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Selling my 2002 Honda Shadow. Check out the CL ad if you're interested: https://hartford.craigslist.org/mcy/6106727749.html

That. Is gorgeous! I love me a good Triumph. How long have you had this sweet machine?

Fuel running out is kind of a moot point. Scientists and engineers have found a way to distill ethanol to its purist form, which is many cases, can be used as a fuel. As of right now, it's fairly inefficient compared to petrol, but it's a renewable source. So when we perfect the process of...

Damn, I'm jealous. I tried countless times to make pods work on mine. I even did two double stacked pods and no luck. I got it to work but not nearly as smoothly as airbox. Besides, what I do like about the airbox is that you get a bit better mpg than pods. I was up at 155 nearly for mains when...

Damn, that looks good! You did a damn good job on the foam. Did you have to do anything special in the foam for the raised ribs in the seat? By the way, how does the bike perform with those pods on it?

Haynes also make great manuals for these bikes. Got one for my CB650 and it's done wonders for me. Before you figure that bike up after a carb tune, adjust rocker valves, cam tensioner, pulsar gap and timing spark. If any of these are out of whack, you're going to have a hard time properly...

Before you screw around with wiring, grab a schematic for your bike, study it until you know it like the back of your hand and then go through the bike and physically learn where things are located. grab a DMM too to help identify wires and components.

God damn, that's what I was expecting when I went to her. I'm willing to pay up to $300 for this job, but even that still feels pretty steep. Drewski, quality or not, that still seems outrageously high, to be honest. I'm tempted to send it to one of the guys up in Toronto that you've already...

Right! That's insanely overpriced compared to what you guys are quoting. I've made the entire seat pan myself so I literally just need foam and a cover. I don't think what I'm asking is terribly special and I'm not asking for genuine leather. Why would someone charge so much? Look at the break...

Shit, so many cheap options out there. I'm being quoted $650 to foam and upholster my custom made fiberglass seat pan. She does amazing work from what I've seen, but it almost seems like a rip off. Are most of these quotes for a prefab seat cover?

Well yeah these videos really don't help with the poor quality. Yes and yes. I only do them if I haven't ridden the bike that day. Maybe i should try going to the looser side.

When I'm riding, I hear a ticking, which seems to be the valves, and then I hear a kind of clatter which kind of sounds like it's coming from the bottom end, but I can't exactly tell. Here's a video just after I start the bike: https://youtu.be/VlMc-Dy6yBk And here's a video a few minutes...

Intake .002, exhaust .003, Yes, Clymer. Think that's too tight?

Hello guys, I've got a 1980 CB650C with a 4-1 aftermarket exhaust and stock air box on it. Throughout the process of tuning the bike I've had to readjust the valves a number of times. It seems that every time, the valves are initially quite, but then very quickly get noisy again. I've tried...

Hmm good idea, Sonreir, but wouldn't my time be different regardless of the trial? I'd have to make sure I am going the exact same speed in the same gear when I start, right? Although, my butt dyno is pretty sensitive and tells me my whole system is running slightly lean. Usually, I can...

Not at this moment, but I'm doing a plug chop today. I'll post picks later.

Here's an update guys. I've spent the last few days tirelessly butt dynoing my bike and I've had some great success! Believe it or not, it was much easier than getting the pods to work. I have a little bit of minor tweaking left for tomorrow; my system is running ever so slightly lean and as a...

I'm right in the middle of it so I'll get back to you later today to see if it helps. When all is said and done, i've found a dyno I can use for cheap, so I may take my bike there and try pods vs air box and see what the results yield. I'll post that information here if I do that.

Well put Rus. As I mentioned earlier, I'm pretty sure these air box designed were not geared for performance as much as emissions and noise reduction. Back in the 80's the laws were getting stricter about noise reduction on motorcycles and companies could only reduce so much from the exhaust, so...

I'm determined to have a smooth riding bike so I'm just going to power through it and get the air box to work. I care more about function, not form, even if it means busted knuckles and cursing up a storm.