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27 minutes ago, superhawk996 said:
No, the valve is in tact and normal. I added a piece of vacuum hose, the new and original hoses connect to eachother with a barb fitting just below the fairing on the left side. Since the bike sits a lot I wanted an easy way to drain the carbs. Before parking it I disconnect the hose which shuts off the fuel flow so I can run the carbs dry. When I want to start it again I suck on the hose connected to the diaphragm to prime the carbs instead of cranking a long time. Then I reconnect the hoses and fire it up.
If the diaphragm were to fail while parked it would empty the tank onto the ground instead of into the engine. I originally planed to use a tiny ball valve, and as often happens I couldn't find it when I wanted it so I just did the barb fitting as a temporary fix...about a year ago.
This is the bike I have seen parked in front of your living room fireplace? 🔥
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4 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
If/when the diaphragm goes bad gas can go through the vacuum hose straight into the intake port.
A bad float valve 'should' send the excess gas out of the overflow onto the ground.
Right, forgot about that.
QuoteActually, I just realized that mine can't because I've by-passed the vacuum line.
So did you remove the the diaphragm?
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4 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
The carbed bikes could become flooded due to a failed fuel shut-off valve.
But only if a needle valve stuck open. Thinking of all the bikes that didn't have a vacuum shut off and many people didn't close the manual valve.
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5 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
and figuring that out 'should' only take two pages and three failed attempts.
And we are all willing participants.
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There has to be some joke in this one about how many flat heads can be seen? 😁
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7 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
Are you going to commit and cut the excess off the straps?
He might not want to do that if he is going to use them for when he hauls his mower or other things. Maybe after he tries it to see.
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Congrats.
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1 hour ago, SwampNut said:
That's almost as clean as Philip's bike.
The large round crash protectors on the side would be helpful to Phil. 😁
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2 hours ago, rockmeupto125 said:
LOL, cut any corners for that shiny penny. It's not like anyone cares anymore about retaining customers. The metric is all about *getting* them, not keeping them.
I'm just going to buy the cheapest phone they offer, a moto g power. Had one, it was slow, but served
it's purpose.
Mine is coming on Tuesday, a 2024 which just came on the market last week. Through Cricket (current customer) it's about half price. I've seen the 2023 marked $100 off. My current Moto G7 Power is five years old and still working but slowing down. It had 3mb ram, the new 8 so it should be faster and is 5G.
Edit: sorry for blabbing in your post.
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2 hours ago, SwampNut said:
Some states do have weird primary offense laws. For a long time, in AZ, you supposedly couldn't be stopped for not wearing a seat belt. You could be cited for it if stopped for another reason. Luckily, police would never make up a reason to stop you on some other pretext.
Same in Pa about seat belts or at least was but anyone is crazy to think they can't come up with a reason to pull you over.
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1 hour ago, SwampNut said:
Health issues, and their "solutions," have broad-reaching implications.
I didn't mean it as a put down and you are correct. My ignorance is bliss approach will probably catch up to me.
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You guys have a complicated life.
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4 hours ago, SwampNut said:
Rubber tape maybe?
That's a thought. Thanks.
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Just now, SwampNut said:
Oh, that's a nice feature. I had to cut mine off, and it was oddly hard.
So every time I use the choke I have to use two hands. One to hold the pod, the other for the lever. Not that nice.
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7 hours ago, xrated said:
I bought one years ago and it ended up breaking the control pod on the left grip side of the bike.
It broke the pin that keeps my left XX control pod from rotating.
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41 minutes ago, Zero Knievel said:
Thoughts on this? It’s rated stronger and cheaper than the ones from Macs Custom.Like! Cheaper also
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Checking to make sure the locking hooks will fit is a good idea but locking hooks are a must IMO. Change the anchor points if not because I have had S type hooks come unhooked before. The loops are very useful for giving you more options when tying things down.
While some do haul their bikes around with 2 or 3 straps, I have never seen any harm in adding more.
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2 hours ago, 02XXCA said:
I have been also dipping an apple into all natural peanut butter with no extra sugar to get some protein and healthy fats, it' a great meal or desert.
I eat a banana and natural peanut butter daily. Kind of a mini meal.
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4 hours ago, Zero Knievel said:
Okay...removed the bolt and redid it to 100 Nm.
That was easy. 🙂
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5 hours ago, Zero Knievel said:
I suppose you’re saying that I’d have to take the bolt out, clean, reapply then retighten.
Yes. BTW-some bearings need a specific torque to function as designed. Too little is as bad as is too much. I don't know if that applies here as we haven't seen the it all but something to think about.
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Cool!
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14 hours ago, Zero Knievel said:
Checked the DVD. The bolt does call for 100 nm. Not a biggie. It’s easy to tighten it more with the bike reassembled.
It is a biggie now that you have thread locker on the bolt.
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6 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
It would be interesting to know how much wind drag that wall/loading ramp creates at highway speed.
I have always wondered about that but thinking of the amount it will be used, might not really be a thing. Most of the small trailers I see around here are like that now. It has to be so much more convenient than ramps. If it does cost him $5 or 10 more per trip vs having a better riding, more useable trailer, I'd take the latter.
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I have gotten the "Forbidden" at times if it had links in it. If I removed the links it worked.
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Neighbor across the street had the same last year. They worked a couple hours after dark to get it finished. The boss or owner sat in his truck and watched the full time they were there without lifting a finger.