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Offline tsnap

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #50 on: March 30, 2016, 06:26:31 PM »
I am going thru the stickys info now.  in the "can you read" section.

Checking around tonite to see which parts I would need to do it. (the switch to standard  hydrobrakes)

My ABS on my 87 944 Porsche did save me from a dump truck one day (turned left in front of me at the last second), first time I ever used them, but I do take the shortcut around Thousand Hills State Park around the dam, to get to a friends house 8 miles south.  Otherwise, its 15 miles thru town on the blacktop.

I am a fairly conservative rider...being hit 3 times in my 20s, and older bones has slowed me down.  i justr don't fly like I used to.  I always wear an orange/reflective vest or coat.

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Offline Laitch

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #51 on: March 30, 2016, 06:31:10 PM »
France is nice this time of year—parts of it anyway—but it's got some wicked electrical testers there that can blow up a bike.
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Offline tsnap

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #52 on: April 19, 2016, 09:25:49 PM »
theres always gonna be touble when a nitrogen group and benzene rings intermingle.

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Offline Laitch

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #53 on: April 19, 2016, 09:45:50 PM »
I found a candid shot taken by drone of a new Motobricker getting Workshop postings at the world famous MOTOBRICK.COM. He's on a Dakar Yellow Brick.

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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #54 on: April 19, 2016, 09:51:49 PM »
Be careful about casting aspirins at Dakar Yeller Brickers.
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #55 on: April 19, 2016, 10:04:29 PM »
I have a dream that one day a rider will be judged by the content of his iconic 22 liter topcase rather than the color of his fairings.
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Offline Elipten

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Can You Read
« Reply #56 on: April 19, 2016, 10:36:56 PM »
Lord I love this site.  I'm just laughing now at this thread.  Thanks Johnny for going mad.  Please post the Moefoe video of it happening right here.  LOL


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Offline Chaos

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #57 on: April 19, 2016, 10:49:43 PM »
Quote from: Laitch on April 19, 2016, 10:04:29 PM
I have a dream that one day a rider will be judged by the content of his iconic 22 liter topcase rather than the color of his fairings.

Iconic box is designed for assless chaps, fingerless gloves, dew rag and good Russian Vodka.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #58 on: April 19, 2016, 10:55:00 PM »
Laitch you're messin' with the Brotherhood of Da Yeller Brick...............keep this up and we'll come up to that cozy Vermont cabin and shoot Yeller Piss all over you! Right,Gryphon?
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #59 on: April 19, 2016, 11:04:14 PM »
That Vermonter, he;s on thin ice, Ace. 

Tempted to take a run up to where that New England hillbilly is hiding out. 
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #60 on: April 20, 2016, 12:34:52 AM »
Come on up! The frost is out of the road and it's just been graded. As a bonus, we'll be having a demonstration of patterns made by genuine Kerala peppercorns mixed with Morton's finest halite after they pass through an 850's improved cylinder. We'll start the demo upon your arrival. Casual dress. Moist towelettes and styptic pencils available on site.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #61 on: April 20, 2016, 12:43:57 AM »
Nah, Laitch, we'll drop by after the woods finish burning ............
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #62 on: April 20, 2016, 12:46:25 AM »
Quote from: TrueAce on April 20, 2016, 12:43:57 AM
Nah, Laitch, we'll drop by after the woods finish burning ............
That'll ruin the carrot cake, but that's your loss, Ace.
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Offline tsnap

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #63 on: May 16, 2016, 10:30:51 PM »
what joint?

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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #64 on: May 16, 2016, 11:01:23 PM »
Ya know JO, it's gotta be a generational thing...............easier to just ask rather than take time to actually look stuff up. Need a new response for lazy folks.........."DYOR".........(Do You Own Research). Ain't it enough to have a subject-generated reference file available for free?
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Offline D.Bachtel

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #65 on: May 16, 2016, 11:20:05 PM »
At 59 I can read and follow instructions fairly well, I'm scared to death to appear stupid. Best to stay low and study up.
I the meantime my 87 K75C in 632 Rott kicks ass.
Hoping to find a nice smoked Slipstream Deflector and I'll cash in this Non-op for a Current and give Geico a call.
Just another bike in the stable and the newest I've ever had. Very impressive.
Thanks Brickheads for the XLNT Library, bless your hearts!
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Offline The Dude

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #66 on: May 16, 2016, 11:21:30 PM »
Quote from: TrueAce on May 16, 2016, 11:01:23 PM
Ya know JO, it's gotta be a generational thing..............
You might be onto something.Ive been swapping Italian electrons for German ones  for years and my brick alternator hasn't noticed yet.
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #67 on: May 16, 2016, 11:29:09 PM »
The starter just came back from powdercoating and still it's a no-start. Somebody said I should look in the Workshop but I don't understand what that means. Is that like Walmart or Tesco? Has anybody ever had starting problems like this?  By the way, I think the manual is wrong and based on my experience with MTD lawnmowers, I have decided that straight 30wt is the oil to go with. You should try it, too.

Thanks in advance. Really love the site.
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #68 on: May 16, 2016, 11:51:36 PM »
Laitch, that pretty much sums it up. Momma always said, " Stupid is as stupid does".
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Offline The Dude

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #69 on: May 16, 2016, 11:55:12 PM »
Quote from: Laitch on May 16, 2016, 11:29:09 PM
The starter just came back from powdercoating and still it's a no-start. I have decided that straight 30wt is the oil to go with. You should try it, too.

Thanks in advance. Really love the site.
I have,just make sure you let all the drips drop off after dipping and clean off the commentator with a lint free cloth before you let electrons at it.
Have you topped up your spark plugs yet?A light grind will get you a couple thousand miles or more out of them.
Yeh,must admit,I've been learning a lot from this site.I hope my technical contributions are equally appreciated.
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"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there."
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #70 on: May 17, 2016, 08:33:21 AM »
What makes Motobrick work is people participating and contributing. Coming on and asking a question that's already been answered multiple times is not contributing. People should be making an effort to find out what's already been said about their question, learn about it for themselves, then add something new to what's already been said.

If you make an effort to find your answer and come up empty, then show your mates some evidence that you made an effort.
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Offline jakgieger

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #71 on: May 17, 2016, 08:51:31 AM »
Quote from: billday on May 17, 2016, 08:33:21 AM
What makes Motobrick work is people participating and contributing. Coming on and asking a question that's already been answered multiple times is not contributing. People should be making an effort to find out what's already been said about their question, learn about it for themselves, then add something new to what's already been said.

If you make an effort to find your answer and come up empty, then show your mates some evidence that you made an effort.

Thanks, kind of sums it up.  If experienced people do not reply, perhaps that is an answer in and of itself :bmwsmile.  It does no good to rant or get exasperated if you value this site/community.  Sometimes, we all need a little encouragement, insight, or a different perspective.   Maybe the "use the search button" icon ought to be available on this post reply screen :yes
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #72 on: May 17, 2016, 08:52:39 AM »
oft I wonder how I diagnosed a clogged fuel filter and flaky speedometer many years before the interwebby thing.  Oh yeah, I took stuff apart and looked at it.  Is there a youtube video on how to search motobrick?
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Offline jakgieger

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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #73 on: May 17, 2016, 09:03:17 AM »
Quote from: Chaos on May 17, 2016, 08:52:39 AM
oft I wonder how I diagnosed a clogged fuel filter and flaky speedometer many years before the interwebby thing.  Oh yeah, I took stuff apart and looked at it.  Is there a youtube video on how to search motobrick?

Now there is a good idea :hehehe.  The reality is that we are not all great mechanics or wizards w/computers despite what we tell ourselves :eek:.  When you come across the, "my sir, you have an uncanny knack for detecting the obvious". You can post the link to a search video OR the icon...
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Re: Can You Read
« Reply #74 on: May 18, 2016, 10:22:29 PM »
Quote from: jackgeiger on May 17, 2016, 08:51:31 AM
Maybe the "use the search button" icon ought to be available on this post reply screen :yes
If I'm reading you correctly here, jack, you'll find the "use the search button" graphic if you click the [more] above the top left corner of the reply box.

But none of this really answers my question—if there was one—concerning the failure of powdercoating the starter to start my bike, which, incidentally, is making a strange noise, too, when I hinge back the seat—kind of like a combination of a singing whale and a Vita-Mix processing a wad of shop towel.
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