Justbeinme
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i stopped at a Harley shop, and see Harley has a dual purpose bike now. Neat looking bike
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Who rides Motorcycles ????
- Thread starter Elton
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I haven't seen that ,, is it a new model ?
There used to be an old military use bike , I think it was dual fuel ,, I thought it was a Harley,, but maybe not ,, I think it was an 80s era .
I've been thinking of getting another dual use bike ,, was looking at a KTM 490 , I think it was . I just didn't want to drop 7 grand for it. Maybe things will change come springtime.
silverseeker 2
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Since retiring I got back into my favorite passion when I was SINGLE. Now into restoring some Vintage cycles. Just finished a bit back a 1983 Honda 650 Nighthawk with 11,000 Original miles and Clean. Paid $500 for her. Such a deal!!! My project bikes I have are 1982 Suzuki gs1100gk, 1979 Suzuki Gs1000, 1980 Yamaha 1100,(not the Special), and my Mint 1982 Gl1100 Goldwing Aspencade.
Have an 1986 Fuel injected Goldwing SEI project that I'LL probably never get to but have all new parts for it and many parts I have for it are UNAVAILABLE...
Just need to find the right Fairing for her as the old one had cracks. Then this bike can begin to be re-assembled. Raced & Rode in all my
Younger days before I was married. Sure missed it but now getting back into riding now that I'm retired and kids are out of the
... Nice looking Enfield my friend. Have a good day and RIDE SAFE!!!
silverseeker 2
Have an 1986 Fuel injected Goldwing SEI project that I'LL probably never get to but have all new parts for it and many parts I have for it are UNAVAILABLE...
Just need to find the right Fairing for her as the old one had cracks. Then this bike can begin to be re-assembled. Raced & Rode in all my
Younger days before I was married. Sure missed it but now getting back into riding now that I'm retired and kids are out of the
... Nice looking Enfield my friend. Have a good day and RIDE SAFE!!!silverseeker 2
You are busy!!! A lot of cool projects you are working on. Would love to see some pics of completion.
My children are gone as well but still too busy to do some of the things on my bucket list unfortunately. However my wife likes to ride as well. Found her a 1996 Triumph Thunderbird which has the Hinkley triple engine with triple carbs. Hadn’t been run for quite some time so removed carbs and rebuilt them. Used a Morgan Carb Tune tool from England to sync the carbs. Replaced the original tires along with some other areas that needed addressed and she seems to enjoy it.
My children are gone as well but still too busy to do some of the things on my bucket list unfortunately. However my wife likes to ride as well. Found her a 1996 Triumph Thunderbird which has the Hinkley triple engine with triple carbs. Hadn’t been run for quite some time so removed carbs and rebuilt them. Used a Morgan Carb Tune tool from England to sync the carbs. Replaced the original tires along with some other areas that needed addressed and she seems to enjoy it.
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I've had an '80 GS1100E and two '82 GS1100E's, and I can tell you that the leading axle front-end on the '80 along with the aluminum swingarm (the first aluminum swingarm ever on a production bike) were the things that nightmares are made of. The swingarm flexed too much, and the front-end lacked sufficient trail, so it was seriously unstable at speed. After crashing @ over 135mph due to a tank-slapper, I swapped out the front-end with one from a '78 GS1000E, and swiped the steel swingarm from the same GS1000E at the same time. Then I went on to successfully race that bike for a couple of years.
The worst part of the '82 GS1100E is the stupid anti-dive feature. It adds detrimental un-sprung weight to the front end, and can create an unstable condition when breaking on a bumpy surface. Fortunately, it's easy to defeat, and you just toss the unused short lines.
Of course, on the GK model you have, the shaft drive is something that I'd never allow in my paddock. The pinion climbing the ring gear under acceleration (raising the rear-end and reducing trail) is bad enough, but when decelerating, having the ring gear trying to run over the pinion amounts to lifting the rear tire off the pavement, which in a curve will put your ass out in the weeds.
I always said that my guardian angel doesn't snooze at the lights.(<-an old drag racing colloquialism)
My quest for speed came at a price.......that I'm paying now because I survived.
So very true. When we are young we think we won’t live long enough to experience the folly of our youth. But if God blesses us with a long life those hard early years sure sneak up on a guy.
Picketwire
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A Rare Kawasaki KLR650 Diesel-Powered Motorcycle For The Special Forces
This may look like an ordinary drab green military Kawasaki KLR650 but it's actually something altogether more special. It's one of the rare bikes
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At a car show here, one person had grafted a small inline Cummins diesel engine on one.
silverseeker 2
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Man o man Longhair, you really know your bikes. Your bike in picture is Beautiful. I understand what you're saying about these 1100's. I rode a 1982 Gs1100, Champaign colored model. I put a Bassanni 4 into one exhaust on her, rejetted carbs and in my area I was
pretty much untouchable when street racing. When I got married the wife wanted it gone as we had a child coming and her brother was killed by a DRUNK DRIVER as a passenger on the back. So I sold it. Wish I never would have but happy wife, happy life. Really nice bike you have built and put together and I can tell you are Very knowledgeable about these Rice Rockets. Thanks for the tips and reply. Ride Safe my friend and wish you the BEST!!!
silverseeker 2
Thanks!
I also had a Bassanni pipe on my '82s. Along with Mikuni 33mm smoothbore carbs and K&N air cleaners, you could really make the motor scream. The added cornering clearance with the Bassanni gave it a notable advantage over the prior Kerker headers that I always dragged at the last bend near the collector (after re-springing the forks and adding Fox Street Shocks on the back).
One other weak area was the clutch basket. Investing in a Vance & Hines superhub was the very first thing I did when I got my '80 1100E. After seeing my racing partner nearly trash his engine cases blowing up his clutch basket, I was never sorry for that expense.
I learned a lot with my very first GS.......a '78 750E. It ended up with a Yoshi 850 kit, welded crank, Andrews valve springs, Stock 26mm Mikuni's punched out to 28½mm w/slides lowered in the throttle bores, K&N 4-into-2 air cleaners (that I made work with the factory velocity stacks), Barnett clutch w/extra plate kit, re-geared, re-sprung forks w/air caps and modified metering rods, and a few other little changes. It destroyed stock 1000cc bikes in ¼-mile drags.