I use the Vista Cruise universal. If you have heard that it is a good idea to not secure the unit to the handle bar with a screw on the bottom, you were...
George, I use a throttlemeister (for 3 years). Painfully expensive, but flawless performance, easy to chop the throttle anytime, can't mess with your brakes....
Make me puke, barf barf. Modern lyrics from a earlier time (enough old farts around here to recognize it), I don't know who wrote it, from Eddie Harris and...
I use the Kaoko throttle lock sometimes I need to tweek the throttle riding the hill here in PA I'll really put it to the test when I head down to VSRI rally...
How does this work? Do you just crank it down before starting so the friction is more than the return spring can handle? Steve... ... Iron Horse in two weeks ...
Well now that was just a breathe of fresh air, having a porn spam lowlife generate a reply from another member that was actually fun to read and informative....
I've been unable to get a couple of bolts behind kick stand out so I can put bracket on to mount bash plate. Is using a torch on the bolt head acceptable...
It is generally acceptable to use a PROPANE torch (not acetylene) on a bolt to A)break non-removable loctite, and B) break rust binding. The key is to do it...
tom, if'n you don't have an impact wrench, at least get a small old screwdriver (phillips) and put the tip in the middle of the bolt head, then proceed to tap...
I have nothing to say but thanks again. I've been applying penetrant, I will make damn sure I don't round off the bolt (I realized I was going in that...
The key to removal of an intact bolt locked by corrosion is to hit it with a sufficient amount of torque to break the lock. Nothing else works. All of the...
OK, now make sure you have the bike upside down resting on the handlebars & tailrack for the penetrant. Lots of folks leave that step out. ... From: "t.ahawk"...
I still have the workshop manual for a Yamaha XS 650 I bought back in 72. Parts of it are quite funny and parts are unintelligable. In spite of that, it was a...
... handlebars & ... i remember when i was doing the valve adj and turned up "missing" some small whatnot or bolt i forget and we had a conversation about...
sonofabitch larry....you rode an xs650 that explains much a few nuts and bolts lost along the highway not much between friends i used to like that big ugly...
Exerpt from an article by Stan Persky. A couple of decades ago, back in the 1980s, a friend of mine in Vancouver displayed a jokey bilingual poster on his...
Didn't Jakoby need about a dozen lessons to be taught how to clean erasers after school? I say that because of her thoughtful and completely un-elitist jibe:...
Suzuki Owners Club of North America is seeking Area/Regional Coordinators for the United States, Mexico and Canada Chapters. Anyone interested in serving as...
The first paragraphs bring images of friendly people conversing in the afterlife when all problems a have been solved, but the mood suddenly changes, as the...
Hoo Haa! It's Saturday morning! Make them stick their high gigabyte memory sticks up their butts! Make them use typewriters so they can't write so fast! Make...
GOD DAMN THOSE FERRIC OXIDE CRYSTALS! DAMN THEM TO HELL! ... it with a sufficient amount of torque to break the lock. Nothing else works. All of the prior...
Now you are getting with the program! Now you understand! Hate the stinking rust. Kick its ass in a burst of disciplined fury and thunder swearing and...
C'mon Mark. Have to believe more than one rusted fastener has been shot to death by you. ... From: MARK NEWBY To: vstrom2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May...
Tom, I'm looking at the title of this thread and your detailed note and wondering "How did it so degrade ?" Jim (who recently bought a Pee-wee Hermanish bike...
... If he's referring to the two bolts I think he is (left hand side, rear) it's almost impossible to get a wrench on them, much less turn them, with the...
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