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  1. saddlebum
    Don't forget my parts were purchased here in Canada in the US the parts would be cheaper and if your a scrounger which I usually am you could build it for next to nothing.
  2. saddlebum
    I would be inclined to agree. If the OEM switch is working as intended there is no reason to mess with. you also don't want to run an engine too cool either because that causes excesive engine wear and increased carbon and sludge build up. Adds that use racing as advertising never point out that racers want speed and short term durability, they are not concerned with fuel economy and engine longevity.They want an engine to last through the race and they get torn down frequently between races, they are not concerned with getting 4 or 5 years or 100,000 plus miles out of an engine. What is good on the track is not always what is good for the everyday vehicle.
  3. saddlebum
    Basicaly you connect a hose to each carb and leave the valves closed. open the valve to the carb you are adjusting, and adjust valve so the needle stops vibrating and holds steady.then note the reading. repeat for each cylinder adjusting the carbs as required until you get the same reading for all four. you only open the valve connected to the carb you are working on the other three valves remain closed.
  4. saddlebum
    go for the bruce springsteen one:rotfl::rotfl:
  5. saddlebum
    No I didn't you simply adjust the needle valves to dampen the gauge and until the needle holds steady . I watched Marcarl use his that way and it seemed to work very well. I guess you could add restrictors in the lines easily enough if you felt the need.
  6. saddlebum
    Good luck safe trip see you there !!!!:dancefool:
  7. saddlebum
    Look Again
  8. saddlebum
    While at Marcarls Venture in I watched him do a carb sync on Evens bike the tool he used was a very simple home made tool. While in Princess auto I decided to pick up a vacuum gauge and make my own I also stumbled across a square pre-drilled and tapped aluminum sqaure bar with a total of 7 ports. Picked up 4 needle valves from Lowes plumbing section and 20' of clear tubing and proceeded to build my own. To operate you simply open the valve connected to the cylinder you are working on and adjust to steady the needle. By using one gauge there is no worry about accuracy between gauges. If you made one with 4 gauges you would have to spend extra money for high quality gauges that read exactly the same. NOTE; I HAVE REPLACED THE CLEAR HOSE WITH ACTUAL AUTOMOTIVE VACUUM HOSE FINDING THAT THE CLEAR HOSE WOULD COLLAPSE WHEN IT GOT WARM
  9. saddlebum
    GMC Government Motors Corparation
  10. saddlebum
    Hey Marcarl I am off all day fri so If I can hook up with you guys just give me a time and a place were i can meet up with you.
  11. saddlebum
    It will be Don's back yard for this puppy. Not too close to the pond though cause I don't want nuthin wet and slimy crawling in my tent.
  12. saddlebum
    So which is which :rotfl:
  13. saddlebum
    I had all the same issues on my avons I was actually scared to go much over 70 mph,and I had replaced all my wheel bearings at the same time. When the dealer replaced my avons with the dunlop 491 elite II due to side wall cracking my bike was its old sure footed self again . I will be sticking with the dunlops from now on.
  14. saddlebum
    suspension wires like Peter Pan uses :doh:
  15. saddlebum
    Whats the matter with you? You make it sound like thats a bad thing !!! Bring it on sweetnuthin This will be my first MD and I intend to enjoy every morsal ahh minute.:big-grin-emoticon: P/S MD =Balancing caburators is in. Balancing meals is out
  16. saddlebum
    Things are really looking up she went out and bought a leather jacket yesterday and with a big grin on her face showed it to me today.
  17. saddlebum
    She wore it, had to blow the dust off first though.
  18. saddlebum
    I had the same problem once. Marcarl sent me a link to a program to downsize my pics. I cant remember what it was but if you ask real nice I am sure Marcarl will send you the link.
  19. saddlebum
    She reads maps alright and then indicates how far we have to go holding her pionter finger and thump apart the same distance as indicated on the map . How could you possibly be more accurate than that.:bang head:
  20. saddlebum
    Can you believe it during dinner at Marcarls Venture in, Wizard (Wayne) and 1 canuck (Brenda and Brian) and I got into a short talk about My wife never going out on the Bike with me. Well her ears must have been burning because today she suggested going for a ride on the bike and we were out for great 4 hr cruise and she loved it. She is now looking forward to going again and already rhyming of places she would like to go. It only took me 32 years to get her there but patiance has prevailed.:dancefool:
  21. saddlebum
    If that machine was women I would want a date:thumbsup:
  22. saddlebum
    Hey yammer its not BLUE you made all that chidish fuss for nothing:big-grin-emoticon:
  23. saddlebum
    count me in for 2
  24. saddlebum
    Hey we have minds too you know were not just body's ----
  25. saddlebum
    What the dealer is doing is monitering how much the battery discharges over a period of time and for that he is using the correct setting. However if he is looking for parasitic drain then he should have it set on DC amps ( Preferably with multiple scales so you can measure in milliamps if it is a small drain or amps if it is a large drain ) and place between the ground cable which he would disconnect from the battery and the neg battery post. you then systematicly pull fuses until the amp draw drops to pin down the circuit that is guilty
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