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Hey guys, so i was rebuilding the gauge cluster on my bike, fixed some broken tabs, gave it a light sanding and then painted the thing, so I had the bright IDEA of using a box and a hair dryer to do a makeshift curing oven, well I placed the parts inside the box, put the blower in its lowest...

Last night I took a ride about an hour long, 45 minutes in to it the bike while I was in a red light. Moved it to the side of the road, hit the starter and it didn't turn, felt like It had low voltage (my battery is kind of in it's last leg), tried to kick it and it fired in the first go. After...

Yesterday I hooked my battery to a charger, today with topped up battery I was planning on going out for a ride, and had a hard time starting it, once it was running a let it warm up for a while (2-3 minutes) and noticed the the 2 centre exhaust tubes got really hot but outer ones where barely...

In my CB400F and most of the sohc4 bikes (probably others of the era to), the lead comes out of the coil, but they are not replaceable with out changing the coil. I was reading around the internets and found some tutorials on cutting out the old leads and splicing a new one in place. Has...

I changed the name of the thread, but thanks again! It's been about a week since I've received my bike from the shop, allegedly it received a tune up (new filters, new plugs, got a leak fixed, fixed the wiring, new o-rings on the intake side) any way I took the bike out yesterday and it was...

Found this baby a while ago: It was done by Marc Ischepp It's all renders but mighty fine looking to my eyes, love the swing arm, and the general clean lines of the bike.

I'm looking for a new ridding jacket, with decent protection. But thing is, I'm really on the small side like tom cruise short. So buying a jacket is a real PITA, non of them fit! I've even considered something custom, but that's just to expensive. I looked up the sizing on some brands and seem...

Hey guy's locally there's a brand that has fork gaiters on some of their bikes. And maybe I cant fit them on my bike. Does anyone know what's the OD on those sliders? My bike's in the shop so I can't go and measure them :/ Here's the gaiters and the crappy bike:

For those of you that don't know I live in Mexico. Lately I've noticed a lot of Keeway and Bajaj bikes, they've been around here for a while, they're not really what you'd call a looker and always considered cheap/disposable type bikes. But here's the thing one brand is backed by Benelli and the...

I have very limited time to wrench around, and also limited tools, today I was playing around with the bike and noticed that 3 of header tubes are really hot (like burn your skin off hot) and the other the right one is cold, you can touch it bare hands and it ain't even warm compared to the...

Yesterday on the ride back home my cb400f crapped out on me. Battery's completely dead not even the dummy lights go on. I've kicking it and no luck. Also the bikes leaking and burning oil. So the question is: What should I check in order to get her running? I was thinking of getting the thing...

So yesterday I went down to Guadalajara city, with plans of seeing and maybe buying a bike, got a hold on the cb400f, did a test ride, and it rocked! Started with the first kick and the electric starter was fine also. Ended it up buying for about 900 bucks. Well on the way back to my town...

I found a '75 CB400f in Guadalajara, that's about two hours south from where I live. Asking price is 15 grand in Mexicano, so in 'Mericun that's about a 100 bucks north of a grand. Bike looks good, it's just missing the side covers and has a minor oil leak. i'll be seeing it tomorrow and make...

So I'm still in the bike hunting game, running around the: return of the cafe racers blog I found this little beaut': FYI the ISLO brand was actully mexican, it means Isidro Lopez, anyway this things date back from the 50's and they're actually the first Latin american motorcycles...

So today I test rode an 84 magna, I stil haven't bought it yet, but I'm pretty tempted, price is a little lower than 1400 bucks. The bike hauls some serious ass. But there are some things I would change like the ugly ass instrument panel, drop the front and change the handlebars for something...

So tomorrow i'll be looking at a 1982 XJ650, the one with the YICS system. The guy is asking about 1800 bucks for it, but i think with some haggling he might lower the price. Heres a pic of the thing: What should I look for? it looks in decent shape, and has a title, which is a plus with older...

So, I've been bike hunting for the past few weeks, and found a 750 virago the one with twin shocks, the thing is it has a bad camshaft or something along those lines. The guy told me that fixing it and buying the bike should set me back about a Grand (in 'mercian money). And for the build I was...

Hey guys, I've been a long time on again off again lurker here in the boards. Any way since the last year or so I've been having the urge for a bike, would love to get my hands on a cx500 or even better a real guzzi, but those around very common and/or cheap around here. So looking on the cheap...

So i was surfing at the brat style website, and i the fins on the sr400's look huge, i mean the cylinder looks really big, so i looked some more and found that those guys extend the cooling fins on their singles, heres some picks so you can guys take a look and tell me what you think about them.

so here it is