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    When friends ask advice to ignore it

    There is absolutely no justification for riding in a t shirt and loafers. try this, put on your "casual" riding gear. now sprint as hard as you can, get up to speed and do your impression of a guy sliding into home plate. try it face first, try it feet first. how did that feel? Now try at...
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    I hate exhaust reducers.

    Yeah, muffler shops can put on an exhaust. This would be excellent advice had I asked "who can put on my exhaust". However as my question was about people's methods for using the reducers photographed above, it's pretty shit.
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    I hate exhaust reducers.

    these buggers.hate.them. ive mounted a set of emgos on a bonneville with them it, wasnt easy and I forget how I eventually did it. now im trying to do the same with an xs360, anyone got a tried and true method?
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    cb500t; the wife build

    so my wife started building a bike... we found a cb500T for 200$! the plan is a nice slim cafe with 1986 gsxr front end and wheels (take offs from the gsxr build, why not?). after that its the fairly average parts list. rear sets, custom exhaust, seat...the useual right now the bike has no...
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    Royal Enfield Cafe Racer News or Thoughts?

    just to be clear, they have been manufactured in india for the last 60 some odd years, and the bullet was largely unchanged from 1949 to 2009 when they went to fuel injection, unit construction engines and disk brakes. I only quote the above to establish that distinguishing between older...
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    XS650 Brembo caliper conversion

    payment sent
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    XS650 Brembo caliper conversion

    ill take it!
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    3 wire oil temp retrofit

    on an oil boiler im more worried about operating temps than pressure. in my experience by the time your oil pressure is noticeably dropping things have already gone pretty terrible.
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    3 wire oil temp retrofit

    putting something like this and this on a motorcycle. its totally doable, wiring should be easy. I was just wondering if anyone has done it or opinions on most useful temp sensor locations. obviously pre cooler is going to be hotter than post cooler, oil pan is an option too. mabe even...
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    3 wire oil temp retrofit

    anyone ever retrofit an electric oil temp sensor? itll be on a 91 gsxr motor but im kinda just interested in what people have done on anything.
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    86/91 GSXR "endurance racer" street bike.

    oh yeah, I also found the blog of the guy that made the inspiration bike. lazonenoire.blogspot.com lots of rad bikes and cars and other sutff.
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    86/91 GSXR "endurance racer" street bike.

    thanks for the encouragement guys! last week I serviced the motor and bolted it in the frame, swapped wiring harnesses, mounted the carbs and built a quick release oil cooler mount to adapt the larger 91 oil cooler to the 86 frame. the previous owner thought it was a good idea to hardwire the...
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    Full-Face Vintage, anyone?

    the biltwell gringo is set to release may for the larger sizes, june for the smaller ones. Id rather wear no helmet then a 30 year old full face, even a deadstock never been worn one is totally useless as protective equipment.
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    86/91 GSXR "endurance racer" street bike.

    jeez, I cant remember the last time I posted on here. This new project I started has me really excited and I thought I would start a thread here to share the build. backstory; months and months ago there was an article in a magazine about the 1986 GXSR setting the 24 hour speed record in 1985...
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    The necessity of kill switches on older bikes..

    I cant be the only one who ditched the kill switch and just uses the key as a kill can I?
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    The Magnificent Bastard

    poor swivel, must not be able to find the "respond" button in the thread and instead can only post PM's. allow me to assist you sir; "Pretty" "Bloody" "Simple" "to sell sell Chinese imports they show poorly designed bikes as advertisements merely to make money.They may encourage young guys...
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    The Magnificent Bastard

    as I see that bike being ridden fairly regularly (I live one block from the icon design HQ) and have seen the garage where the "advertising graduates" are building the bikes themselves I find the resentment towards the bikes they make is childish and naieve. if the aesthetic > performance...
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    Kindly share your opinion on this jaket?

    Re: Kidly share your opinion on this jaket? the shipping quote says 5.99 BP expedited international. I dunno man, 165$ for a custom tailored armored cowhide jacket? something has to be up, the materials alone would be around 100$(+) and if theyre eating it on shipping theres no way they can...
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    Coincidence? Weird shit

    a few weeks ago I installed new adjustable levers on my Duc. went for a ride the next day and the bike ran like utter shit, sputtering and coughing through the pods a few blasts out the pipe (I was thinking it was charging system as low voltage and fuel injection dont get along)... I got to...
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    Selling an "advanced" bike to a beginner

    I work at a ducati dealer. a couple months ago a guy bought an 1198S, said he had "extensive offroad experience" our service writer does the walk around and answers his questions which all seem normal (break ins, service intervals, tire pressure) and I roll the bike outside for him and start it...
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