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    • injunjackI
      injunjack
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      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.

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      • madmondayM
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        ^^
        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

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        • GraemeG
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          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.

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          • GraemeG
            Graeme
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            Moto Guzzi California. 😘

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            • injunjackI
              injunjack
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              Yikes….modern motorcycles....

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              • BlackheartB
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                ^ :o

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

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                  • BlackheartB
                    Blackheart
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                    🙂 🙂 🙂

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                    • SpaceGnomeS
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                      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.

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                      • injunjackI
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                        aaahh… relief

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                        • BRGRKNGB
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                          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

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                          • Finn666F
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                            wow…more than well done mate!
                            how many hours have you put in this till today?

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

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                              • natehateN
                                natehate
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                                Shiney pinhead mmmmm

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

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                                • joesaintjohnJ
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                                  Yeah, those shiny pans look great.

                                  Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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                                  • BRGRKNGB
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                                    @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.

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

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                                      • TJT
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                                        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!

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

                                          Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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                                          • TJT
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                                            You and me, both.

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