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Maybe this has something to do with it:
[IMG]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t304/RyanKTM/2011-06-24_14-52-25_124.jpg[/IMG]

Chewed up the piston too:
[IMG]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t304/RyanKTM/2011-06-24_15-02-18_849.jpg[/IMG]

Mao actually rode it home like this, running on the one good cylinder :hehe: . Surprisingly the cylinder isn't scored at all and I may not even need to use oversized pistons. I already found a good used head on eBay, complete with camshaft and rocker arms since one cam lobe and rocker are pitted too. The new head will be getting a complete overhaul with new Kibblewhite valves and springs so this doesn't happen again. I am going to tear the whole engine down to be sure the bottom end and transmission are ok and clean/reseal/paint the whole thing.

I haven't decided which direction I'm going with this bike yet. I will either keep it mostly stock or street tracker it. I think I've eliminated cafe-ing it. There are eleventy billion CB/CL350 cafe racers out there. I want it to be different and more comfortable to ride than the typical cafe bike with rearsets and clubman bars. I found a thread on hondatwins.net where a guy street trackered one and it looks fucking awesome. The high-mount CL pipes fit the flat track look and I would be keeping with its' CL heritage instead of putting low mount CB pipes on it.]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/8602/257398.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/8602/257398.page GMT
Another thing is my friend trying to buy a bike and a lot of them don't have titles and people selling it say that they gonna give him bill of sale. My question is will state issue a license plate for the bike if there is no title for it but just a bill of sale??? And how hard is it to get a title afterwards???]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/8584/256372.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/8584/256372.page GMT http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/8328/245554.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/8328/245554.page GMT A Not-So-Satirical Commentary on the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Copyright (c) 2010 Bruce Arnold. Republication with attribution permitted.


"I never give'em Hell. I just tell the Truth and they think it's Hell."--Harry S. Truman


SATURDAY (14 August 2010) marked the end of 15 days and 5,790 miles in the saddle for DP, Hidalgo and me. We rode the first 1,515 miles from Miami Beach FL to Wichita Falls TX in 35 hours 35 minutes, qualifying for what should be certified as my 51st Iron Butt ride.

The next 1,540 miles took us west across stretches of Route 66 in Texas and New Mexico, then north through the awe-inspiring peaks and valleys of the Colorado Rockies, and finally northeast across Wyoming to Sundance (where the Kid got his name), our home base for the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

After spending four enjoyable days cruising 455 leisurely miles through the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, we rode back to SoBe by a shorter 2,280 mile route that took us through the less-inspiring but somehow more inviting ridges and gaps of the Smokies.

For the first time since 2005, I made it all the way to Sturgis and back without being arrested under a false pretense, getting ticketed for defying an unjust mandate, or having to rush a heat-stricken rider 30 miles to an emergency room. In fact, our greatest misfortune this year was a lack of cell phone service: ATT may cover "97% of Americans", but they sure as Hell don't cover 97% of America. 97% of the time my ATT phone was a worthless pocket weight, so I am 97% sure I'll be replacing ATT with Verizon. Anyway... I'll share more details about "the Ride" in future installments, but first a disdain for political correctness coupled with deplorable anger management compells me to convey the following commentary regarding "the Rally":

The commercial exploitation and pussification of the American Biker was as open and obvious at this year's "Black Hills Trailer Classic" as is the ongoing perversion of patriotism, needless sacrifice of our sons and daughters, and greedy sacking of our treasury, pensions and savings by the Republocratic puppets on the payroll of "Washington, Inc." and their Kleptocratic masters pulling all strings left and right from Manhattan. "No Colors or Weapons Allowed Inside" signs pervaded business establishments along Main and Lazelle in Sturgis proper, making clear their intent to strip us of our culture as they take away our cash. I ignored them as I always do, but this year the Case 286 sheathed on my belt actually got me summarily uninvited from two "biker-friendly" bars that will receive no free press here.

Meanwhile, just down the road at the Buffalo Chip--owned and operated by Belle Fourche attorney Rod "Woody" Woodruff--throngs of both motorcyclists (those who rode) and trailerists (those who towed) wearing shiny new Hot Leathers vests adorned with just-purchased pins and freshly-sewn patches that say something but mean nothing (ok, been there) mindlessly welcomed registered sex offender and alleged child pornographer Paul Reubens a.k.a. "Pee Wee Herman" [ see http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/4563512 and http://tinyurl.com/peeweeonpervlist ] to the stage. As biker-bucks barrister Woodruff put it, "Bob Dylan is here because people like him, and Pee Wee is here for the same reason: They are both American icons."

BULLSHIT:

Declaring a public peter pumper like Pee Wee Herman to be an "American icon" comparable to one of the greatest folk/protest singer/songwriters of our time is an absurdity, an outrage and an insult to our biker culture. But I can understand why Woodruff would take that position. The Buffalo Chip is, after all, aptly named. As is often the case with fabrications found in the bikers' rights arena, the Chip exists ostensibly to serve and benefit bikers but effectively to line the pockets of a lawyer. So naturally we can expect that shyster--like any shyster--to say whatever he deems necessary to keep the cash coming his way. What I cannot fathom, however, is why thousands of "bikers" were tripping over themselves to buy Pee Wee Herman t-shirts and dolls, and hundreds even signed up to ride with the sick bastard.

Even worse, for a children's charity like Kids and Chrome to stage a meet-and-greet with an accused kiddie porn collector as a fundraiser simply defies comprehension.

Given Woodruff's inexcusably perverse but undoubtedly profitable promotion of Pee Wee Herman this year, some are expecting the Chip's 2011 headliners to include Drop Dead Fred or Boy George, but my money's on Beverly Hills toilet troubadour George Michael. No matter, though. Barring their resurrection of Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan, I'll continue spending my hard-earned biker bucks at the Gold Pan in Custer, the Ponderosa in Hulett, the Dime Horseshoe in Sundance, the National 9 Lariat in Gillette, and the many beckoning Black Hills hideaways where our biker culture is honored and not exploited, our Constitutional right to bear arms is respected and not restricted, and "Welcome Bikers" is a sincere greeting rather than a rubber worm.

Find the linked version of this article posted here:

http://distanceriding.ldrlongdistancerider.com
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Lowballed the guy to $500. :lol2:

My oldest brother just bought a vstar and i took it for a ride and fell in love, so now i want a cruiser/bobber/ratbike so i can tool around town with no gear on. :hehe:

hit or skip?]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/7899/225093.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/7899/225093.page GMT
[i]Shares of Harley-Davidson soared about 12% Tuesday after the motorcycle maker posted better-than-expected earnings, boosted by a rebound in its finance unit.

The Milwaukee-based company posted a profit from continuing operations of $139.3 million, or 59 cents a share, beating the 41 cents expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

Retail sales fell during the quarter, but declines slowed from the prior four quarters. Operating income at Harley's financial services unit surged to $60.8 million, compared to a loss of $90.5 million in the same period a year ago.[/i]]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/7811/221951.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/7811/221951.page GMT http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/7462/211566.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/7462/211566.page GMT
My name is Boris, I'm from Russia, St. Petersburg.

I'm planning to visit Chicago in March, rent a motorcycle and travel along Route 66 to LA.

Do you have any suggestions about Harley Davidson motocycle rental in chicago?

I found http://www.eaglerider.com/
but it works only from 2 of April.

Thank you!
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I didn't want to basterize Mao's thread about his bike so I started my own.



My first 2cyl 2stroke . It runs and it was only $450 from a member on the Wisconsin board. I figure I will have a bike that I will be able to putt around in the city with. I can't see myself getting into to much troouble with this thing. :D

The cool this is that this guy live right buy Cascade and actually works there so he said there is no rush to pick it up so if I come during the winter he will have free lift tickets for me so I can go skiing. I have been dieing to go sking/snowbarding again since the last time I was down a slope was 24 years ago. :lol2: Damn that sounded old.]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/6741/190849.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/6741/190849.page GMT
[img]http://www.2wheelchicago.com/images/maoisn/cl350/DSC_6920.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.2wheelchicago.com/images/maoisn/cl350/DSC_6921.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.2wheelchicago.com/images/maoisn/cl350/DSC_6922.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.2wheelchicago.com/images/maoisn/cl350/DSC_6924.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.2wheelchicago.com/images/maoisn/cl350/DSC_6925.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.2wheelchicago.com/images/maoisn/cl350/DSC_6927.jpg[/img]

Running tally of money spent to date
$600 for bike
$4 for quart of Penzol 10w40
$38 for new battery
$25 for set of new mirrors]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/6525/184300.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/6525/184300.page GMT http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/mcy/1335041389.html

I'm tempted but have no room for another bike. :(]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/6435/181335.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/6435/181335.page GMT Something like cold air intake. Will see how this will perform.
I did eliminate easy over 10Lbs of garbage, like california emission shit + more.
Leftover parts:

[img]http://images50.fotki.com/v1529/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3823-vi.jpg[/img]

Finished Vbak:

[img]http://images56.fotki.com/v1598/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3822-vi.jpg[/img]
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http://www.clubchopper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39898

[img]http://www.clubchopper.com/photopost/data/500/XBRight.jpg[/img]]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/5059/146741.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/5059/146741.page GMT I installed CP Punisher drag bars and did internal wiring. It looks so nice.
What you think?
[img]http://images34.fotki.com/v1194/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3300-vi.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images35.fotki.com/v1205/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3311-vi.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images56.fotki.com/v1601/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3310-vi.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images17.fotki.com/v530/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3308-vi.jpg[/img]]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/2696/79436.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/2696/79436.page GMT Got it from Chris (aka Grover - CLSB)
I'm back in business.

[img]http://images114.fotki.com/v1606/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3234-vi.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images17.fotki.com/v524/photos/9/945061/6684891/DSC_3235-vi.jpg[/img]
]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/2276/66058.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/2276/66058.page GMT Wife did approved cruiser so she can enjoy it too.
I was looking at Yamaha warrior but those are too much money,
so I looked at Yamaha VStar custom 650. What to you guys think?
Good/bad? Any other ideas?
Thx Peter]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/1103/29795.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/1103/29795.page GMT
I'm possibly scooter shopping and ths place seems decent.

http://www.atvdiscounter.com/Scooters-22770.aspx


Anyone have a 150cc for sale? Or a suggestion for a good one?]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/399/9088.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/399/9088.page GMT
apparently, you just need to go to a hd dealer to score one as part of their 105 yr anniversary. :yahoo: ]]> http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/83/945.page http://www.2wheelchicago.com/answers/preList/83/945.page GMT
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