I welcomed 2006 with a almost rain-free ride today. It felt soooo good. I thumped the backroads into downtown Oly to meet up with the local Triumph riders...
I ended the year yesterday on the vstrom with a nice dry ride around three counties checking out the rivers, streams and valleys for flooding. Today I took the...
Jan 1 was the Nifty Fifty brekky for the South Sound VME'ers down in Spanaway. I left W. Seattle under threatening skies on the 600 Bandit and only encountered...
Went on the Resolution Ride today on FZ1. We rode east of Seattle until Snoqualmie Falls and back through most of the remaining backroads. Turned out damp and...
Jan. 1. Had to take my daughter driving in the morning... after recovering from that, I found it was about 3:30! Was I daunted? Was I downhearted? Well,...
Anyone have familiarity on this? Closing the throttle on my wife's '04 Savage (1600 miles) results in a loud backfire through the exhaust. It will occur in top...
Here's the old standard for reducing backfires. I don't know if it will fix your bike. Tighten your exhaust bolts. If all are tight then take all exhaust ...
Tom Myers
TomMyers@...
Jan 11, 2006 4:00 am
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Larry - The likely cause of the backfire is a lean factory setting of the pilot screw. Remove the cap that covers the screw, and turn the screw...
Larry; unburned fuel mix reaching the exhaust pipe... I see 2 suggestions to repair already posted. we used to put a 1/8" hole in an old exhaust header pipe to...
Hey guys, I thought this might interest you, http://nwbikers.com/P_Calendar.html I'm in Detroit so it doesn't do me any good. Looks like a collection of...
Thanks Geoff, I was unaware of this site. A good read! Larry Streetfighters <Streetfighters@...> wrote: Hey guys, I thought this might interest you, ...
Attached is a teaser for all of you, a Sachs MadAss 500 concept bike powered by a Royal Enfield engine. One of my buddies from the Moped Army sent me this...
The constant rain broke here in wet Oregon so I went out for a ride. When I came back I ran the gas out of the other 2 bikes in my garage... Wow 3 partial...
Brake and clutch supply on 6th ave (North of Georgetown) has done some for me. They came out very well. They won't do floating rotors though. Not because...
Bundling up, Geoff, it's in the 30's here and they are talking an Artic blast on it's way. No snow, or not so much snow, coming with it but black ice makes...
Hi Frog! It's been AWESOME here for so long! Low of 40's and occasionally hitting high 50's. Except for the last few days it's been like ....7 and that sucks. ...
Hi; I went for a ride today, longjohns, insulated pants, 3 coats and a hat inside my full face helmet... Then of cource I had to take most off because the Kick...
I have been riding north of Seattle with a group of mixed bikes most weekends. I'll post if interested. I led one to Sumas last weekend on my KTM thumper. They...
It has been a bit chilly here this weekend, teens each morning and some wind but didn't keep me off the bikes. Friday took the KLR up into the hills out to the...
Since it's too quiet I am posting a north of Seattle ride. This will be a mixed group of bikes but the pace will rarely hit 70mph, ideal for most thumpers....
Roland - This is the Concours group? The reason they seldom hit 70 is that they spend most of their time ABOVE that speed, from what I've heard! We could have...
Not on this ride, it's all backroads from 35 to 50 mph with lot's of curves. It will include roads similar to the ones in your backard. There may be a slow,...
