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Maybe not. I think there is some wiggle room in the deal I made with the wife. Really though, there is too many bikes here. Some of them will have to go. I bought a 2005 DRZ400SM yesterday, and it will be delivered this weekend. Guess what else will be delivered this weekend? Yeah, more rotten...

Is there any way to get the speedo shut again after opening it up? I had one from one of my bikes that was badly dented, glass scratched, etched, basically a real POS. So I opened it up, played with it, cleaned it up a bit to see if I could. Having done that, it appears there is no way to get...

A good friend of mine lost his job a few months ago, and since then he has been getting set up to make his own parts. He's a mechanical engineer, so I figure he knows best. ;D I made some suggestions to him, side covers, fenders, cafe seats. He's considering them. My wife is also an engineer...

I bought a basketcase CL350 (two actually) to play with, because I wanted to keep my first one intact, at least for this year. I pulled the forks today, and found that they are really really REALLY rusty. :o And the front wheel was missing anyway, so I think maybe I should just try to find some...

I have been watching some of the thread here, and seeing a lot of motors being painted. How do you clean it up first, especially if it's all assembled? Thirty years of grime, dust, and general road dirt can really get into the nooks in these buggers. Engine degreaser and powerwasher? I did...

I think Velocity Stacks look cool. But, is that all they are good for? I read here that they are primarily for air flow improvement. But, I also know that a huge gaping hole sucking in air, bugs, dirt, water, rocks, diamond rings, small monkeys, etc can't be good for the motor. So, WTH. Just...

I am embarrassed to admit this. I am not a good mechanic. I try and try, but I have finally faced the truth. I can't be trusted with these things, apparently. :D I am a pretty good electrician, a decent wrench, but the workings of a motor are completely foreign to me. I can rebuild a...

It looks kind of like this: But mine looks like it was in a nuclear blast. Ok, not that bad, but the plastic pads melted off, and the springs are sprung. I might, maybe, cross my fingers be able to epoxy something like the original plastic pads on there, and get springs at the hardware...

Well, it had to happen. I was obviously enjoying myself way too much. All 120 miles of it. I had just ordered new tires too, so I guess I better fix it. But where to start? I was putting along at about 55, and it started to sputter, then it simply shut off, so I would have coasted to the side...

I am here for some work related training, and I think I am going to go crazy just sitting in my Hotel. Left an unfinished project at home, and I need to take my mind off of it. Or, maybe I need to shoot the breeze with someone and their project. I am not a mechanic, but I can turn a wrench...

I keep breaking the headlight bucket on my old CL350. Blasted thing is plastic and brittle. I saw this headlight, and kind of liked it. I like it a lot. Not entirely vintage, but what the hey, neither are fancy rearsets. Never meant to keep it all stock, so why not...

Let me preface this once again by saying that I am learning as I go. This is my first motorcycle, and I don't even know anyone with a working bike. I have a clymer manual, but there is only so much that one can learn from this. For example, it doesn't tell me that when your two cylinder honda...

One on each side of a Honda CL350 tank. Previous owner just had them capped off. I don't see anywhere for them to go. The petcock is attached to one spot on the tank, naturally, and then there is two more spots for hoses to attach to. If I don't cap them, lots of gas would pour all over the...

I am more or less copying this here from introductions. Not actually in Hell, MI, which coincidentally hosts a number of interesting sounding motorcycle events every year, but actually in Lansing. I bought a CL350 for the purpose of... ahh... well... no reason really. Just wanted to ride...

I bought some new bars, got the wiring out of the headlight bucket with minimal damage, and got the bars off the bike. Cables all out okay, going to clean up some stuff, notch the pods, etc. Where I am stuck at is getting the old wiring out of the old bars. Aghhh! It's really stiff and hasn't...

Not actually in Hell, MI, which coincidentally hosts a number of interesting sounding motorcycle events every year, but actually in Lansing. I bought a CL350 for the purpose of... ahh... well... no reason really. Just wanted to ride. That's the Ebay picture, I haven't taken any since hauling...