Cycle whore thread
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My experiences with the KZ have been limited to taking a look and deciding I'd rather buy another Honda.
But I'm sure there's not something so terribly different / difficult that I couldn't figure it out.
Joey's a BIG dude and they just weren't comfortable for him, he also didn't have rearsets, and it would have been IMPOSSIBLE for him to ride with his GF.
I'll ask him how much he wants for them.
Edit: he says whatever I can get for them I can keep... I'm gonna be nice and use that money to get him a set of brake pads.
sooooooo... lemme check the price on a cb750 puck and get back to you.
I'll be headed to newport news sometime soon if you wanna meet me there.
But I'm sure there's not something so terribly different / difficult that I couldn't figure it out.
Joey's a BIG dude and they just weren't comfortable for him, he also didn't have rearsets, and it would have been IMPOSSIBLE for him to ride with his GF.
I'll ask him how much he wants for them.
Edit: he says whatever I can get for them I can keep... I'm gonna be nice and use that money to get him a set of brake pads.
sooooooo... lemme check the price on a cb750 puck and get back to you.
I'll be headed to newport news sometime soon if you wanna meet me there.
I also think I fixed the clutch issue, just need to get these carbs cleaned out now.
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Regardless you need to
- fill your tank with gas and put sta-bil in there.
- then run the gas out of the carbs
- If you're going to let it sit for a long while or you live in salty (beach) areas then be sure to fog your motor with some Seafoam motor fogger through the plug holes and turn the motor over while you do.
- If the bike is liquid cooled then I'd recommend draining it and preferably filling it with antifreeze (not 50/50) or some sort or winterizer.
- pull the battery and keep it on a trickle charger or keep it indoors and charge it once a week
be sure that you de-winterize your bike in the spring too. DON'T FORGET!
Brake pads are $30 so $30 works for me, how does that sound to you? they're black powdercoated, not chrome.
If you want to give me your carbs when I'm down there I'll take them back and clean them out, order and replace what needs to be replaced, bench sync them, and set them to factory settings, then mail them to you.
Depending on how much work it is I'll do it for free + $parts. If it takes me several days to get them straightened out (i.e. they're real fucked up) then I'll charge you a nominal fee ($25-50)
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Sparkle Motion
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Just found out I probably won't be coming down there as soon as I thought.
Brake pads are $30 so $30 works for me, how does that sound to you? they're black powdercoated, not chrome.
If you want to give me your carbs when I'm down there I'll take them back and clean them out, order and replace what needs to be replaced, bench sync them, and set them to factory settings, then mail them to you.
Depending on how much work it is I'll do it for free + $parts. If it takes me several days to get them straightened out (i.e. they're real fucked up) then I'll charge you a nominal fee ($25-50)
Brake pads are $30 so $30 works for me, how does that sound to you? they're black powdercoated, not chrome.
If you want to give me your carbs when I'm down there I'll take them back and clean them out, order and replace what needs to be replaced, bench sync them, and set them to factory settings, then mail them to you.
Depending on how much work it is I'll do it for free + $parts. If it takes me several days to get them straightened out (i.e. they're real fucked up) then I'll charge you a nominal fee ($25-50)
What size are the bars? 7/8 or 1"? and 30 sounds good to me, When do you think you will be down here?
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As long as you don't mind, I would greatly appreciate that. I started cleaning them tonite (pain in the ass when they are all together) but I would be grateful if you would bench sync and set them to factory settings. I would be more then happy to throw some money your way regardless.
What size are the bars? 7/8 or 1"? and 30 sounds good to me, When do you think you will be down here?
What size are the bars? 7/8 or 1"? and 30 sounds good to me, When do you think you will be down here?
Cleaning your carbs together rarely works out well.
If you can make sure they're all together so I have some sort of reference, instead of having to figure out how they go together that would be best.
If you need any parts like jets or o-rings or gaskets, etc... I'll contact you before I order them
Just FYI I get a 20% discount at the dealership so I can usually get shit pretty cheap.
The bars are 7/8" btw.