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Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Posts: 45 Location: british columbia canada
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: where did all the yams go
i'm thinking there out riding,or in the back yard wrenching,not much going on round here.myself i'm tunning up a ke 100 still looking for rear fenders for my honda 3 wheeler,cause i snagged my pants on the rear tire and it puilled me off and ran me over.ouch! and i got a set off kx 80 handlebars i'm drilling and cutting to fit my 67 yam YL1. oha i picked up a scooter for a loner bike for my brother cause his Kawasaki ke 100 is a piece. ha ha ha!
Joined: Jan 05, 2009 Posts: 622 Location: Michigan
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: where dey at!!!!
Well, so you can rest comfortably, one is in my garage, and had it's first road test today, it did very well, took me 50+ miles and back with nary a sputter. I always thought the xs650 was a classic and my 79 is living proof, so I think a second road test is in order tommorow.....hmmmmm, theres this ice cream shop, nuff said......Blue
Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Posts: 45 Location: british columbia canada
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject:
i would like to ride to the ice cream shop on mine,problem is it sounds like a helicopter landing,and every time i take a little roost down the road someone starts helling turn that f*#@$ing thing off.that's the suburbs for ya,think i need to move to the woods and scare the bears with it.
Joined: Jan 05, 2009 Posts: 622 Location: Michigan
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject: I hear ya, actually I can't
I am fortunate to live in a small town and am only maybe 2 miles from the twisties and the country, but Michigan roads are the worst. When I first moved here in the 70s I asked someone and they said Gen. Deorge Armstrong Custer was from Michigan and he said don't do anything till I get back. I am also fortunate to live in a block that has 3 other families that own bikes, the neighbor 2 houses down does a lot of late night vollies on his Hiabusa, I suppose some don't like it but as for me "ya gotta luv it"........Blue
Joined: May 07, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: East Central Iowa
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:38 am Post subject:
That '79 is a good investment. I had a red one just like yours. I rode it all over the country for nine years and it never let me down. I just kept the oil changed, the valves adjusted, points and plugs as necessary. And in all those years, I never even changed the condenser. The '79s are bulletproof.
Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Posts: 45 Location: british columbia canada
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:05 am Post subject:
man i wish i lived on a block like blue,only 2 bikes on my road one beside my house,and one at the end of the road,but they cant stand the sound of mine,i guess having a 2 cylinder 2 stroke 40 year old yamy thats louder than the new harley or kawasaki street bike on my block must bother them.and i only start the old beast once in a while,and i don't mess around with it at night,unlike the guy's on my block,blasting the pipes at night and giving you the evil eye when i even give my bike a little gas in the day.they are probably the type that thinks vintage bikes are old junk.there loss.
As someone who lives in a college town, i can tell you there is not enough appreciation for the classics, especially in today's not-so-young youth. my 82 seca has yet to fail me, and all around me r busas & the like. you can be sure my seca sees the road everyday i can put it there; changed the oil today and feelin like a nice ride through the country tomorrow. Too bad there's no twisties here, just long, flat roads with gentle, sweeping curves. Guess you can't have it all... _________________ Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. ~Hunter Thompson
Joined: Jan 05, 2009 Posts: 622 Location: Michigan
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: Curves
Yeah, My wife and I ride in Indiana occasionally, and the roads are pretty straight, although the Wabash Valley area is way nice. I visit my brother in Denver and I fly out, he has 3 bikes so I get to ride when I'm there, I don't know how he does it, Denver is all interstate, unless you go east on secondary roads and then it's drive in a straight line 8 miles, turn left, repeat and so on, a run to the west is the mountains, a little twisty and uphill as you might guess. I really used to love living in N.Y. upstate near the Canadian border and the Adirondacks and going to Vermont and N.H. with the White mts. and Green mts. and the Belknap area near Laconia and the Lake George region of N.Y. is unbelievable, probably why they hold The Aspencade there. nuff of this, now I got to go ride, Blue
supposedly there's decent riding in southern indiana, around bloomington & the area, but i havent gotten a chance to go down and check it out. imay have just figured out at i'm doing w/ my wkend. . . _________________ Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. ~Hunter Thompson
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