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Ohhhh Yeeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh
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| Nice warm, sunny day today. I got the motorcycle out, replaced that
sludge that used to be oil, checked the fluids and took a quick ride.
Oh yeah. That was fun. Even got the gas switch unstuck for the first
time in years. The windscreen needs a good washing and then I have to
decide if I want to cut another inch off of it. I think it's okay
after I chopped 1.25 inches off last summer. I forget to cycle the
air shocks, though, but I doubt if there's any trouble there.
Tomorrow looks like another day for a ride..........................
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| "Pat"> wrote
> Nice warm, sunny day today. I got the motorcycle out, replaced that
> sludge that used to be oil, checked the fluids and took a quick ride.
> Oh yeah. That was fun. Even got the gas switch unstuck for the first
> time in years. The windscreen needs a good washing and then I have to
> decide if I want to cut another inch off of it. I think it's okay
> after I chopped 1.25 inches off last summer. I forget to cycle the
> air shocks, though, but I doubt if there's any trouble there.
>
> Tomorrow looks like another day for a ride..........................
The V-twin has been under a tarp under the back of our deck since last sept.
I climbed under there this morning, yanked the tarp and was horrified.
It was covered in leaves and mud and debris and I think a chipmunk has been
storing seeds all through it.
Pushed all the funk off the seat and climbed on, set the choke, gave it a
little throttle and turned the key.
It cranked!
And cranked, and cranked, and....
After a full minute of cranking (I can't believe the battery wasn't
drained!) it fired up but sounded bad so I fiddled with the choke a little
bit.
A minute later it evened out and was purring nicely, er, thumping nicely.
Ducking under the deck joists I backed it out in the yard, put it in gear
and slowly moved forward.
Rode it across the yard to the driveway and it started cutting out, bad.
It stopped completely by the time I got in front of the garage.
shwew, at 600 lbs I didn't wanna have to push that thing - uphill!
I gave it a good going over, yanked the plugs - cleaned and gapped em
[.035], filled the tank with fresh gas and then I discovered sediment in the
fuel filter cannister.
Fuk.
I yanked it and blew through it with my portable compressor but the way they
build them things these days there was no way to fix it, it had to be
replaced.
I called NAPA in Gnaw Bone and they said bring it by and we'll match one up.
And hour and $4.11 later my baby was purring, er, thumping again.
So I jumped on my 21.5 hp, V-twin, 42" riding lawnmower and proceeded to
spend the next 1-1/2 hours cutting an acre of grass on a hilly terrain.
Gotcha! LOL
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| On Apr 21, 10:03 pm, "Don" <one-if-by-l...@concord.com> wrote:
> "Pat"> wrote
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> The V-twin has been under a tarp under the back of our deck since last sept.
> I climbed under there this morning, yanked the tarp and was horrified.
> It was covered in leaves and mud and debris and I think a chipmunk has been
> storing seeds all through it.
> Pushed all the funk off the seat and climbed on, set the choke, gave it a
> little throttle and turned the key.
> It cranked!
> And cranked, and cranked, and....
> After a full minute of cranking (I can't believe the battery wasn't
> drained!) it fired up but sounded bad so I fiddled with the choke a little
> bit.
> A minute later it evened out and was purring nicely, er, thumping nicely.
> Ducking under the deck joists I backed it out in the yard, put it in gear
> and slowly moved forward.
> Rode it across the yard to the driveway and it started cutting out, bad.
> It stopped completely by the time I got in front of the garage.
> shwew, at 600 lbs I didn't wanna have to push that thing - uphill!
>
> I gave it a good going over, yanked the plugs - cleaned and gapped em
> [.035], filled the tank with fresh gas and then I discovered sediment in the
> fuel filter cannister.
> Fuk.
> I yanked it and blew through it with my portable compressor but the way they
> build them things these days there was no way to fix it, it had to be
> replaced.
> I called NAPA in Gnaw Bone and they said bring it by and we'll match one up.
> And hour and $4.11 later my baby was purring, er, thumping again.
>
> So I jumped on my 21.5 hp, V-twin, 42" riding lawnmower and proceeded to
> spend the next 1-1/2 hours cutting an acre of grass on a hilly terrain.
>
> Gotcha! LOL
I was thinking "only 600 lbs? That's a light bike". Mine's more like
800. Tried to put it on the center stand on a bad piece of blacktop
and pushed the stand right through the driveway. Of course, the bike
has a motor about the same size as my wife's last car (but I'm not
sure if that's a comment on the bike or the car).
Don't need a lawnmower yet. Snow just went off.
Don't forget to get the leaves/squirrels out of the air filter. I had
them fill one on an old bike. Yuck.
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| Ken S. Tucker 2007-04-22, 3:25 am |
| On Apr 21, 8:53 pm, Pat <gro...@artisticphotography.us> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 10:03 pm, "Don" <one-if-by-l...@concord.com> wrote:
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> I was thinking "only 600 lbs? That's a light bike". Mine's more like
> 800. Tried to put it on the center stand on a bad piece of blacktop
> and pushed the stand right through the driveway. Of course, the bike
> has a motor about the same size as my wife's last car (but I'm not
> sure if that's a comment on the bike or the car).
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> Don't need a lawnmower yet. Snow just went off.
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> Don't forget to get the leaves/squirrels out of the air filter. I had
> them fill one on an old bike. Yuck.
Another thing I was thinking of doing was to make a
cantelope milk-shake with a big splash of Dr. Pepper
and a double gurgle of vodka. My problem with fat
moped's is the're noisy.
Ken
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| Warm Worm 2007-04-22, 3:25 am |
| On Apr 21, 9:07 pm, Pat <gro...@artisticphotography.us> wrote:
> Nice warm, sunny day today. I got the motorcycle out, replaced that
> sludge that used to be oil, checked the fluids and took a quick ride.
> Oh yeah. That was fun. Even got the gas switch unstuck for the first
> time in years. The windscreen needs a good washing and then I have to
> decide if I want to cut another inch off of it. I think it's okay
> after I chopped 1.25 inches off last summer. I forget to cycle the
> air shocks, though, but I doubt if there's any trouble there.
>
> Tomorrow looks like another day for a ride..........................
What kind of bike is it?
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| Ken S. Tucker 2007-04-22, 5:25 pm |
| On Apr 21, 9:51 pm, Warm Worm <glome...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:07 pm, Pat <gro...@artisticphotography.us> wrote:
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> What kind of bike is it?
In my ongoing attempt to remain OT....
Wife buys me a handy electronic thermometer that
has an Indoor and Outdoor reading, ($10 or so) and
we place it near a little 10 watt red night light that's
always on, I left the Outdoor probe bundled beside it.
Well the Outdoor reading is 5F less than the Indoor,
(it has two LCD displays), so Tucker, being an idiot
pops a mind fuse and blames the equipment, to the
extent I was about to take it back for refund.
A few days later it donned on me that the Indoor
temperature probe was in a plastic case, and the
Outdoor probe was in a shiny little stainless steel
case, (I bet you can hear it coming), the albedo's
of the plastic and stainless are different for the
little 10w red-night light radiation. I switched off
the light and within minutes the two readings
became within a degree....duh.
For a physic's geek like me it was like WOW man,
(punctuated by self-incrimination for being such a
dummy).
Try it yourself, it's a simple experiment, and proves
my temperature measurements depend upon the
3rd rank radiation tensor.
Cheers n Regards
Ken S. Tucker.
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| Warm Worm 2007-04-22, 8:25 pm |
| On Apr 22, 4:07 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...@vianet.on.ca> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:51 pm, Warm Worm <glome...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> In my ongoing attempt to remain OT....
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> Wife buys me a handy electronic thermometer that
> has an Indoor and Outdoor reading, ($10 or so) and
> we place it near a little 10 watt red night light that's
> always on, I left the Outdoor probe bundled beside it.
>
> Well the Outdoor reading is 5F less than the Indoor,
> (it has two LCD displays), so Tucker, being an idiot
> pops a mind fuse and blames the equipment, to the
> extent I was about to take it back for refund.
>
> A few days later it donned on me
It's 'dawned'... You're probably thinking about that guy on here.
> that the Indoor temperature probe was in a plastic case, and the
> Outdoor probe was in a shiny little stainless steel
> case, (I bet you can hear it coming), the albedo's
> of the plastic and stainless are different for the
> little 10w red-night light radiation. I switched off
> the light and within minutes the two readings
> became within a degree....duh.
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> For a physic's geek like me it was like WOW man,
Indeed.
> Try it yourself, it's a simple experiment, and proves
> my temperature measurements depend upon the
> 3rd rank radiation tensor.
I'll take your word for it. 
I once took a course that taught some things related to planetary
albedo and radiative forcing and stuff like that, and wrote a short
essay on Martian terraforming for it. Needs a serious rewrite, but I
still have it.
Speaking of experiments, I'd really appreciate having the time and
resources necessary to terraform Mars. It would be a fun project. But
I'd also want to keep long-term tabs on it, which would of course
involve cryogenics.
> Cheers n Regards
Chicken wings.
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| On Apr 22, 12:51 am, Warm Worm <glome...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:07 pm, Pat <gro...@artisticphotography.us> wrote:
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> What kind of bike is it?
It's an old Yamaha Venture with a 1.3L engine plus all the bells and
whistles: cruise control, CB, intercom, air shocks, etc. Not bad for
a bike that's going on 25 years old.
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> It's an old Yamaha Venture with a 1.3L engine plus all the bells and
> whistles: cruise control, CB, intercom, air shocks, etc. Not bad for
> a bike that's going on 25 years old.
1.3L?
Come on man, speak english.
How many cc's is it?
1300?
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| Warm Worm 2007-04-23, 3:25 am |
| On Apr 22, 9:29 pm, Pat <gro...@artisticphotography.us> wrote:
> On Apr 22, 12:51 am, Warm Worm <glome...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> It's an old Yamaha Venture with a 1.3L engine plus all the bells and
> whistles: cruise control, CB, intercom, air shocks, etc. Not bad for
> a bike that's going on 25 years old.
Ah yes, the Venture... My first and only bike was a 1982 Yamaha RD350.
My other option was the Kawasaki GPZ550, which proved too expensive,
and less cool than the 2-stroke liquid-cooled aspect of the RD. I
considered racing it professionally.
I've always tended towards the cafe-racer-style, [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_racer
] which the RD seemed to fit, and admire some of the current batch of
Buells and other similar Italian bikes on the road today.
Harley biker T-Shirt caption seen once:
"I'd rather see my mother in a whorehouse that my brother on a Jap
bike." (no offense, Marcello ;)
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| On Apr 22, 9:38 pm, "Don" <one-if-by-l...@concord.com> wrote:
> "Pat"> wrote
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> 1.3L?
> Come on man, speak english.
> How many cc's is it?
> 1300?
It's about 75 cubic inches -- but who uses that to measure engines
anymore?
Actually, come to think of it is 1200cc, not 1300. My wife's last car
was 1300 cc (1.3L) but my bike has more headroom and a larger trunk.
The bike is 4 cylinder and 4 carbs (just to make it a XXXXX to tune).
Looks something like this:
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/globa...img/pic_011.jpg
http://www.mctourer.com/memberphotos/KenAllison.jpg
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