What are you doing today? Thread

[fabiodriven]

What kind of oil do you geezers use in those old bikes?

Golden Spectro nikka, represent! But seriously hush. I see what you're trying to do.

Knappy I love that YZ, it's suite. I had one of those compression releases installed in my 480R head and she's still a bear even with it.

[El Camexican]

What kind of oil do you geezers use in those old bikes?

duh, Geritoil

[El Camexican]

Barns, I see on the parts fiche that there isn't a shim between your kicker shaft and the case cover like the Tri-Z has. Looks your cover is a bit worn, so I'm wondering if it would be an idea to try and fit one it to protect that cover if there's room. I have some that are only about .005" thick with the same I.D. as the Tri-Z shaft.

[Scootertrash]

What kind of oil do you geezers use in those old bikes?

Wheelchair wheel bearing oil

[Scootertrash]

Actual footage from my house right now-

https://youtu.be/iFJ1L-fp5Oc

This is my vision of what you will look like once it's better:

Part 1:

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Part 2:

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Lick his butt............your tongue goes round and round,,,,,,,,,,,and the hairs get all caught up in yo teafers

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Standing at my picture window, surveying my kingdom with a cup of coffee and Baileys, enjoying the awesome winter landscape after the 6-8" we got last night






Slowly reality kicks in..... I need to move a lot of this sh!t around today. Skid steer radiator popped a leak last night, I think I can nurse it thru plowing with a gallon or two of A/F, but no heat with an f'd up radiator.

Dressed up to ride in the skiddy:



Fell down on the way out:





Hopefully the radiator repair place can fix it, a new one is around 400.00

Draft inducer fan on the furnace sounds like the bearing is going out *sigh* 100.00. I'm gonna pull it out and see if the bearings are replaceable.

Clutch work to do on a Suzuki LT80

Bad starter, carb rebuild, misc maintenance on an 02 Arctic Cat 400 ATV (not mine)

Arctic cat 340 Sled carb to clean (not mine), get to break in the new ultrasonic cleaner

Busy day.......

[barnett468]

What kind of oil do you geezers use...

This...with lots of ZDDP!




Hey barns...does the "P" stand for PUSSY?

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[barnett468]

Or is that double penetration............Barns ?...........are you related to Bun Boy Barns ?..........HI YEE ......... BYE - YEE !

Are Bun Boy Barns Buns Buttery?

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[barnett468]

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"Hoosier" your daddy?

Today I mounted up some nice new tires that Hoosier gave me for FREE, soooo I LOVE HOOSIER'S!

The Hoosier motocross motorcycle tires came out recently and I needed a new rear tire so I figured I would give one a try. I couldn't find an in depth review on them, but from what little I did read, they seemed like they were worth a try. They make them in 3 different rubber hardnesse's and I wanted the softest compound because I want them to stick as good as possible on hard, dry, tracks, so I called their location in So California and spoke with Mike whom runs that facility and asked if they were making the size I wanted in the soft compound, and he said no. He then asked me why I wanted the soft compound and I told him I was racing vintage Motocross in So Cal and that the tracks get hard and dry when it is warm out, and he said that I should use the hard compound for hard dry tracks. I politely said, nope, soft compounds worked well in the 70's, and that the tires I was currently running were that mfg's softest compound and they worked decent, so he asked me what they were and I told him they were Michelin Starcross 5's.

I also knew that Hoosier specifically targeted this exact model of Michelin's, plus the Bridgestone Geomax tires, when Hoosier initially decided to make an MX motorcycle tire, so after I told him I was using the Michelin's and was happy with them, he said, well why don't I send you a rear tire. I said I didn't want to buy one unless I could get it in the soft compound, and he said that he meant he would give it to me for FREE. I then said, well, how do you think the Hoosier rear will work with my Michelin front tire since they are both different manufacturers etc, and he said, ok, I will send you a front tire for free also. All he wants from me is a review comparing them to the Michelin's which I will likely be doing fairly soon. I am not the only person Hoosier has given free tires to, but, I am the only person racing vintage MX that they have given them to, so he obviously saw the free visual advertising Hoosier would get in an area they weren't targeting as of yet. As one can see by the Hoosier name plastered on the side of the tires in large white letters, it's kinda hard to not know what brand of tires are on it.

Both the Hoosiers and the Michelin's and even the Geomax to some extent, are the new lightweight soft sidewall technology. When I compared the weight of the new Michelin's to the old school Bridgestone tires that were on my 250 when I first got it, the Michelin rear was around 2 lbs lighter and the Michelin front was around 1 1/2 lbs lighter. This may not seem like a big difference to some but it is in fact a significant difference in real world application.

One of the major reasons I decided on the Michelin's in the first place is because they are the lightest tire available, and I wanted to make my 250 as light as is "reasonable" without breaking the bank (but it's way too late for that now ), so I also installed thin wall inner tubes, light weight rim locks, and the second lightest rims available. It came with an 80's style Answer aluminum silencer so I as good there. All these parts have reduced the weight by around 7 lbs so far. I am going to get several Ti bolts from China and am looking into onto having some titanium springs made but that may not happen. I am also having a front axle made from 7068 T6 aluminum (Tennalum) bar which I already have. I may also make the swing arm pivot bolt and/or rear axle out of this. I much more prefer to make the axles and swing arm pivot bolt out of "alumasteel", which is a new steel and aluminum compound that is similar to Titanium in some aspects, except that it is dirt cheap to make, unfortunately, I have only found one company currently making it and they do not sell to the public or to metal suppliers at this time.






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[3 Wheel Drive]

You should get someone to sponsor your pipe next, how about a 3 wheeler world sticker for your helmet?

[El Camexican]

Barns, have you ridden a bike with a Tubliss system installed?

[barnett468]

Barns, have you ridden a bike with a Tubliss system installed?

No I haven't, and it is not the type of thing I would use myself. Back in the Jurassic period when I was racing 2, and sometimes 3 times a week, I would often run just 6 psi in my rear tires, and out of the hundreds of motos I raced from Novice thru Pro, I probably only got 2 or 3 flats, and that included when I raced vintage motocross years later. It is much easier to get pinch flats with the new soft sidewall tires, but I haven't had one yet, but I'm not going nearly as fast as a current top pro, which makes me wonder if some of them may be using this system. I do know that many of the current Supercross top pros run special Dunlop's that are designed to last for just one race and are not available to the public, and they may be soft sidewall tires as well and may benefit from this system but I think it would alter, and probably reduce the performance of the newer soft sidewall tires. One problem with the Tubliss system is that you can still get flats if something like a cactus needle etc punctures it, so if I ran it, I would still take spare traditional tubes with me just in case.

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[barnett468]

You should get someone to sponsor your pipe next...

I would definitely like to try a torque type pipe on the 250 just to see what it runs like, but what would help the most is to get a sponsor to help pay for my entries etc, cuz this sh_t ain't cheap to do, so I am actually seriously considering contacting Geritol and Viagra, and maybe even a CBD mfg like Ignite (cuz it seems the CBD mfg's have money to burn). I only heard about CBD recently while reading some posts on a motocross forum. Two current Supercross riders are sponsored by CBD mfg's but both NBC and the AMA make them cover up the logo whenever they will be on camera, soooo, since the CBD companies are no longer getting their logo seen on TV, perhaps they might want to branch out into more areas like vintage motocross, where the riders are typically older and therefore may be more likely to buy their product etc. It's also a good target market for Geritol and Viagra.

CBD logos banned.

https://adbmag.com.au/editorial/ama-...in-supercross/

https://racerxonline.com/2019/02/20/...-in-supercross

...how about a 3 wheeler world sticker for your helmet?

Well my YZ is short 1 wheel for that to make much sense, HOWEVER, when I get my TECTATE....The Most Powerful 3 Wheeler In The Universe going, perhaps the masses here could persuade the management to sponsor me on that and have a jersey printed up with 3WHEELERWORLD.COM printed on it along with one of the pictures John Neary posted of me on my TECATE in FRONT of an ATC250r...The Second Most Powerful 3 Wheeler In The Universe! What do ya think of that idea?


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