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  1. I got this bike on trade recently and thought it might be of interest to someone here for a wives bike or entry rider. 2004 CB600F (naked bike). Yellow in color - 8k original miles. All stock (well - after market front signals and a hand chopped mud flap out back) and damn near flawless with recent/new-ish rubber. Clean title etc. Asking $2999 at the shop but if someone from here wanted it I'd make a deal in the $2k ish range. Idk why - its just strikes me as too nice for a local squid to stunt it Edit: Pics to follow and located at my store in Idaho Falls ID
    6 points
  2. Sold it to a 70 year old guy in Utah with 25 bikes in a 10 car garage lol
    6 points
  3. Thanks for posting here. It's great you stop by with good deals.
    4 points
  4. That totally makes sense. The machine has a plastic spacer thing, but it rests on the bottom so it's probably not very helpful with such a heavy item. I'll try suspending tomorrow and see if it works better. Thanks, I'm surprised I'm still going at it. Today I briefly thought- the smart way would have been to commit and completely disassemble it, but I'm 99.999347% sure it would have become a pile of parts for eternity. Much of the motivation is being able to ride it and show it between stints of working on it.
    3 points
  5. I loved my white XX, (Joe’s was the inspiration). Hard to see but in the sun the blue pearl metal flake from crushed glass was exquisite.
    3 points
  6. Nice, I see you opted for the Trump Edition wrenches. You going for the matching sneakers?
    3 points
  7. The older we get the faster it becomes
    3 points
  8. I've told you that on many occasions. When tire people at the track see me coming with R1 rear rim in one hand, and Dunlop slick in other hand they start to cry. Worst possible combination ever. The tire is incredibly stiff. And they have nice machine. Fun starts immediately. First -" this fucking guy again", and then very colorful combination of very nice vocabulary related to removing old tire and installing new one. Tire change goes for 20 bucks. They told me they would pay me 20 bucks if I never show up with that fucking rim again. 😂
    3 points
  9. I wonder if they can use it to reverse senility in sitting presidents?
    3 points
  10. Yes, much improved. Sorry for not reporting back. Susan and I have been busy taking turns minding two domiciles.
    3 points
  11. https://www.facebook.com/share/1XTdUzgrFfyHvNjn/?mibextid=79PoIi checked it out over the weekend. Pretty clean. A couple small marks helibars, longer cables, heater grips, 2bros pipes, zero gravity screen, power commander, vortex sprocket, chain and tires new manual and tool kit still in place
    2 points
  12. And, in case you wonder how common an issue this is….
    2 points
  13. I took the first freeway ride yesterday, it was short and traffic kept me from getting much above 70, but it rode fine. It wanders mildly on rain groves, but not bad.
    2 points
  14. My main battery charger was purchased in the 80s and I've never thought it needed replacing.
    2 points
  15. There's still plenty more to do, but she's crossed the hurdle between crusty and patina. Being the nut that I am I wanted to try to make no-sling chain lube. I diluted some moly fortified grease with mineral spirits and soaked the chain. I probably rode it a bit too soon and it did sling, but I'll see how it goes after the spirits fully evaporate. The crusty old chain cleaned up pretty well. Lots of hot bubble bathing in a sonic cleaner, another buzz bath in EvapoRust instead of degreaser, then a final degrease and thorough rinsing. After the final rinse I hit it with compressed air then stuck it in the toaster oven at 350 to make sure it was dry all the way through. I let it cool to handling temp then stuck it in the lube bag for a soaking.
    2 points
  16. There is no way you will get a better deal.
    2 points
  17. Home made tire balancer. It's a little fiddly, but it works fairly well, it's super compact, and was 'free'. It took time and stuff that I had lying around, but no money was spent on it. 4 small ball bearings, 10-32 screws and nuts, and some angle iron. It's fairly easy to detect 1/4oz., below that it gets dodgy. Being that 1/4 is as precise as balancing usually gets, and I don't plan to do any 200MPH rides on this sub-100 MPH bike, I decided that it's good enough. Interestingly, the rear had no weights and is only 1/4oz off with the new tire. The front had a 3/4 oz weight about 2" away from where it now needs between 1/2 and 3/4. I had marked the heavy spot of both wheels without the tires, but the shop cleaned off my marks.
    2 points
  18. Fly and ride? LOL, don't be a pussy.
    2 points
  19. I get that with some vehicles that may not be 'special', but are too nice to not want them to go to a buddy.
    2 points
  20. With free shipping you say? SOLD!
    2 points
  21. I have a pair, but they clash with my KTM jersey. I find them useful for shoveling snow, but they're best worn with the chaps. Maybe your supplier has a matching jersey? Ask to see their Judas Priest collection.
    2 points
  22. I think it was about 7 degrees that day. No heat/insulation in garage. New tires and old were inside over the baseboard heat. Decided to cart the stuff inside to do it. NEVER could have done it with cold tires.
    2 points
  23. Doesn't Joe have a new fancy garage to do all things motorcycle related? No heat in there yet? Or maybe wanted the rubber warmer for ease of installation? Likes to cook while swapping rubber?
    2 points
  24. Day or night, no matter how you stacked em, it was quite a sight.
    2 points
  25. I hate gooey fat, but charred is usually tasty, whether cow or pig. Randy talks shit about me removing it, "you should eat that, it's good for you." It's a bit of a hard sell when nutritional advice is coming from someone twice my size who's breakfast is a fist full of pills.
    2 points
  26. Did the inspector approve???
    2 points
  27. After some experimenting I settled on fine steel wool with oil or diesel for lube. Then I scrape off the chunky stuff with either a fingernail, screwdriver, or razor blade. Then steel wool again. I only attacked the left side of the handlebar. I wasn't trying to capture the turn signals so they're mostly blocked, but you might notice that one of them things aint like the other. Kinda funny, a shiny left bar and shiny right signal. So weird that the left bar clamp is fine and the right is all fuckered up, but the bar and bolts are about the same on both sides. Monday chrome vs. Friday chrome? I also found it strange that the rear wheel is way more rusted than the front, and the left side of the rear is worse than the right. I woulda thunk that chain lube fling-off would have given some protection, but it appears to have eaten the chrome instead. Or maybe dirt and stuff flinging off the chain damaged the chrome leading to faster rusting?
    2 points
  28. I've taken over the mission. I didn't plan on making it pretty, figured that might happen way down the road. I didn't take any close-ups before digging in, I'm glad Carlos took some. I got it running and have put a few miles on it. Just short local low speed rides, pretty sure the tires are original and I don't wanna wear them out 😂 I wish Bridgestone still made them in this size, but there's several options from modern sport rubber to vintage style which is what I'll probably do. Before bringing it home. After some cleaning/polishing. I only did part of the wheel. My focus was on the hub and brakes. The shoes and drum are in great shape, the mechanism was pretty sticky from the 52 year old grease so I tore it all apart to clean & lube, smooth as butter now. The fender was pretty ugly. I didn't get a before, but Carlos posted one at the beginning of this thread. I also cleaned up the forks, and cleaned the seals before changing the fork oil. It was very low, but surprisingly clean which I was glad to see. Factory fill is 10-30 motor oil. I started with 15wt fork oil, too stiff. I then swapped a little for 5wt, now they feel pretty good. If I'd had 10-30 or 10wt. fork oil on hand I woulda just done that. I didn't plan for changing it, it just became a "while I'm already here" job while cleaning. The tach locked up, since I had to remove it to fix it, it was a good time to polish it up. The speedo is also done now. One of the instrument bulbs was burnt out and one was missing, kinda odd. New bulbs showed up yesterday evening so I'm gonna replace them all today. How I spent my cold rainy President's day. The chain guard, mufflers, gas tank, and oil tank are coming along. A quick before/after of the tail end. I'd already started on the fender when I thought to get a pic of the taillight bracket. Everything I've opened up has been like a perfectly preserved time capsule. I was going to capture/replace the 52 year old Japanese air but it smelled like radiation so I let it go.
    2 points
  29. Somehow, by the end of this thread, this will all be resolved if everyone buys an EV. 🤣
    2 points
  30. And if we stopped using the food we grow, to make fuel, well ......
    2 points
  31. I just took the bike out for a run, ran it up to 140. Maybe it's my imagination but it seems to run smoother and stronger. The cleaning of the tank and the new filter may have something to do with it. I don't know if the diaphragm not functioning properly would have had any effect. Now to lube the chain and wax the bike.
    2 points
  32. I think I read something about that before. But I can't really remember.
    2 points
  33. I have four Battery Tenders ranging from over 30 years old to a year old that get used from Nov to April. Never had a problem with any of them. Zero, years ago I remember you saying that you didn't use them because you didn't like using "vampire" electronics or something like that. Have things changed?
    1 point
  34. I'm short at 5'7", yet comfortable with the 34" scale (AIO Jazz), but I also have a 30" scale (Gretsch). They're different in feel (weight. reach, etc.) but sound very much the same played through the same rig. It always boils down to personal preference, and how the bassist wants to sound--aspects of which tend to evolve on one's musical journey. It's all good.
    1 point
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  36. The beads were super easy to break, they damn near broke on their own. Probably because they're tube type wheels so they don't 'need' the bead retaining bump that most tubeless wheels have. Zipties were a fail. The recess in these wheels barely accommodates one bead, both together is an absolute no go so I cut the ties off and went traditional. Holy fuck that was a battle. Even when there was only about a foot of tire bead under the wheel I still had to use tools to keep prying to get it the rest of the way off, insane. I got the front tire off and pondered how much worse the rear would probably be, at that point I said fuck it and took them to a shop, but the guy was out. After waiting for over 1/2 hour I went back home and figured I'd just work on de-rusting the rear wheel. It would be easiest to work on it mounted to the forks, but it would't fit with the tire on so I decided to have a go at removing it, way worse than the front. I was finally able to get one spoonful of bead pried over the wheel, no way to get another in. I held it and used a die grinder to cut through the tire bead, then it was only a 'normal' battle of stretching it over the wheel. The rear rim was super rusty, some of the chrome is gone, but it cleaned up reasonably well. I didn't take photos of the wheel, but here's the rear brake lever. I had already done the ends when I thought to take the before photo. If I decide to make it better I'll dab some chrome paint on the bare spots to hide them better, but it's vastly improved. It took about 5 minutes, most of the work was done with a fine wire wheel on the bench grinder. I wish I'd tried wire wheels sooner, it does a great job and does't scratch up the chrome as long as it's fine wire. I used two different ones on the rear rim being driven by a cordless drill and die grinder. I had a small one that was able to fit between the spokes fairly well. I took a quick stab at mounting the front tire, fuck that, they're both going to a shop with a machine.
    1 point
  37. I'd go +1 and -0.5, still a bike. I mean, at least it's not...electric...
    1 point
  38. It just needs a soak in wintergreen oil and it'll be good as new.
    1 point
  39. I rode my XX yesterday. I was surprised how easy it started. Normally it will sputter for a while when first started and the choke on. It smoothed out almost immediately to a nice even idle. It ran very smooth and very strong. Again, I'm not sure why but is definitely running smoother and more powerful.
    1 point
  40. But you gotta appreciate the oil heater. They mounted the cooler behind the header.
    1 point
  41. My tire machine is tango umbrella. Getting it back online or acquiring a new one is non-negotiable come spring. These Bridgestones on these rims are an absolute bear. Can't even imagine putting Michelins on them.
    1 point
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  43. I gave up on those completely. I'm glad I did. They are just too fragile, and you end up trying to be SOOO careful, and then slice yourself open as a reward. Go ahead, ask me how I know. I have them as a backup in bags, but now never use them. I got a Dewalt folding utility knife and the Dewalt carbide blades that will cut almost anything. Have never looked back.
    1 point
  44. So I disassembled the whole switch and sure enough spraying the crap out of it with detoxit was not enough. Couldn't believe there was still so much dirt in there. So after some creative cleaning and some fresh dilectric grease on moving parts works and feels good as new. Thanks for the advice.
    1 point
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