Vintage Bike Riders

First ride 2010

BT — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:58:45 +0000

Well, I keep the bikes at my office during the winter now, and since I had a day when I didn’t have to rush off to pick up the kids from daycare, I thought I’d get the bikes started.

I’ve been meaning to put Sta-bil in the tanks since October…oops. I’ve been meaning to start them both since October….oops. The 2008 Kawasaki will not run at all without the chok in half position (unless the throttle is applied) and the battery won’t charge at all. I figure I’ll check the water levels this week and probably pull the floats off to see if the idle jets are gummed up.

The CL200 was a pleasant surprise. The battery was dead…no surprise there. I reattached the fuel lines, kicked it about ten times and it was running beautifully. There’s something to be said for a 36 year old bike that’s less finicky than a two year old bike.

Anyway, I rode around a little in the industrial park and called it a day.

First nice day of the year…..

BT — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:39:37 +0000

….and out came the Harley douches. Early morning, still 36 degrees according to my dashboard, and there they were in full pose, trying so hard to pretend like they weren’t going numb from the cold.

But to their credit, they did get their bikes out, whereas most HDDBs wouldn’t dream of getting a little water on their babies.

A toast to them and everyone else for a fun upcoming season.

Honda CL200

74CL200 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:07:31 +0000

radio show

b4ssr — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:45:28 +0000

very interesting radio show out f youngstown am 570 tues at 6 i think – I’ve ben listing to previous showes and very interesting – insurance issues, AMA, restoration tips worth a listen regardless of your location.
b4ssr

Gixxer is gone

BT — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:15:55 +0000

The Gixxer is gone…sold this afternoon. That wraps up yet another project that I never started!!! The guy that bought it knew more about GSX-R’s than I could ever imagine knowing about anything. As it turns out, the bike was a hodge-podge of different bikes and we discovered a crack on the welds for the rear subframe.

Thanks to everyone for your offers and very interesting trade offers.

GSX-R is for sale

BT — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:45:52 +0000

After going back and forth a thousand times in my mind, I decided to sell the GSX-R before I get in too deep (financially) with it. I put an ad on Craigslist earlier today. I’m asking $400 if anyone is interested, and will also consider an even trade for an older Jap bike with a title (in comparable poor condition I’m sure).

I’m so excited about the potential of getting it running, but I’ve been finding out that parts are extremely hard to find and when you d find them they’re really expensive. So, I’ll take whatever I get for it and try to get the CL200 a little further along.

I’m definately interested in a trade….just can’t steer myself away from new bike projects!

new to site

stanman44012 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:30:30 +0000

It is cold and have no motivation to work on bike plus wife has a long list of items for me to do. I have a 1982 GL500 this is my third bike in the last 2 years. I stripped it down to a cruiser so I could work on the bags, faring, and trunk. That never happened all I have done is ride.

Happy go lucky kid.

Froggy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:08:20 +0000

: Me and the wife in a parade.

: My dad rode Harleys.

This time of year sucks

BT — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:51:16 +0000

I’ve been trying hard to become motivated to work on any of my bikes…but the motivation just ain’t there! Maybe if I had better heat in my garage or if I had the guys to take a ride in the freezing cold.

Anyone out there making any progress this winter?

new year and new member

detdrbuzzard — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:07:59 +0000

a belated merry christmas and happy new year to all