vifferman

You get what you pay for. Buying junk new is worse than buying good used.

Softscrub with Bleach

Great bike, very clean and tastefully done. Someone should snatch this thing up!

Doesn't the shape of the housing cause the field of view, not the bulb?

Thanks for the pics of the bottom of the frame. I agree with camatv. The frame is bent but not too bad. Your bigger problem is probably your shocks. The sleeve could be worn and too small causing the shock to bind.

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You forgot to take pics of the bottom. Put it in 1st gear and lift up on the front end until the bike is vertical, don't forget to shut off the gas, and take some pics of the bottom of the frame.

X2 I was going to have someone else do mine and discovered it was really quite simple. Having a good manual is always a good idea! Once you get your jugs cut and honed and your new pistons and gaskets go for it. It's so easy a cave man could do it! If you decide to hire someone use a site sponsor.

I know it's been a while but I'd like to know what the solution was, I have the same issue.

If you went into the ditch at 5 mph (not mpg) then I doubt that's what bent your frame. It sounds like your shock gave up the ghost and the new ones aren't much better. Either way you have a bent frame. Are your new pics of the bottom of the bike?

I'm sure it's great to feel the wind in your hair but especially after having to choose the ditch I think a helmet would come before any repairs.

Were did "Piss Poor" come from? Interesting History. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery... Iif you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... they "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!" Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old". Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom; "of holding a wake". England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, "saved by the bell" or was "considered a dead ringer".

This thread is over a year old. I doubt he still has em.

Stand it up on the back tires and check out the frame. I bet the front is tweaked and maybe even an a arm or two. Do you ride with the paintball mask?

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Besides tasting it burning seems to work best. I usually just pour some in a cup and if it has oil the oil with remain after the gas evaporates. Some oil has a tint to it so you can see that it has been added.

Pretty! Pretty pricey!

PICS, not thumbnails. I can't see anything in those shots. Maybe a PM would work better.

I picture this bike with the license plate from the Ferrari in Ferris Bueller's Day Off - "NRVOUS" Congrats on gettin 'er done but be carefull out there, the doctor bill will be way more than new A Arms.

Sounds like a WIN / WIN to me. Bueller... Bueller... Bueller...

I'm still waiting for pics of the silencers. If they are sold let us know. Don't say "First to send payment to [email protected] gets !!!!!!!!!!" then 3 people pay and 2 people have to get refunds. I want them and WILL buy them if you will send pictures of the silencers.

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The only thing left that would cause your lights not to work would be a bad ground from the headlights to the old key switch. You checked for power where the bulbs plugged in but did you check the ground there too? You might have to open up more of the wiring harness and see if anything else has been done to it.

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