NWC - RETRO jAWAS
http://www.chang-jiang.com/motocycle.html Check this out - you can buy retro Jawas now! Adrian
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ADRIAN <thunderchief@...>
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#128730
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Change in Mufflers
I have a 2000 model W650 with mufflers that are welded on to the head pipes (factory installation). I've been considering a change to Dunstall replica type mufflers but have some reservations. Once
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Brent Burtschell <burtschell@...>
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#128732
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
That's not entirely true. New engines that are perfectly honed from the factory don't require ring-seating and can use synthetic from the get go. If you rebuild your engines at home and have less than
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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#128729
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
wrote: Break in oils these days are regular motor oils. Mobil 1's web site <www.mobil1.com> used to have a FAQ section where they addressed the issue of break in vs. synthetic oil. They noted that
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Ray Nielsen <rnielse1@...>
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#128728
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Re: W on Route 7 Eastbound ?
No :( I need to start looking at it because I think it is somthing besides 'junk' in the carb. But I am curently traveling and wi/o much time to look.
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2 wheeled fun <scooter@...>
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
even scarier!
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Hazel Clarke
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
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Laura <laurauk.rider@...>
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Oil Filter
My dealer had used spacers for the chrome oil filter cover some time ago. At the last oil change (and rear tire) early in July, Kawasaki supplied a revised chrome oil filter cover to fit the new
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Chris Spence Sr.
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#128724
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
The V-Max is an impressive motor and makes a great swap into a Royal Star. But I stand on my statement (which has NOTHING to do with performance), the Harley Big Twin is the bib block Chevvy of the
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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#128722
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
I'm in total agreement with you on THIS part of your essay. James Franklin <jimw650@...> wrote: Bottom line, I bought the W because I like the way it looks and feels...there were a lot of
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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#128723
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
This is really interesting stuff... By coincidence I have just changed the petcock on my wife's "new" 400/4, because it had no reserve. The bike had been suffering also from overflowing carbs. The old
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[email protected] <larry.botheras@...>
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
Let us know if the strange behaviour is gone! Ruari
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Ruari McLennan <r.mclennan@...>
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
Yeah... My Norge has dropped oil level between 600 and 6000 service (not enough to warrant top up - about top mark down to 1/3). We have run two Skoda Fabias (VW1.9 TDI engine) and both of those used
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[email protected] <larry.botheras@...>
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#128719
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Ride your bike to work day
The SABMAG groupe says Wednesday is Ride Your Bike To Work Day. I hadn't seen it mentioned elsewhere. Keith Williams
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Keith Williams <kwilliams1936@...>
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
Second point, I have obviously ridden more Harleys than you have V-Maxs or Magnas..either of those bikes will loft the front tire by cracking the throttle, and roll away from a stop in 5th gear.
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James Franklin
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
The V-Max still holds the motorcycle record for 60 MPH to 80 MPH roll on. Yes, it does sound more like a 327 small block than a 454, but even at that, a small block V-8 is closer to a large block V-8
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James Franklin
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Re: Leno and the Rockstore
Thanks to Ray Nielsen's memory being much better than mine....his post today....#129615....is pretty much on target from what I recall and is close enough for me. No further search is necessary is far
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jv_roberts2000
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Re: Leno and the Rockstore
Vernon If you go to the group website, a search for Leno brings about 150 responses, you can zero in on a time you think is right. Dennis
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Dennis Guggemos
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
---Moto-Guzzi has synthetic in them from the factory and it's the "break in" oil. In W650riders@..., Ruari McLennan <r.mclennan@...> wrote: break-in, switch synthetic when it the over I'm
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bufallobiff
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Re: Leno and the Rockstore
Yep, that's close to the issue....the next post #17537 is even closer....what I remember was a fuller quote and more recent than five years ago....at least as I recall. Vernon though.
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jv_roberts2000
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