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I had all kinds of troubles with my 2 stroke trimmer. Not the least of harder fuel lines than a guy that eats a pound of bacon and 6 eggs for breakfast for 30yr. I kind of chased all kinds of scenarios. first the primer went. Well changing that a fuel line snapped off. So new fuel lines. then the one in the tank broke off. Now that there one is a PIA to fix. Still I had to run with choke 3/4 on to make any steam. New plug and "good" 2 stroke oil and hi test fuel. So now will only use like homelite or evinrude or something name brand oil mix, no more wally world stuff.

I'll pass on the shock. Last one I think the scrapper gave me .03 for it.

Yup You look up the one somebody lists. Then you see something else that looks interesting and then you start the way back machine. Next thing I knew I was watching a Grand funk Railroad concert filmed live in like 78 or something. LOL I was looking one night after seeing this good gal that plays bass. It was on Palladia, kind of like a concert channel owned by VH1 I think. Anyways she can play and made one of the best guitar players shake his head with her performance. About 1.25 if you want to skip ahead.

I didnt know if you had been there or not. Not much else in Maggie any more. I think we are going up to Sevierville like I said, maybe cruse the shops in Cherokee this time. I dont think we have ever stopped there and looked around. The Applewood restaurant is high on her list of places to go. They have these wonderful apple doughnut fried things. Ummm

Dang you Condor. You post something about a video I go look and then next thing I know I have killed like 2 hours or more. Grrr .

LOL Living in Central Fla, we dont go anywhere without wet gear. Looking forward to cooler weather for sure.

Make sure you stop by and see Dale and Matt at wheels through time museum there in Maggie. the wife and I are heading up to Highlands area on the 10th. Planning on maybe making a ride up to Sevierville on around 13-14 and I would like to make it up the Cherohala while up there also. We are coming back home the 17th Via the coast with a stop in Savannah

I suggest looking at your tire pressures and age. there is a thread here about how to get the manufacture date of the tires and I think the recommendation of change based on age. I think 3 years or so. Tire pressure recommendations are going to base on whose tires you are using. I just removed a pair of Michelin Commander 2 off mine I got 17k+ on. Now Michelin does not make the 150 for the front and you have to go with a slightly narrower 130mm front. but it helps with the slower end of the handling and around town stuff. I have not seen the front tire cup out so much as the rear. My last dunlap E3 was cupped and in corners initially it kind of made it feel "bumpy or porpoise" then noise started to pick up. Kind of a howel in corners. If you look at the tire going straight across you will see the edges are feathered. I just mounted up a pair of Shinkos to give a try and see how they run out. but I would say probably the top 3 suggestions your going to get is the Michelin, Avon and Dunlap E3 Check you rear shock. Look for evidence of leakage and also function of rebound. the rear shocks are notorious for going out.

I didnt know what it was either. But I do now. There probably should be some kind of tiered licence system. But how are you going to break it up. You hate to be stereotypical, but folks under 35 or 40 are a lot less likely to jump on any bike and try to find the upper limits than a fellow rider of say 21. Especially 2 or 3 days after passing a basic rider course. A lot of us learned by seat of the pants on an old mini trail 50 or 70 or dirt bike. You found its limits and yours. You progresses up. You didnt start with the 250 Elsinore. Got to love the guy that goes by me on the port bike with the Icon jacket, protective gloves and the helmet tied to the rear seat.

The brassy kind of lady singers kind of get me too. I guess Janis Joplin was probably one of the first I heard like that. Bonnie Rait fits in there, and lately I have been liking Pink. Oh yea Bette Midler, Malisa Ethridge too. Good thing I got Pandora.

Looks like you all lucked out and get the first "cool" weekend of the fall season.

I have listened to her for a few years now. I think one of the first exposures was on a Double Trouble album they released. As for the Trucks kid, MAN!!! You think he is good now. Check out when he was 13!! But you think of the guys he got to hang with growing up and listen to. Dickey Betts, Greg Allman, Warren Haynes. Steve you are correct. Derek and susan live outside of Jacksonville. Grew up on ABB Marshal Tucker

I had installed a sylvania bp1210/h4 bulb. It says "off road" ATV bulb. I never had a problem with it and still carry it as a spare since I have modded over to an HID. I got mine at NAPA

I dunno. My days on a scrambler were kind of short maybe 2yr. I started on a 100 Hodaka. Light and for its size good power if I remember rite. I ran them for a local bike shop. To me a scrambler needs to be light weight and easy to get around the creeks and powerful enough to get up the hill. @ over 400# not sure how much I want to wheel this in the bush. Now the most powerful bike I remember riding in the woods (never raced one) was the old Bultaco 250. I just dont see a need for 70hp when you spend a lot of time in 2nd gear. I think the military version of the KLR which is diesel would be cool on the market for all to buy and dont know why someone has not came out with one given the popularity with diesel fuel throughout the world.

I have thought about the "gapless" plugs also, some are called center fire or maybe rim fire. But they are like the plugs that use to be in the old recip aircraft engines. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iTygKzwGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg or what about these types. http://www.boschautoparts.com/SparkPlugs/PublishingImages/IRFusionPlug238.jpgI think the latter brings the same point. Spark is only going to jump @ one point.

I bought mine an agm battery from Bohannon battery. I think it was about $80 or so shipped to my door. It was a Deka.

Check with Buddy. But last I knew he was experiencing a suppy problem of a part he needed. And the post office did us in too. I ended up with a similar cable from ed sets I think, that a member had for sale used at the time.

Also some of you old farts might remember the old trick of shoving a potato up the tail pipe of a car. Then they didn't run so s#it hot either. Long before the days of cat converters.

Bob just wondering and poking questions. but have the stations up that away started with the "winter blend" fuel yet? My 2nd gen on the highway I pretty much get 35. So yours dont really sound off that much to me. What about a carb sync? You would think theory wise that the plug is supposed to fire 2 sparks from the prong it would get a bigger bang and combust better. But one of the ideas tossed at me when I asked some of the engine tuners for race teams I know about that type of plug was "you dont see any of us using them do you?" or "your forcing the spark to pick 2 places to jump across now, so it needs a bigger spark (coil)"

Are both filament blowing out or just the low or high? You say you had to replace it on the road. So how old was the one you took out? If there is anyway you could close the connectors in the headlight plug I would think making sure it has a positive connection would be a good thing. I sure would not put the expensive bulb in to replace like the silver star or that ype. It may be just a fluke and you got a bad bulb.

Bob I can tell you I was sponored by split fire a similar type plug. I ran them in my FJ 1200 motor with mixed results. First couple weeks were ok. But then started. Acting like was fouled out. Turned out they were killing the ecm box. Burned 2 up and I threw them in trash.

Condor: About 5 line down

I have a similar set from Home Depot for screws. they worked really great for the messed up screws that were down in a hole I couldn't get a regular extractor in.

Any 5 pin set up should work. Honda, Harley and Yamaha all used basically the same plug as long as its a 5 pin. J&M, there is one that is an "I" something or another. Search here in the audio-gps section and see what you come up with. Truthfully a month or so back I was looking at going bluetooth and replacing my wired stuff. I think if I was to spend the money again I would seriously consider it. Sena seems to be a popular brand and good equipment.

I have to laugh a little. I read about 4 lines or so down. shortly after the replacing CAT muffler etc I'm thinking "this sounds an awful lot like a collapsed inner exhaust pipe" I had this happen on me when I worked in a garage early in my automotive career. I was kind of struggling at stuff to look at. My boss walks over, nonchalantly asked a couple questions and said remove the tail pipe here and then here and see if it runs better. The cross over pipe was double walled and had collapsed inside. Live and learn. Bet next time you pick right up on it.