Forum: Hacks
09-04-2011, 11:34 PM
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Forum: Road warriors
07-27-2011, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 52,026
I see them pop up on Ebay/Craigslist every once...
I see them pop up on Ebay/Craigslist every once in a while. This particular model was given to me by one of my mother's friends from high school after her (the friend's) husband died. He bought it...
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Forum: Road warriors
07-25-2011, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 52,026
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Forum: Beasts
07-02-2011, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 8,987
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Forum: Beasts
07-02-2011, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,899
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Forum: Road warriors
06-29-2011, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,711
40k miles on my '06 T100 in all sorts of...
40k miles on my '06 T100 in all sorts of conditions. Early on, I had fuel starvation issues from a pinched ventilation hose under the tank. It had the same irritating "wait 2 minutes"/"open the cap...
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Forum: Beasts
03-19-2011, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
02-15-2011, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
02-09-2011, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
Yep. I sold it to a guy in Australia. It was...
Yep. I sold it to a guy in Australia. It was irreparably damaged in transit, USPS would not honor insurance on it, and I lost a total of $2200 on the tank between the original cost, polish, paint,...
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Forum: Beasts
02-08-2011, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
Thanks. Close to 40k now. Haven't had as much...
Thanks. Close to 40k now. Haven't had as much time to ride recently. :/
Yep, I got the 360mm (I think) length. I haven't changed the front suspension travel/length but I do have Progressive...
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Forum: Beasts
02-02-2011, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
01-29-2011, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
01-29-2011, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
01-23-2011, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
11-22-2010, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
If you're willing to go through the effort to...
If you're willing to go through the effort to machine something like that, why not just swap out the whole front end? If you're really going to be bouncing around someplace that demands that much...
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Forum: Beasts
09-22-2010, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,636
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Forum: Hacks
05-10-2010, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,280
'06 Bonneville + CJ Sidecar = The Road to Victory?
A while back, I picked up a CJ sidecar to put on a ratty /5 I bought. Well, that was a dumb idea, so I recently sold the /5 and have decided to hook up the CJ to my '06 Bonneville T100. I saw a guy...
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Forum: Beasts
04-02-2010, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,309
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Forum: The Garage
04-01-2010, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 67,765
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Forum: Beasts
04-01-2010, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,309
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-23-2009, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,374
Thanks for the jugs, wirewrkr!
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Thanks for the jugs, wirewrkr!
http://diogenes-lamp.info/images/r75cylinders.jpg
So if I use R75 cylinders bored out to 85mm and R80 pistons, should I be using R75 heads or R80 heads?
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-17-2009, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,374
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Forum: Old's Cool
10-17-2009, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,374
rebuilding r60/5 engine: displacement++
A long while back I started considering this rebuild, but I forgot pretty much all of the advice everyone told me (except some stuff from wirewrkr... hmm...).
Anyway, I bought a ratty R60/5 as a...
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Forum: The Garage
10-17-2009, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 67,765
If I ever decide to do anything about it, I'll...
If I ever decide to do anything about it, I'll probably just have a bit of extra material added on to my Bonnie center stand. Right now if I need the rear wheel to spin freely, I can slip just about...
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Forum: Beasts
10-17-2009, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
Yeah there are enough, but you do have to be...
Yeah there are enough, but you do have to be aware of how all of those small towns are spaced out. It's the same situation as going from Phoenix to San Diego on I-8. If you don't plan your stops...
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Forum: Beasts
10-15-2009, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 404
Views: 36,525
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Forum: Beasts
08-25-2009, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Airheads
08-25-2009, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 12,657
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Forum: Beasts
08-24-2009, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
In honor of this thread's long life and other...
In honor of this thread's long life and other riders who scoff at the idea of adventure riding on a Scrambler, let's go over the common failure points of the Scrambler/Bonneville to compare to other...
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Forum: Beasts
08-24-2009, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Airheads
08-23-2009, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 12,657
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Forum: Ride reports
07-05-2009, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 800
Thank you. It's an Evan Wilcox custom tank. He...
Thank you. It's an Evan Wilcox custom tank. He calls it the "Clubman GS". It's based off of an old BSA Goldstar tank design. It has a flush, center-mounted cap, vents to the charcoal canister,...
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Forum: Ride reports
07-05-2009, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 800
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Forum: Ride reports
07-05-2009, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 800
Bonnies rush in where Rubicons fear to tread.
Granted, it was a rented Rubicon being driven by some old French ladies, but I still felt like a stud!
There's a lot of overlap between my trip and Kinjari/PlasticSun's because we were together...
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Forum: Beasts
07-02-2009, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
Seconding this. My Ikons were a decent step up...
Seconding this. My Ikons were a decent step up from stock, but they can't take adventure riding abuse. You might also consider Works Performance shocks. I got some for my Bonnie (Scrambler length)...
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Forum: Beasts
06-16-2009, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Beasts
06-07-2009, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
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Forum: Road warriors
06-06-2009, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 12,718
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Forum: Beasts
06-06-2009, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
All of the yellow/black stuff is Wolfman gear,...
All of the yellow/black stuff is Wolfman gear, and it's all fantastic. The tank bag is the small (strap, non-magnetic) Wolfman Expedition and it fits my tank perfectly, just behind the gas cap. The...
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Forum: Beasts
06-06-2009, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 17,412
Views: 4,663,355
Just got back yesterday from a 3,500 mile trip:...
Just got back yesterday from a 3,500 mile trip: Orange County (California) to Red Rock Canyon, Grand Staircase, Moab/La Sal Mountains, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and a few days bumming around Bozeman,...
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