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Cyclegear I had to return my Titans. They ran real small. Otherwise I would just take a chance. I will go today.

Let me see if I can wear a size 9. I’ll take them if so. I have the Titan, and sometimes it is a little too much glove. I am going to cyclegear in a few days to get Atticus a new helmet and I will try them on. If you and tecman agree to $70, it is all good. I do not want to bugger up an ongoing deal.

You need to contact Googus over in Charlotte. He may be selling his ‘03. Beautiful bike, has been in NC for EVer. Was Hooplehead’s originally. I have ridden with him, bike is pretty. Googus is talking about selling.

To who? Dammit inquiring mind want to know.

Great concept. 1 seater cars. With today’s technology it would be a great thing, except for all thee safety shit that would have to be added.

$1800, 10K later. Works out to about a penny a smile.

I can give my opinion, again: BB1 had an 18T front for prolly 45,000 of it's last miles before I parked it. BB2 had a 17T on it when I got it a couple years back. Man, every time I got on a highway I just hated how high it revved. Before my last trip I scavenged the sprocket from BB1 and all was well with the world. Now I am not the type of guy who stsys in tune with my bike, but I didn't notice any difference between the two vis a vis the damper thingy. I had to get used to starting off in 1st, especially going uphill.

A lot of us are partial to 18T front sprocket. I have always gotten DID 530VX3. And you can never, ever go wrong splurging for a pro-oiler. Pays for itself in 30,000 miles. Welcome aboard. Your dad is a standup guy.

Damn you Carlos. After decades of using an old Weller gun, I have GOT to get me one of those.

I spent many a summer day at my friend’s little dairy farm, straightening out used nails under the watchful eye of his grandpa. And I still have my mason hammer for cleaning off brick. Still use that bastard.

Wow. Looked up my cell number on Google and found this old gem.

She is incredibly over dressed.

My bird was built in October 1998 and I just completed a 5,000 mile ride with no expectations of any issues. So yeah, they are great bikes.

Why? Just an honest question.

I called all over Knoxville and no one carried the DID in stock, and shipping would have taken too long/too expensive to justify paying for a spare. I found a small indy garage that carried a RK 530 Max O so I went there. Sitting in the workspace was a very nice ‘97! Talking to the guy, he said the owner has had 4 birds. Rides an ST now. He sold me the chain very reasonably and agreed to exchange it if I did not use it for the DID when I get back. Score! so now I have a spare chain and spare r/r. Now if I can only find my tire plugger.

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The odometer. Since the fuel gauge is fucked up anyway, the odometer will make a “good enough” gas gauge. I think the low level warning light still works. I just know that around 200 miles (321 kM) I had better start looking. Also, that mileage is with ethanol-free 91 octane premium. It will take a few tanks on the road to dial in the difference with blended gas.

OK, that’s 37,000 miles and almost 10 years. Def new chain. At least to bring along. Thanks, bud. Is there any way you can get me the service history?

110. Before I forget. Sounds OK on the center stand. You know, I ride so much with my Sena on, it may be nothing. I had chain issues on my trip to Manic 5 and it cost me a day. Maybe I am just being paranoid. The few times I ride aural naturale open my eyes to all sorts of ghosts.

Neither sprocket is new. The rear wheel was from another bird. Maybe my original, not sure. The drive sprocket was stolen off my original. May have 30,000 miles or so on it. I will find out more in about 2-3 beers. I would appreciate that. Just turned 108K yesterday. New sprocket gave me 39 MPG. Damned thing makes the bike feel like it has a 7th gear. I have missed it greatly.

Try JB Weld muffler tape or something like it. I remember using on something like that.

I changed out my drive sprocket and the whole rear wheel, including driven sprocket last week and now have a noisy chain. I am going to readjust wheel today to try to get rid of it. Both sprockets look fine. Mike, any idea of when you put the last chain on? Anyway, I am going to by a spare this week to install or bring with me. DID 530VX3. What I have forgotten is how many links. If I had to guess I would say 107. I just don’t want to have to shorten it while on the roas. 18T front, and I assume 45T rear.

There’s a guy here in Knoxville that does that sort of stuff, I recall. He is a racetrack gypsy-type guy that is well respected. I used him to rebuild my forks years ago. I know (about) where he lives. Vern may know more. Reach out to him, I will look for some more info on him. I have a spare shock for the rebuild if you decide to do it. I could take yours as a core. If it ever happens, of course.

I will install LED’s the day my HID’s have any issues/failures. After 70+K miles it can’t be that far off. Until then, there is a reason for mine to exist, at least.

That is a real issue. LED’s would probably solve it, I don’t know. But I have HID’s on both mine and it absolutely, positively, fixed that. That would be the one mod that increases safety more than anything else.