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  1. 14 hours ago, XXitanium said:

    What's the oldest any of you decided to learn how to program?

     

    I'm logged on to a site called www.codecademy.com - It's making me feel dumber than usual.

     

    if ( coffee.IsEmpty())
    {
        coffee.Refill();
    }
    else
    {
        coffee.Drink();
    }
     

     

     

     

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  2. What mileage has the bike done? My '97 is on 279k km now, and is using a fuckton of fuel compared to 15 years ago. Took the needles and mainjets and looked at them under a strong magnifying lens and the wear is visible.  I have replacement needles and stock mains on order, and waiting for arrival. Might be worth considering if your bike has seen high mileage 

  3. 15 hours ago, superhawk996 said:

    How the fuck did that happen?!?

    Dunno... normal antifreeze mix and the engine started running HOT and none of the diagnostics found anything - even flow tested the rad. Pulled the water pump and found most of it missing

  4. On 8/6/2019 at 10:10 PM, redxxrdr said:

     

    Many, many years ago , there was a post showing a waterpump that had been destroyed by silicate based coolant.  Phillip?   

     

    I had the water pump on my '97 fail in about 2008 - all the impeller blades had broken off.

     

    Since then I had the replacement pump seals fail... current one seems ok and the bike is on 155,000 km -ish

  5. On 3/31/2019 at 5:02 PM, ptxyz said:

    i think you mis-understand.  regular length chain, new, but smaller sprockets.  i'm thinking i need to pull a link or two to compensate...

     

    put another way; anybody have to shorten a stock length chain when gearing down?

     

    I run 16 front 44 rear and the chain is 108 links 

     

    Works great for my needs at 1700m above sea level - power wheelies in 1st no problem.  DO you allready have a speedohealer?

  6. 17 hours ago, SwampNut said:

    I suppose the uncanny correlations "prove" horoscopes are real?

     

    What I know of scorpio is killers and hotheads who throw things.

     

     

    as long as he doesn't pull a Clinton and debate the meaning of the word "is"

  7. 11 hours ago, SwampNut said:

    Feb 18, 2019 - Today you might need to run some errands, Scorpio, but they might prove difficult for a number of reasons. The errands could be personal or business related. Communication may be temporarily blocked. Messages may not be delivered or you could be playing phone tag. On days like this, you need to make a special effort to keep cool. Nothing is so important that you have to drive yourself crazy.

     

    heh... I'm a Virgo, and we Vorgoans don't believe in that horoscope bullshit. Almost as bad as religion. 

  8. 8 hours ago, SwampNut said:

    So are you supposed to mount these inside a stock housing, or somehow fab your own fit?

     

     

    You can remove the front lens of the headlamp, fit the projctor units in the sockets for the H7 bulbs, and reseal. There are a couple of Youtube tutorials on this process and they seem to be effective (altho the ones I watched were for HID projectors I doubt there is any functional difference in the process) and you use the normal lamp adjustment wheels to direct the beams where you need them.

  9. 1 hour ago, superhawk996 said:

    Now you're just fucking with me...3rd, no way.  Unless it's geared way down and modded up.  My '97 wouldn't power lift in second either, it was bone stock.

     

    My '97 pops up on an energetic gearchange 1st to 2nd, and will come up with a tug on the bars. And thats at 1700m above sea level. I reckon that a trip to the coast is warranted now

  10. my '97 has been well used, the plastics have been replaced twice due to my abundant lack of riding talent, and with 230.000 km its still on the original clutch.

     

    Given that all maintenance has been done by my fumbly fingers over the last 200.000km plus, I would say that age is NOT an issue. The XX is reliable as a hammer

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  11. On 6/21/2016 at 2:16 PM, Mikey said:

    Well, If memory serves, this is my second set. I didn't say all 230k was on the original, someone asked how many KM and I thought they meant on the bike. This clutch defenately has about 130+km on it for sure.

     

    Ok, so I'm going to ignore the engage point, but instead point out that when it does engage it seems to pulse a little. So I'll do the fluid and polish and lube the rod. Then if the mild "chatter" is still there after I'll break into well soaked OEM friction plates.

     

    Thanks everyone for your input. Think this is the best direction to go and it won't cost me a fortune up front.

     

    I have about 230k km on my '97 original clutch. If you're getting pulsing thru the lever it would tend to point to a warped steel plate or 2 - might need to get that validated before a reassembly. If the clutch isn't slipping you could consider Pazzo or other aftermarket levers which could change the feel completely by moving the base adjustment value closer to the bar.

  12. 15 hours ago, googus said:

    I always wanted to get a BMW K1200s to replace my bird. I would think that that is the closest to a bird. I lived all my VFRs but then again I never had the 1200 version

     

    Look at the K1300 - the K1200 had known weaknesses in the geartrain. A guy I know lunched a K1200 gearbox in the first week of owning it and they gave him a new bike because it was a known design flaw

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