I hear ya Rick. I would love to have one of those new Ninja style bikes the
young guys
are riding today - but I know I would kill myself 8-). Still have an old
KZ650 in the
garage but haven't ridden it in years.
Rick
Carolyn/Rick wrote:
> Hi Herb,
>
> I used to do this also. I've crashed, layed down, wrecked 6 of them. By my
> figuring I have 2 lives left. Wrecked a couple doing 45. Needless to say
>after 30
> years of riding cycles, I'm done. What is strange is people tell me all the
>time
> how small Puddles is, and isn't that dangerous? Ain't even in the same ball
>park.
>
> Rick Missin my 1100 Yamaha
>
> HFC wrote:
>
> > When I "feel the need for speed" I get on my GPz1100 and ride WFO! It's
>down
> > right titillating to feel 115 hp between your legs... and on two wheels.
> > WFO Herb
> >
> > Mike Maclean wrote:
> >
> > > As we used to say in the Air Force, "My fun meter is pegged!"
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Larry Miller wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yeah but are you having fun yet?
> > > >
> > > > Larry
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> > > > To: <Lancer7676@aol.com>
> > > > Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:37 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Original Fuel Line
> > > >
> > > > > I actually took two days off from work, as the trains I work on make
>round
> > > > > trips. So, today was spent just fixing what i "bunged up" yesterday.
> The
> > > > glass
> > > > > cutters in town all seen to get their mirror glass from the same
> > > > distributors,
> > > > > who only provide 1/8th inch thick glass as the smallest size. I went
>to
> > > > the
> > > > > nearest home center and bought one 12 inch square glass mirror tile
> > > > (suggested by
> > > > > the girl at the glass cutter). The original glass I sat on was
>produced
> > > > in
> > > > > Taiwan (where all our quality repros come from) and I'm guessing it
>is a
> > > > metric
> > > > > thickness. The glass tile from Home Depot was about a 32nd thicker.
>I'll
> > > > > probably break it making it fit. ($5.00 to get it cut and $1.58 to
>buy
> > > > it) A
> > > > > new repro mirror from M*** or VB is $50-55 bucks!
> > > > > After many calls to auto parts stores, hardware stores and
>hydraulic
> > > > supply
> > > > > houses no 12 foot length of thin wall steel tubing to make a new fuel
>line
> > > > could
> > > > > be found. Aircraft Spruce only supplied ChromeMoly tubing (too hard)
>and
> > > > the
> > > > > hydraulic supply house only had thick wall steel tubing for high
>pressure
> > > > > applications (again difficult to make the two 360 degree bends). All
> > > > other
> > > > > places I called only had 5 foot lengths or smaller. I finally called
> > > > Classic tube
> > > > > and they are sending me a nice 12 foot piece of thin wall steel
>tubing to
> > > > bend to
> > > > > my hearts desire for 7 bucks. 2 days and I still haven't got anything
> > > > done on my
> > > > > car.
> > > > > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> > > > >
> > > > > Lancer7676@aol.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > In a message dated 5/25/99 10:24:02 PM EST, macleans@earthlink.net
> > > > writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > << I knew I should have gone to work today. >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mike:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Some days things just bung up it seems. I have hit a wall with my
> > > > welding
> > > > > > and it seems that when I go to my shop nowadays I flit about like a
> > > > whirling
> > > > > > dervish looking for something significant to do and end up only
> > > > piddling. No
> > > > > > progress.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The gasoline line leading into the tank? When I attempted to
>remove my
> > > > line
> > > > > > from the tank by unscrewing that fitting everything broke off down
>in
> > > > there.
> > > > > > I solved the problem by cutting a short piece of fuel line that
>would
> > > > either
> > > > > > slip over or into (don't remember which--that was about 2 years
>ago) the
> > > > > > outlet hole and completely filling the crevice with epoxy. It is
>solid
> > > > and
> > > > > > leakproof. I will couple it with a short length of gasoline hose
>and a
> > > > > > couple of clamps. Sounds like you were able to save the fitting so
>you
> > > > may
> > > > > > not be as desparate as I was. 8^)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --David
> > > > >
> > > > >
>
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