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Karl C.

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About Karl C.

  • Birthday 12/04/1962

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    Karl Card

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    Evansville, United States

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    Evansville

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  • Home Country
    United States

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  • Interests
    woodturner, I make pens and pencil sets out of wood, old picture retouching, business card design,
  • Bike Year and Model
    84 honda v65 sabre, 83 yamaha venture
  1. Karl C.
    Hope everyone has a realy nice and safe 4th of July... figured it might be time to change up the subject just a tad... especialy since the popcorn was coming out.....
  2. Karl C.
    see I have alot of respect for that. One of my sayings is that "i am not asking you to side with me, just understand where I am coming from". Some people can some cant. But I do believe in God, I do not have anything against people that dont, as long as you treat me like a person. Two of my best friends are athiest, we dont argue about it, we just dont bring it up because there are so many more things that we have in common to talk about. I dont mean to get on beliefs, that was not intended it is just an example that so many people have to be around people who think as they do. Think about this, if we were all the same, who would be special.
  3. Karl C.
    my buddy is going to trailer it home for me then I am going to get it on center stand and start into it. when i first started it where it sits now it was kind of sluggish (carbs) luckily they cleared up.. the bike only sat a year or less without being ran. But I am going to (as others have already suggested) replace all fluids, lube everything I possible can and then let the wind hit it hard... in the windshield.
  4. Karl C.
    now if you were frying chicken in it, it is probably good... and when you are riding then you can smell kfc everywhere...lol
  5. Karl C.
    I'll be checking out that stem this weekend and try to get it home so I can relax in my own backyard and change fluids etc... I think the color of this one is the birch/brown combo. I say "I think" because I have seen the bike before but in a garage where the lighting wasnt quite great. Let you all know how it goes and get pics this weekend.
  6. Karl C.
    i am so proud of myself.... i read an "oil" thread and decided it was in my best interest to stay the hell out of it...lol I personally use rotella 15/40
  7. Karl C.
    I have no ideal how or why this happened but a friend and I were just talking about our bikes and stuff and anyway to make a long story short I ended up trading my 83 venture for a 1987 venture royal. It does need a little work on the fairing parts but I figure ill do that this winter as a garage project. It actually runs good, all the gauges work and the compressor works etc. The only real bad thing is the rear tire wont hold air. it is a brand new tire, still has the tits on it, but it sat for a year and I have a feeling something is between the outer rim and tire. I just cant wait. Should have pics by this weekend. Can you all tell me of any bad "traits" of the 87 and also how does the 1200 compare to the 1300 on the open road? thanks for any info
  8. Karl C.
    with or without the hd exhaust that bike of yours looks pretty darn good.
  9. Karl C.
    Very well put.
  10. Karl C.
    Dont be confused, some cars are actually like that. The problem is that all cars arent like that. Cadillacs for instance come with full syn.. Or well I I should say the northstar system engines come with full syn.
  11. Karl C.
    One problem that I have had with syn oil is this: I bought a new f150 supercrew in 2008. I waited till the 3rd oil change (9000 Miles) and then switched to amsoil... well most of todays engines do not loosen up till around 20K miles... so my engine at 30K miles still wasnt actually broken in.. My gas mileage got worse and got to talking to dealer about it. So I changed oil, flushed engine and went back to dyno oil ran it for 3 more oil changes and now walla... i am back to 21 mpg on the hwy... not bad for a fullsize ford truck with gas engine... The year befoer that I had a chevy silverado, went to 20K before switching to syn and I got real good performance out of it and also very good mileage. However I only had the 4.3 liter in it and was getting 25 on the hwy after 20K miles... before that I was only getting 19 mpg.. This is also why amsoil makes a breakin oil..
  12. Karl C.
    I guess the jets is what I worry about the most, well the sliders too... i am seeing 84 bux apiece for the slicers and 46 bux apiece for the jets.... sh)*)&(&*(**(^*(&6ttt... I am gonna go ahead and try taking it off and starting soaking adn go from there,,,, it is doing me no good the way it is now sooo gotta start somewhere... I thought if I could buy a set already good and ready to go on I would do that for now as I tore these down adn redid them.
  13. Karl C.
    most syns have better or more cleaners in it that dino... it is a fact that IF your engine has bad gaskets that are hid by sludge and that sludge is removed yes they will leak...if perhaps your motor is clean and your gaskets are in good order then geee it wont leak... The syn vs dino oil can go on and on and on..... yes some oils will cause clutch to slip and some wont... read some forums and see what others have to say also.. Honda is one company that mobile made for a car will make the clutch slip on a v65 sabre. But not on all hondas. As far as amsoil.. it is not like regular oils or other syns.. it is in a class of its own...some would like to compare it to royal purple but IMHO amsoil is still a notch better... the only thing that pisses me off is that amsoil only sells by distributors...those distributors in my area suck...
  14. Karl C.
    Does anyone know where I can buy a complete rebuilt kit worth the money? Do they even make a complete rebuilt kit? By complete I mean one that has everything for the internal instead of having to buy jets and other things seperate. Or does anyone have a set of carbs that are ready to go on for sale? excuse my ignorance on this carb stuff but I gotta learn eventually to do things myself because the shops are just getting higher in price.
  15. Karl C.
    you'll aint far enough south to be using duct tape.... well depends on what color i guess...lol
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