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Gas tanks rust so keep them full.
-empty and dry them for storage and drop in a little piece of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) to drive out the oxygen.
or since propane is heavier than air, top off the tank with propane to displace the oxygen?
sounds dangerous but then again so are gasoline fumes.
- freeze press in carb jets with that freezing wart remover to shrink them for easy removal.
True poetic justice for those problem gremlins.
Last edited by tri again; 03-20-2010 at 06:27 AM.
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Roostin Away
This thread could get interesting. One I can think of off the top of my head is seating a tire bead on the rim. If you are having problems, and the air and compressor cant get it to go, all you need is a can of starting fluid and a match. Spray a little inside the tire, then around the bead/outer rim lip. Make a trail going off the tire onto the ground, stand back, and drop a match on it. BOOM! Bead is set on the rim. It is really neat to watch, and also freak people out. Be careful!!
THE 80's RAGE! Currently owns:
81, 85 Yamaha Tri Moto 125
83 Yamaha Tri Moto 200 x2
82,83 Yamaha Tri Moto 175 project
85 Yamaha Tri Z 250
84 Kawasaki Tecate 250
84 Honda ATC 70
85 Honda ATC 350X
84 Honda ATC 250R
(2) 84 Honda ATC 200x
82, 83 Honda ATC 185s
81 ATC 200
Lots of other parts and bikes
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The day begins with 3WW
have heard of a Soup can used on old Tundra's (sleds) For a piston with blown skirts to get ya home....Works...Just destroys everything else...Better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere in -35...
1985 Tri-Z-
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Got the holeshot
on my first 200x my kick start return spring broke so I had a rope tied to the frame to loop it over the kick start to hold it up. Another time I got tired of my cobra exhaust being so loud I shoved a bmx seat post in it, it worked.
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Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
only in canada,lol.
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Got the holeshot
When I was young I had a bunch of POS wheelers. Always seemed to find the ones with leaky fuel ttanks. If the leaks are small like pinhole sized, I used to keep a crayon in my pocket. Smear it over the pinholes and it would stop the leaks for a lil while.
The Enthusiast.
Teaching quads a lesson
Red Green is from Canada
Duct tape fixes anything!
Got The Holeshot
Arm chair racerJust too addicted
I don't get this whole Canada stereotype. Its not like canadians can only fix things like a redneck
"Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder"
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4 Wheels? Huh?
If your down to your last spark plug and your bike wont start, just take it out and try to clean it some. Then dip the end in gas and light it on fire or hold a little torch on it till it's hot. Then put it back in before it cools too much and it should fire.
80s......185 atc, Yamaha tri-moto 200, 85 200x with tons of work
90s......89 Suzuki quad racer 250 (raced 250 A class for 6 years, late 90s.. custom framed 250x with long travel shocks and a built 350x motor.... built Honda 110
00s...... chomeoly framed 350 RX with all the goodies (thanks to my bro)
2012.....Replaced the 350x motor for a 444cc YZ426
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4 Wheels? Huh?
I dont get the anti USA vibe I get from some of you guys on here.....but I deal with it.
I sugest we all man up and get thicker skin, this ''my feelings just got hurt'' stuff is WAY out of hand.
80s......185 atc, Yamaha tri-moto 200, 85 200x with tons of work
90s......89 Suzuki quad racer 250 (raced 250 A class for 6 years, late 90s.. custom framed 250x with long travel shocks and a built 350x motor.... built Honda 110
00s...... chomeoly framed 350 RX with all the goodies (thanks to my bro)
2012.....Replaced the 350x motor for a 444cc YZ426
WWW.HREATV.COM
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Roostin Away
Take your dirty foulded plugs and soak them in vinegar overnight.You will get some more use out of them.
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Lord of the trike
Lemon scented Pledge when you are detailing... Works awesome as a tire shine, not greasy, satin finish and smells great! (not really a trike trick, but I now want to go wash the BR and shine the ITP's...)
No trikes. Too old, too crippled. Unless I find one I can't live without!
"You cant fix stupid" ~ Ron White
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At The Back Of The Pack
Arm chair racerFirst time rider
lol my dad tought me about pledge too! he uses it on his trucks. lemon pledge brings back faded paint like you wouldnt beleive. as long as your consistent with it, his trucks look waxed all summer long
Rides:
1983 suzuki alt50
1985 honda 200x
Got The Holeshot
Arm chair racerJust too addicted
Picture this. On holidays in 1976 with my ATC90. The carbie kept flooding so I pulled it apart and there is all sorts of stuff in the float bowl. Cleaned it out and half an hour later same thing. I went to the local bike shop nd this mechanic said they didn't have ay inline filters but he sold me some clear fuel hose and he said to make two small loops with the hose before it gets to the carbie. Any crap in the fuel will sit in the bottom of the loops. It worked a treat for months.
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Thats one my favorite tricks and I use it on everything especially with that new see thru blue or yellow and now that pastel blue stuff.
Doesn't need clamps so I loop it down, sediment lays in the bottom of the loop , pull it off the carb and let it drain itself and slip it back on. It can be a foot too long because the fuel will find its way back up.
A 5 second procedure and filters last forever/
Catches water too
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