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tocino

#2040
April 18, 2012, 10:32:13 AM
Last Sun/Mon got to ride around in the dirt with Chris Carr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carr_(motorcyclist)). Or rather, I got passed many times by him and the other instructors while pretending I was riding!
"Purchase this fine motorbike and you will find yourself swimming in a ocean of pre-feminist, lose-moraled women in see-through clothing without any buttons." - PipeBurn

The Mad King Pepe'

#2041
April 18, 2012, 06:26:02 PM
Quote from: tocino on April 18, 2012, 10:32:13 AM
I got passed many times by him and the other instructors while pretending I was riding!
That's the spirit! [laugh]
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

venomousr1993

#2042
April 18, 2012, 07:14:03 PM
Quote from: DRKWNG on April 17, 2012, 06:58:23 PM
Got .21 steps closer to being able to clear out.

Good luck with the process

Slide Panda

#2043
April 20, 2012, 05:36:27 AM
Pulled apart the KTM to install a manual cam chain tensioner. The factory hydraulic ones are found wanting. Part of the process is to take off the valve cover so you can set TDC - no problems there. Except I found that I was one of many that had a bad rocker bearing. A bad batch came from the parts folks back when and a lot of these bikes got valve openers that had a bad bearing...

On the good side my new lower on temp fan switch got installed, some general tidy work got done and the wheels came off for their new rubber.

-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

zooom

#2044
April 20, 2012, 06:29:45 AM
Quote from: Sad Panda on April 20, 2012, 05:36:27 AM
  and the wheels came off for their new rubber.



you thinking about sealing the rims for to go tubeless for to prevent some of the types of follies that ensued in the video?
99 Cagiva Gran Canyon-"FOR SALE", PM for details.
98 Monster 900(trackpregnant dog-soon to be made my Fiancee's upgrade streetbike)
2010 KTM 990 SM-T

Slide Panda

#2045
April 20, 2012, 06:34:09 AM
Not really... Everything I've seen about folks trying to seal up spoke rims seems like it makes things more failure prone than the relatively rare bolt in the road.

But I might start setting aside some cash each month to fund a war chest aimed at a set of wheels from a duke. I could probably find a used set for not too much pain for use as a street/road set and skin the 17" spokes for proper sumo tracky shit... trough apparently Summit has axed SuMo days at the kart track  >:(
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

zooom

#2046
April 20, 2012, 06:37:38 AM
Quote from: Sad Panda on April 20, 2012, 06:34:09 AM
Not really... Everything I've seen about folks trying to seal up spoke rims seems like it makes things more failure prone than the relatively rare bolt in the road.

But I might start setting aside some cash each month to fund a war chest aimed at a set of wheels from a duke. I could probably find a used set for not too much pain for use as a street/road set and skin the 17" spokes for proper sumo tracky shit... trough apparently Summit has axed SuMo days at the kart track  >:(

or you could send those wheels to Woody's and have them relace the hubs with spokes and rims for tubeless street usage  -> http://www.woodyswheelworks.com/KTM640690.html
99 Cagiva Gran Canyon-"FOR SALE", PM for details.
98 Monster 900(trackpregnant dog-soon to be made my Fiancee's upgrade streetbike)
2010 KTM 990 SM-T

Slide Panda

#2047
April 20, 2012, 06:48:45 AM Last Edit: April 20, 2012, 08:02:44 AM by Sad Panda
Oooooh.

- hmmm on more reading this isn't so hot. No guarantees on the sealing of normal spoke wheels. They will build some hot tubeless spokers  but it ain't cheep by a long shot.

Looks like Alpina has something as well
http://www.alpinaraggi.it/en/catalog/50335
Though it still needs new rims and spokes.

Back to looking at the price of duke wheels...

-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

DRKWNG

#2048
April 20, 2012, 01:35:27 PM
Quote from: Sad Panda on April 20, 2012, 06:48:45 AM
Looks like Alpina has something as well

Ahem...

And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

Slide Panda

#2049
April 20, 2012, 01:51:57 PM
Oh yes sexy sexy - but costy costy
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

The Mad King Pepe'

#2050
April 20, 2012, 03:49:06 PM
I wouldn't take those offroad...


but otherwise [drool]
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

DRKWNG

#2051
April 20, 2012, 04:09:55 PM
Put the uniform in the closet for the last time today.
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

Meerkat

#2052
April 20, 2012, 04:19:52 PM
Quote from: DRKWNG on April 20, 2012, 04:09:55 PM
Put the uniform in the closet for the last time today.
No shit?!? Congrats! So are you still jobless like I will be in a few weeks?
'07 S2R1K
'09 Daytona 675
'03 620 Dark-Sold 03/26/2011

DRKWNG

#2053
April 20, 2012, 04:20:48 PM
Quote from: Meerkat on April 20, 2012, 04:19:52 PM
No shit?!? Congrats! So are you still jobless like I will be in a few weeks?

Nope.  Get sworn in as a civilian on Monday.  Drinking and burning a smoke tonight.
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

Meerkat

#2054
April 20, 2012, 04:28:33 PM
Quote from: DRKWNG on April 20, 2012, 04:20:48 PM
Nope.  Get sworn in as a civilian on Monday.  Drinking and burning a smoke tonight.
Double congrats! I'll drink one for you as well.
'07 S2R1K
'09 Daytona 675
'03 620 Dark-Sold 03/26/2011
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