It may be the devil on my should thinking here but maybe..... They sell a boat load at 2.8 gallons then this time next year they release a larger size and everyone who bought the 2.8 gallon tank upgrades to a 4 gallon? Where as if they released both at the same time, the original buyer may have just gotten one of them? This is my thinking so I'm going to hold off for a while. -Spencer
Hmm. Well, I went to reserve at 82 miles today. Ran almost continuously at 55 MPH, though. Obviously speed makes a big difference in mileage.
Since I rejetted mine, i still see 62-65mpg and I commute on 55+mph roads but do a lot of stop and go between buildings here at work (2.4 mile round trip)
I guess I'm a sucker for au naturel, that looks great WN, the nice header pipe and white/black all look good. Now we need to see the dirty pics PS: you need some fuel
Solomariah, it showed up for me, here's the link: http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3995/cimg4882.jpg
I pulled tabs from beer/soda cans and cut the rivet hole from it. Hammered it flat and trimmed the outside edge rounded down to fit in the needle holder inside the carb slide. Three layers looks close to two grooves on the old style adjustable needles.
i bought my washers from mcmaster/carr. part #99040A300. good idea making your own. and i love eldavo's TW. it's by far the best example of converting another tank for the TW. and it's got a cool post-apocalyptic look to it. i have a black front fender, and have thought a lot about buying black plastics. every time i see a pic of his bike, i think more and more about it.
Hey there guys. As a farming outfit we love the TW's. You can quietly move through a camp of lambing sheep and gather them up because of the low gearing. I have one problem thought. Because of the slow putting around they get extremely hot! Mechanics tell me there aint a way I am getting a oilcooler "DR type" on there coz it aint got enough pressure... I think... BULLSHIT! Surely it supply oil to the camshaft rite? Rite! Why cant a cooler work? If a cooler cant work. What about a remote ressevoir that can hold some more oil to move through the engine? Or have I got it wrong... Is it just the head that gets to hot? So Mohammed came to the mountain for some awnsers...
"It works great" might mean it bolts up and fits. Whether it effectively lowers your engine temps for you while running at low speed under load on the farm, on an air cooled engine it depends on the airflow. This engine does run hot, and if you have a fleet of them you'll find it's normal. Oil change interval takes care of that though. Depending on your model, elevation etc. the carb might be still on the lean side at 128.5 main jet where others are delivered with 132. A couple guys in extreme heat and load had o-rings swell and start weeping oil. If that's not happening for you, then you're probably alright.
Radio Shack sells a bag of small washers for about $1.00. They're used on radio / computer chassis. AK Greg
I go very slow pretty much all the time (15mph). This is a home made set=up that keeps my oil temp. below 245 (F). The cooling coils consist of 7 feet of 1/4" Copper tube coiled around frame and fed from oil leaving the outter primary shaft bearing. On the other side of the bike I have a 180cfm axial fan when switched on, will blow around the right side of cylinder. Gerry
Yes I can see that working in a way... Cooling your oil will lower casing temps...? But I like the thought of a fan that will cool the cylinderhead and I think that is where most of the overheating problem occur. I must say that this site is just a mine of info... And a band of brothers from different mothers
