Tis The Season... For Bikes.
Hey guys ow, I wanted to comment ow, on the bikes ow.:D
Sorry, been at the U pick it to get a 42RH OD trans for the Dart and pulling that thing laying on the ground, using hand tools only and with no jack or help, so I'm hurting a bit right now.
I'll post an update on that later in a different thread.
DT360, I bet that thing was an absolute beast. :burnout:
Good point on the mixing system. Thanks for reminding me, I've gotta plug the Oil Level Sensor back in... Right now she has a full tank of oil, but the sensor isn't plugged in, so the Oil light on the Tach constantly flashes to tell me "it's low on oil" :D
On an off-road bike, mixing the gas/oil would be fine (and I even considered it for driving on the street). I'm gonna use her to commute to work on nice days, it would be a pain having to haul quarts of Mix on the bike with me, and mix it on the spot at the gas pumps.
It was a beast at the time, kinda like my XR500R that I have now, but it's a big difference from a two stroke.
My username is TrailBeast because when I was way into it I used to belong to an offroad club and that's what they called the XR. :D
It's a tank for sure with craploads of torque and bottom end and does 85 topped out.
Even geared real high and still a tank and idling in first you would have to trot to stay up with it.
I wanted to start riding some street when I got my drivers license and narrowed it down to two bikes.
One a Suzuki GT750 three cylinder two stroke and a mint condition CB350 twin, and even though that Suzuki would smoke the tire all the way up an onramp in third and hit the freeway at over 100 I picked the Honda and was never sorry.
Damn good little bike and reliable as a rock and I even took some multi thousand mile trips on it.
An oil light is a good thing, but it is powered by a light bulb so ...:D
I hear ya on the not wanting to mix on the street.
My kid just put a turbo on an already hopped up Hayabusa..... I'm just waiting for the call......
Pre turbo against a $$$$$V-rod
I know how you feel as my youngest Son Rides an 1100 Shadow and I worry about him.
The people around here don't know what turn signals are and when a light turns orange they jump back a forth between lanes jockeying for position while everyone is having to stop.
It really IS look out for your life around here, and I don't think I have ever lived anywhere where people did as much stupid stuff in traffic.
It makes me a little more comfortable that he rode dirt bikes for ten years before he went to street.
Kinda like me in that way, and there were definitely a few times I am sure it paid off for me.