ache. The bike has a borked center stand, mufflers are scraped to hell, and the turn signals are toast. The headlight no longer points straight ahead. The signal mounts on the rear frame are twisted pretty good but should be able to be...

First day of holidays, baddaboom, baddabing...

Every boy must pass the milestone of having his foot slip off the pedal. What sadistic bastard decided a man's bike should have the crossbar? Probably the same guy who coined the word "lisp".

Looks like it passed the torture test. 5 Taco Bells out of 5.

I would have expected a silver machine. He was apparently a room mate of a couple of HA's back in the day, and performed a song called Iron Horse, but apparently wasn't into bikes. He liked a different kind of speed, and once challenged a fellow "motorhead" to a bed jumping contest that lasted 3...

What chaps me is that I have the original set of '81 Hitachi 40mm carbs sitting on the bench and seems to have lost a part of the enrichment actuator preventing me from pressing them into duty. They were absolutely pristine inside.

They are Mikuni. 40mm flatslides, which seem like overkill for a cruiser but there ya go. The bike is a Virago monoshock. Fuel is gravity feed since there is no secondary fuel tank requiring a lift pump. I saw a post on thumpertalk where someone had successfully used genuine Mikuni jets in a...

I have a motor from a 99 1100 into an 81 chassis. The problem was transferred to the rear cylinder by turning the carb set around and running the motor. I am grasping at straws that the air cut off might be malfunctioning somehow but I doubt it. It just floods the front cylinder at idle and...

Further investigation leads me to believe I might just have worn out needle jets.

Has anyone had to have different pilot settings cylinder to cylinder to combat overfuelling? I put a clean set of plugs into my bike last night and went for about a 30min rip. Left plug is sooty and black but dry. Right plug is dry and "dusty" caramel color. Both carbs are set to 1.75 turns on...

I've given up on my Virago carb. There is something fundamentally wrong with it that no amount of cleaning, replacing parts or swearing has fixed. I am thinking of buying a pair of Chinesium VM38s and a dual throttle cable and hoping for the best. The bike may not be insurable, so I don't want...

Sounds like the upholsterer was projecting.

I'll consider that the next time through the Corkscrew.