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Still have the best of them. Sold the rest. 1925 Chevrolet Touring 1934 Chev 5 window coupe street rod 1955 chev belair 2 dr hardtop 1962 chev impala convertible 1962 chev belair sedan 1983 fiat spider

My did the same. Sounds like fuel pump. They can fail completely or be intermittent. I went aftermarket - any auto parts store should have a Mr. Gasket 42S but you need to be sure to shut your fuel off every time you park the bike since it doesn't have a check valve. Other options are to replace the contact points in your pump or use a pump with a check valve. Search for posts as there are many

Hey molders, I use this: http://www.echoproducts.com/echoaccessories/echopluggo.html for cell phone mount on my handlebars. I ran a fused wire from the battery to the supplied lead. It charges my iPhone while I listen to music and use the turn by turn navigation. I listen through a Chatterbox communication system with spreaders in my helmet. Rarely have taken a cell call while riding but can easily. Carry a zip lock plastic bag and rubber bands in case of rain

I use a 42s and I always turn the fuel petcock off

I had a friend with a V8 Gremlin also. Unbelievably fast and can't believe we are still around to talk about it. Most people don't believe you could get that big engine in the little car

True for both buildings and there are a few things for sale but really pricy. With the new building and some of his bike collection I stopped in to check it out

Check VR Tech/suspension - there are instructions to make them and install. Did that a few years ago and worked out great

I saw that Indian they dug up at their shop in LeClaire last weekend. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. There is no way it could ever be put in running condition and of course they had no intent to do that. Just a piece of sculpture in the shop that's not for sale

I have the 4-2-4's and like 'em. I do wait until I'm out of the neighborhood at 6:30am before I get on it hard. No jetting needed

I had this happen on an Honda GL1000. Got a ride to an auto parts store and purchased a new battery. While installing it I found that the negative battery cable at its grounding point to the frame was loose. I never new for sure if the battery shorted internally due it's failure or the bad ground caused the battery to get hot internally and fail. New battery and cleaned and tightened the ground cable and was good to go.

I had a key cut at ACE with no problem. They copied it from my every day use key

Last Saturday in August sounds good. Thanks for your efforts

Unbelievable, thanks for sharing

JohnT, I drive across that bridge every day and I'm afraid that story is going to haunt me every time!

With a carb overflowing like that could fuel have gotten into the cylinder, past the rings and into the crankcase?

Not sure of make but it resembles my 1925 Chevrolet. It doesn't appear to be a chev but the model year would be close to '25

Plus one on Zion but Bryce is pretty cool also.

Hey MikeG in SC, if you or the significant other are traveling Illinois toll roads again and you drive through the iPass or even a Coin Only toll without paying you can pay online. I believe there is a time limit but there is a website where you pay without penalty. Recently I had a rental car and didn't have my iPass and turned off the toll road and the exit was .60 coins only. I had no change so drove through. Paid the .60 online when I got home. If hadn't they would have tracked me down though the rental car company and ticketed me. Don't ask me how I know

With that effort I suspect his journey is just beginning. Congratulations!

When my son, 6'3", was in college he had a buddy give him a non- running '78 Honda CB750. Over the previous few years he had hinted he should be able to ride one of my bikes. Remembering how I used to ride when I was that age I was not too keen on allowing that to happen. I must have been more forthcoming with expressing my desires about he not riding than I could remember because sought out his mother's advise on how to tell me he had a bike. Anyway, I trailered the bike to my shop and it turned into a fantastic father/son project. We approached it from a restoration point of view. We tore it down to the frame and rebuilt, sandblasted, painted, and polished every component. While I funded the project, the time together and the education he received was priceless. He has since restored three more bikes of similar vintage and is now building a custom turbo charged 900+ cc engine out of 750 cc engine. I share this story because it ties into some of the comments posted already: an older bike teaches the maintenance need, is typically lower cost, the 750 is a decent starter bike in terms of size and availability of parts, and isn't obnoxiously powerful when compared to the crotch rockets. Plus the investment in the time and effort in taking a junker and making it look and run like it did when it was new might lead to more careful riding to avoid damaging it.

Yes, Puc, they are water heaters. A hot water heater must be one that heats water that is already hot????

Here it is

Ok puc, why don't you just weigh in with the last why so we can end this at 1000?

Why am I wasting my time with this?

We may need Delorean's to make it there