Wallrat

What size domes did you get and what's your compression? You could probably stay on 91 octane down to a 21 or maybe even a 20cc dome w/ a +4 advance. Lower than that and you'll need higher octane.

Gasses of any type have a weight. Take a look at the periodic table - at the very bottom of each element is that element's atomic weight measured in atomic mass units (AMU's). Hydrogen has the lowest weight at 1.008 AMU whereas something like Radon is much heavier at 222 AMU. The more pressure that the vessel has, the more it will weigh. That's because your cramming more molecules into a given volume. We use large compressed gas cylinders at my work and I can easily tell if a bottle is empty or full. I can hoist an empty one onto my shoulder no problem, with a full one I try to roll it whenever possible. Something as small as a tire holding as little as 5psi isn't gonna weigh a whole lot more. You won't see any gains in performance if anyone out there is thinking of filling their tires with hydrogen - all you'll get is 4 bombs bolted to your bike.

I think it should be mandatory that their wee-wees get cut off. After that the courts can decide if they'll fry as well.

Do a search. Justintoxicated has a pretty technical setup using good 1 watt LED's, not those radio shack pieces. Its pretty blinding to be sure. I've seen a few bikes out there with regular LED's and it just isn't bright enough. Basically looks like crap.

Doesn't attract dirt? WD-40 is a dirt magnet! Not only that but WD-40 is a degreaser. Unless you're spraying it on after every ride its gonna rob your chain of lube. I used to use this stuff called Triflow on my bike chain. Had teflon n crap in it. Might have to look into it for the quad.

Delrin's are $20 at alba...what's trinity selling em for?

The conversion is pretty easy. You'll need either the trailtech or ricky stator regulator/rectifier to replace your current voltage regulator. Then you'll need to float the ground on your stator (involves desoldering the ground wire from the timing plate, soldering it to a wire, and then running the wire up through the harness). After that you install a battery or a capacitor and wire everything up. You're going to lose a little wattage in the conversion so your dual 35w lights might yellow a little bit. For that reason it might be a good idea to get the 200w stator from ricky stator. He can actually float the ground for you if you ask him to when you order. Then its just plug n' play.

I haven't seen your previous post. Whats the problem been so far and what have you done already to fix it?

2 weeks in Italy

If you can make it out to Glamis your more than welcome to team up with us. I'll also probably be in Pismo at least once this summer. I've got a yfz450 which is very fast, but also a good beginner quad. My wife learned on it and is tearing it up now. I've also got my shee, which is built up so its probably more of a suicide machine to new riders.

Almost all twins are born at least that early and you know how common twins are. 5 weeks isn't usually too bad man so don't stress too much. Good luck and congrats!

Dude so tell us honestly...how long did you smell your seat after you left?

get a BJ from Brooke...

No you don't neccesarily need different arms as whatever shock you get can be valved/sprung for your weight/riding style/arm length/terrain. The only problem will be if you think that you might get wider arms at some point in the future. If you do, then you're going to need a revalve at least and possibly a new spring. Personally I'd go with TCS if you can afford em. Great shocks!

I too am running a custom creations dune port on my stroker. Nice port job and a cool guy to deal with. Don't get me wrong, Ol' Roger over at Wicked is cool too. Either of them would build you a great engine that you'll be happy with. I paid $300 for my porting.

I've got a big ass inverter and my electric impact when I go to the dunes. There's nothing stopping me from doing a complete rebuild inside of my trailer. I think my electric impact was about $30 from harbor freight. Hasn't let me down yet.

Got to really ride the piss outta my lights this past weekend. Had an issue with losing a couple screws on one of the lights but was able to fix it with an extra screw and some zipties. Unfortunately I couldn't run my MR16's and my helmet mounted MR11 HID's at the same time unless I had the rpm's up. I've narrowed down the problem and it looks like its battery related and nothing to do with the lights. Anyway the lights are very good. I more than doubled my comfortable speed when riding dunes at night. Aside from the zip ties holding everything together, I don't have any complaints about these new lights. If you like riding at night, then these things are worth twice their list price! I got a few thumbs up and heard a few "daaaaaaamns" as I rode by with these suckers on. The dc conversion isn't difficult and if anybody decides to do it feel free to pm me with any questions.

Here's a few regulars that I had to tangle with every month: Police K9 trained Shepard 2 professionally trained dobermans prof trained pit and mastiff another trained doberman trained rott and pitt Plus I was trained with a pit and his trainer. Got to wear the whole arm guard thingy and have the pit try to remove my arm. Interesting experience to be sure. Fun job actually but it sucked when the weather was bad. I made friends with alot of dogs but some dogs just don't wanna be friendly. We had the option to give the people an estimate which I did from time to time when I just didn't feel like dealing with locked gates, booby traps, trash, bad dogs, and all the other crazy shit you run into in peoples' yards. I got a good rep at my center for being able to get the reads on the worst routes so that's generally what I got. 3 years of working the routes that nobody wants and you get the skills to deal with any dog out there.

Well certain breeds lend towards certain characteristics. Just like a stereotype, its not always the case but its true often enough to be more than coincidence. Pits are thought to be very dangerous animals, and sometimes they are. Generally I found that they're pretty nasty to fight with because of their threshold for pain, but are usually easy to outsmart. That said, the smartest dog I've ever seen was a pit/chow mix. Out of the 1000's of dogs I've squared off against - pits, rotts, mastiffs, chihuahua's, chows, etc...the one I hated the most was the Akita. They don't bark, they don't act aggressive, they just look at ya and then when they're close enough they attack. You literally won't know whether its a cool dog or a killer until its 3 feet away. I dunno if that's the kinda dog you want cruising around your house but some people like em. Personally I'd go for the alarm system. If your buddy/uncle/daughter accidentally sets off the alarm it doesn't involve a trip to the ER. My wife accidentally closed a gate on her shepard's tail when she was a kid. When she tried to free it the dog mauled her leg. Good dog but shit like that happens all the time. Ask around with anybody at animal control and they'll tell you horror stories about somebody's family pet that'll make you never want anything bigger than a teacup poodle.

However he was sitting on the front bumper riding backwards...

Been a couple months since the last one of these threads...

I dunno man...tearing apart a banshee engine sounds alot worse than it actually is. Even looking at a clymers and reading through the process it seems like alot of stuff, but then when you actually are doing it you'll keep thinking, "that's it"? If anything I'd say a rebuild is just a test of your organizational skills. If you can keep everything organized its a painless procedure. I use ziploc baggies and a permament pen. All the small pieces (nuts, bolts, springs, etc.) get their own baggy and I specifically label what each is. Instead of puting everything in a bag labelled "clutch" put the pieces in several bags - clutch spring bolts, clutch inner hub nut, etc. If there's a bunch of bolts for a given part, and they're different sizes (like for the case halves), I wrap a piece of tape around each one and put the number of the hole it came out of. I then put all the parts into 1 or 2 big plastic bins so I don't have pieces scattered around my garage. Plan on 1 day to take it apart, and 1 day to put it back together. It shouldn't take you any longer than that. The closer you can make those 2 days to each other, the easier it'll be to reassemble as the process will still be familiar. One of the main benefits to rebuilding your current engine is then you'll know exactly what kind of shape its in when you're done. If you buy a used engine off ebay you have no idea how the previous owner treated it. While your replacing parts in your engine you can do some reliability upgrades, like welding your crank or installing a billet impeller. I think a rebuild is a better way to go, regardless of how much of your engine is trashed.

I split mine on a small folding table that I setup in the corner of my garage. Kept a plastic box underneath to put all the parts in as I removed them and put em into ziplocs. You can have it out of the frame and split in half a day easy.

I totally agree with jeepman. I had dual 35's on my +4 and I just switched it back to the single setup I ran prior to putting in the stroker. Just tested it all out this weekend for the first time and it was great. Way too much power still so I need to look into a longer swingarm but that was gonna happen no matter what. Yeah I lost some on top, but I can't keep the front end down anyway so did I really need that extra power? The only caution I might offer is that the Passion 12 port is a pretty aggressive port job that alot of people have had a real hard time jetting. I'm sure you could run a single but its literally gonna come down to trying different needles to get rid of all the flat spots. I dunno what jeepman is running but I've just got a mild dune port done by Custom Creations and it ran very strong and was easy to jet.

I'm really happy with my T5's. Great all around pipe and more power than I need on my +4. I haven't ridden CPI's but I've heard good things about em. I have ridden shearers and I hated them. Zero power till you hit the powerband and then it was on. Total lightswitch. Made it very annoying to dune with. Lots of top end though.