Motorcycle Riders?

[t-squared]

ATAATT !!

 

[KokomoDave]

I put some miles on today. Was west bound out of Kokomope toward Russiaville and got passed by someone on a souped up turbo bike of some sort. Dude was hammer down and outward bound! I was doing my old dude speed of 10 over when Joe Whizz screamed by at least doing 100 or better. I knew I would find his mangled carcass ahead but he was solid.

 

[indyblue]

If HD is blocking owners from working on their own bikes, then I hate them, too.

Wait! Are they trying to pull a John Deer on customers too?

Newer cars are next. The next gen PCM code is all encrypted so cannot be tuned/repaired without factory authorized keys, plus I think they have TPM (trusted compute module) too so even if youy could get around encryption, the code won't run if untrusted.

 

[JCSR]

Wait! Are they trying to pull a John Deer on customers too?

Newer cars are next. The next gen PCM code is all encrypted so cannot be tuned/repaired without factory authorized keys, plus I think they have TPM (trusted compute module) too so even if youy could get around encryption, the code won't run if untrusted.

I have mixed feelings on the whole deal. When I worked at the bike shop we saw results of so many people that had no business working on their own bikes. The best one was with 2-stroke oil injected engines that had locked up. The oil tank was full but the feed line was dry. Like if you ran out of oil and just decided to fill the tank.

 

[JCSR]

I put some miles on today. Was west bound out of Kokomope toward Russiaville and got passed by someone on a souped up turbo bike of some sort. Dude was hammer down and outward bound! I was doing my old dude speed of 10 over when Joe Whizz screamed by at least doing 100 or better. I knew I would find his mangled carcass ahead but he was solid.

Good that you got out there. How is your neck/back issues doing these days?

 

[t-squared]

 

[t-squared]

 

[Dr.Midnight]

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Get your foot off my bike.

 

[semperfi211]

New cycle gear store just opened by southlake mall. I'm going to have to check it out. https://www.cyclegear.com/stores/cycle-gear-merillville-in-store-189

 

[tv1217]

About friggin time. Now I don't have to go out to Tinley ever again.

 

[tmschuller]

Starting my restore to ride RD350 this weekend.. I love anything 2 stroke/smoke!
Grandson is helping and I hopefully pass along the vintage bike bug to him
It’s not pretty but mostly there. Looking for an exhaust for it. Motor turns over and it’s not been rashes or abused
Any other 2 stroke fans out there?! Thanks. Tim

 

[EyeCarry]

Years ago my brother owned a Suzuki 750 water buffalo. It had some kind of tuned pipe on it. Crazy sounding and yes, smoke.

 

[WanderingSol07]

I had a '73 Suzuki GT750K (water buffalo), here is a pic.

 

[tmschuller]

I had a '73 Suzuki GT750K (water buffalo), here is a pic.

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Man I would love to find one! I have had about every Kawasaki triple.. except the kh500. 3 750 h2’s and loved them for just the raw power they had.
My rd is the Portuguese orange a 75 or 74.. the tail piece is made from an old gas tank

 

[printcraft]

Man I would love to find one! I have had about every Kawasaki triple.. except the kh500. 3 750 h2’s and loved them for just the raw power they had.
My rd is the Portuguese orange a 75 or 74.. the tail piece is made from an old gas tank View attachment 268409

I mentally took that apart and have been making updates and rebuilding it...
NOTE: I've been watching far too many motorcycle restoration videos on youtube over the winter.

 

[t-squared]

Starting my restore to ride RD350 this weekend.. I love anything 2 stroke/smoke!
Grandson is helping and I hopefully pass along the vintage bike bug to him
It’s not pretty but mostly there. Looking for an exhaust for it. Motor turns over and it’s not been rashes or abused
Any other 2 stroke fans out there?! Thanks. Tim
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I had one of these that I raced a bit, along with general street hooliganing !!

 

[Longhair]

Love me some two stroke, My first street bike was a 72 Kawasaki triple then in 1977 I bought a 76 KZ900 LTD that I still own.

I've had a few KZ 900/1000 thru the years and just bought a project 77 KZ1000 last October from a member here. I've been working on bringing it back to stock condition and I'm very close to finishing it.

 

[tmschuller]

I had one of these that I raced a bit, along with general street hooliganing !!

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That looks great! Wow! I’ve been trying to figure out how to go to Canada and ride back a LC350.
I bet that was hoot to ride. What chambers were you running on it?

 

[t-squared]

I left it stock except for pipes and carb rejetting. I can’t recall the name of the pipes I ran on her….they were less expensive then Toomeys so they got the nod back then….

 

[indyblue]

Starting my restore to ride RD350 this weekend.. I love anything 2 stroke/smoke!
Grandson is helping and I hopefully pass along the vintage bike bug to him
It’s not pretty but mostly there. Looking for an exhaust for it. Motor turns over and it’s not been rashes or abused
Any other 2 stroke fans out there?! Thanks. Tim
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Man I would love to find one! I have had about every Kawasaki triple.. except the kh500. 3 750 h2’s and loved them for just the raw power they had.
My rd is the Portuguese orange a 75 or 74.. the tail piece is made from an old gas tank View attachment 268409

I want to restore this,it needs jugs and heads but almost everything else is there along with the vintage Café racer parts.