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16530
I as this a while back but never got a definate answer to the my question, so here goes again. Anyone know if the brake drum on the steel tractor style wheel...
tlinz2001
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Mar 1, 2007
2:38 pm
16531
... I have'nt measured but I bet is is wider, at least as wide as the alloy rims, and I think the alloy rims are the same as the M5 hubs. Thinking of switching...
Nick Barton
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Mar 1, 2007
3:45 pm
16532
Just thinking out load of a stronger wheel and if they are wider, why not upgrade to a little better braking! TL ... the ... alloy...
tlinz2001
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Mar 1, 2007
5:04 pm
16533
I have what I believe to be an M1S, it's 12 volt, OHV. I think I'll post a picture in the photos section under Randy's Chang. If anyone could verify the model...
papasan25
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Mar 1, 2007
11:48 pm
16534
Well, I have a seat and I know Fred has soome exhausts. If nobody else had them for sale I have pistons and rings in my spare set as well as gaskets and seals,...
cookiecookr
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Mar 2, 2007
1:44 am
16535
... Set up correctly the braking improvement is huge. And at the moment I only have the skinny shoes shimmed and centered on the wider hub on the front wheel. ...
Nick Barton
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Mar 2, 2007
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16536
... I'm ... spring, ... the ... of ... I'm ... talking ... speed ... fairly ... Saw one one ebay in case you are intereted: ...
terribletabo
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Mar 2, 2007
6:18 am
16537
I have two of the upgrade carbs that I installed on my M1S for a couple of days, then went back to the stock ones, PM if you want them. On a separate note, I...
Angie Washo
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Mar 2, 2007
2:29 pm
16538
I've never done this on a CJ but on everything else I've worked on the drive gear just drops in, sometimes with a washer. The locking mechansisms are often a...
Richard Cook
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Mar 2, 2007
5:53 pm
16539
Let me go pull mine apart, mine doesn't work either though but I think it's the speedo. I'll shoot a pic of the gear if it's in there and I can get it out. ......
papasan25
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Mar 2, 2007
10:01 pm
16540
Dan has a link to a R71 on ebay. Look at the welds on the frame. It does not look like BMW to me. Could this be a pre gusseted M72 frame? Chris Jordan ...
Christopher Jordan
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Mar 3, 2007
12:23 pm
16541
Hi Chris, Are you talking about the gussets on the frame down by the plungers? If so, no original R71 frames had them. ... ...
Tony Salvatore
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Mar 3, 2007
9:01 pm
16542
oops, just read your post again. I think I know what you mean now. Not sure if the M71 had them or not. ... ...
Tony Salvatore
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Mar 3, 2007
9:15 pm
16543
It looks to me like an R71 that has been repaired after its frame cracked in the usual place. The tail light is some sort of aftermarket replacement to allow...
Phil Smith
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Mar 3, 2007
9:49 pm
16544
Hoping someone can help me out here. Rode my Chang (24hp Flat Head) today for about an hour earlier today. I was on an open road doing about 50 MPH and...
parisholdings
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Mar 4, 2007
1:25 am
16545
50mph for an hour seems a bit strong for 200miles on the clock. I would double check the break in schedule. It sounds like hot and thin oil getting past rings...
cdfps750
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Mar 4, 2007
3:23 am
16546
... If it was a Moscow built M-72 then the only difference visible would be the gas tank. The reinforcing gussets were introduced later, as was the twin plate...
greg123452003
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Mar 4, 2007
7:12 am
16547
This M72 is the only one I've ever seen (so far) that doesn't have a reinforced frame. It just keeps getting more and more interesting....
Dan Crossman
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Mar 4, 2007
8:25 am
16548
Check out this one one ebay Item number: 330094861930...
Tony Salvatore
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Mar 4, 2007
8:57 am
16549
Curiosity got the best of me so I had a look through my M72 pictures, (329 of them) and didn't find any bikes without reinforced frames, not even wartime...
Dan Crossman
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Mar 4, 2007
9:05 am
16550
Was just looking around on ebay and saw a vendor, Shelro Moto, with a website of www.shelro.com and wondered if anyone has heard of them? Loos like they sell...
tored1
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Mar 4, 2007
9:18 am
16551
Hi, Early M72 bikes did not have the gussets. There frames were made like the BMW R 71. The russian made the frame stronger by adding the gusset for off road...
gerald gardebled
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Mar 4, 2007
10:24 am
16552
I'd like to see some pictures of early M72s without the gussets. The 300+ M72s I have on file all have them including WWII machines....
Dan Crossman
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Mar 4, 2007
10:39 am
16553
Just have a look at the bike on ebay that you've just posted the link of on CJU. It has no gussets. REGARDS GERALD Dan Crossman <edsel400@...> a écrit :...
gerald gardebled
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Mar 4, 2007
12:04 pm
16554
Here is another piece to the pizzle. Take a look at the picure of the engine left side. The clutch cable runs alonge the top of the engine/transmission. The...
tlinz2001
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Mar 4, 2007
5:03 pm
16555
Ask Mr Cook about good prices....
panama317
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Mar 4, 2007
5:55 pm
16556
It doesn't add up. If only the earliest M72s had R71 style frames, why does one appear on this 1957 model? There's no telling what this bike actually is, but...
Dan Crossman
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Mar 4, 2007
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16557
did you notice the muffler is mounted backwards ... From: no_reply@yahoogroups.com To: thechangjiangexperience@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:02 PM ...
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Mar 4, 2007
6:48 pm
16558
I thought I read somewhere the earliest Russian built bikes were labeled M71's. Then after some modifications, it became the M72. Perhaps these M71's came...
Tony Salvatore
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Mar 4, 2007
10:26 pm
16559
Hi Gerald, I just looked at a friends Chang that i am trying to buy. The engine and gearbox are stamped 9107 0028. On the front frame tag it is 910700 and the...
Steve
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