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    injunjack
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    Joined: 19 Feb 2010

    Mike,
    I can't comment on others, but if you find Kawa W650, you'll done.

    They're not plentiful in states, but should be available for quite reasonable.

    last edited by 14 Nov 2012, 08:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      madmonday
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined: 13 Oct 2009

      ^^
      thanks for the recomendation as i know you take riding very seriously. i've started to do light research on what is most important to me & i've decided i don't need anything too powerful, just something to really get a grasp on riding & do-it-yourself maintance & then i'll move on from there.

      head high, middle finger higher

      last edited by 14 Nov 2012, 15:06 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        Graeme
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

        BMW are bringing out a new Boxer to celebrate its ninetieth birthday.

        It looks really cool. Shame they're not using the new engine in it, but that would be missing the point.

        last edited by 20 Nov 2012, 19:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Graeme
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

          Moto Guzzi California. 😘

          last edited by 20 Nov 2012, 20:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            injunjack
            見習いボス
            Joined: 19 Feb 2010

            Yikes….modern motorcycles....

            last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 07:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Blackheart
              Joined: 4 Mar 2011

              ^ :o

              last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 16:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                Graeme
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                Since everyone here seems to be into obsolete machinery, here are a few more Guzzis.

                last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 19:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  Blackheart
                  Joined: 4 Mar 2011

                  🙂 🙂 🙂

                  last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 20:11 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    SpaceGnome
                    Joined: 18 Apr 2012

                    Monday, I dont know if NY offers a motorcycle safety/training course through the DMV, but if they do I recommend it.  I knew how to ride before I got my licence but they make you do a wacky driving course when you take the driving part of the MC licence test.  If you go through teh class here in Cali, you bypass that need, and only have to take the written test.  Plus, I did learn a thing or two:)

                    I love old bikes, but the maintenance kills it for me when I dont have a garage.  As of now, I have to park on teh sidewalk in Oakland and lay down a towel to wrench, and that gets annoying when every crack head in the city wants to watch me from 4 feet away.

                    last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 23:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      injunjack
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                      Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                      aaahh… relief

                      last edited by 22 Nov 2012, 07:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        BRGRKNG
                        Joined: 20 Nov 2011

                        Not a complete bike but some progress folks like Injun will probably be in to  😉

                        Starting the trans. Found some oil from the beginning of time

                        Got everything apart and blasted the cases

                        Had the cases polished

                        Back together

                        Engine time;

                        Got the heads off

                        Generator cover open and pulling the oil pump

                        Everything laid out

                        Seats done and valves lapped

                        Flywheels apart since they were off 8 thousandths

                        Back together to begin the truing process

                        Truing done… Zero on oil side and under half a thousandth on the other. Smooth as butter

                        Polished the cases to match the trans

                        Going back together

                        Motor and trans together before I did the pushrods and external oiler lines

                        last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 21:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Finn666
                          Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                          wow…more than well done mate!
                          how many hours have you put in this till today?

                          last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            CLJ
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 26 Feb 2012

                            Older bikes are great, but new bikes are pretty wicked also.

                            last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              natehate
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                              Shiney pinhead mmmmm

                              don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

                              last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                joesaintjohn
                                啓蒙家
                                Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                                Yeah, those shiny pans look great.

                                Fat dudes need good clothes too.

                                last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  BRGRKNG
                                  Joined: 20 Nov 2011

                                  @Finn666:

                                  wow…more than well done mate!
                                  how many hours have you put in this till today?

                                  Ugh, I dont even know. Waiting for other people holds you up (polishing and parts). Tearing down a motor and trans can done quickly, checking out a bike that has sat the better part of 20 years can't/shouldn't be done so quickly. Maybe 20 hours total.

                                  @CLJ:

                                  Older bikes are great, but new bikes are pretty wicked also.

                                  Oh I know. My buddy's Super Duke was the most comfortable liter bike I've ever been on and the one in the vid looks amazing. I'm actually trying to buy a KTM of Husqvarna Super Moto after I finish this Panhead.

                                  last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 00:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    TJ
                                    Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                                    Full-tilt genny-motor boner over here, Burger.  What's it going in?

                                    last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 03:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      TJ
                                      Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                                      Next on the pile.  This is getting a full restoration once I get settled into my new place.

                                      My Mom would kill me if she knew I was putting her 80's hair on the internet!

                                      last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        joesaintjohn
                                        啓蒙家
                                        Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                                        Oh shit, dude, I can't wait to see that!

                                        Fat dudes need good clothes too.

                                        last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          TJ
                                          Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                                          You and me, both.

                                          last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:19 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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