North ride
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐Hi
Hope your polar bear pets are keeping you warm in your igloo today
No, Iโm at work without my bear. Itโs freaking freezing. ๐ฅถ
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐Hi
Hope your polar bear pets are keeping you warm in your igloo today
Taking it down and greasing everything. The steering head had almost zero grease ๐คฆ. Also going to powder coat the swingarm. It's all dingedup.
What was it like getting to the steering head? Did you have to take everything off including the forks?
I had taken everything apart to check/clean anyways, so it wasn't too hard to do.What was it like getting to the steering head? Did you have to take everything off including the forks?
Yinzer Moto have you had any of your TRSs apart yet to grease? How much lube was in there from the factory? I have a Ryan Young class this weekend at a venue I hate (it eats motorcycles so I'm bringing my power washer). Then, over the next month I'll spend a ton of time riding in the mud and water. I love the muck but I'm not really looking forward to the necessary maintenance.
Mike and I rode yesterday and it was just below freezing, so everything that melted the day before when it was 38F and sunny.... got really icy.Got a ride in with RideSallyRide before lunch, more New Yorker style practice. I am actually getting it. Traction is not good enough to do any big moves but it is great practice and working with extremely slippery conditions.
We had an event this past season, it rained the night before. Most of the sections were manageable but there was one, the person who set the event, said it was supposed to be the easiest section, it was just some small rises and one small log. The mud in that area turned into the worst grease ever. They were handing 5s out, left and right. Riding in the snow is very similar to that.
I've got three kids and paid good money for their baby teeth as the "Tooth Fairy"That looks like a tooth that has been carved and painted and I don't like it.
All kinds of traction out there!!Pics or it didn't happen.
Hey, quick question for you trials folks. As you can see, that Suzuki smokes like a train. It has a brand new piston and jug. I'm running about 30:1 mix in it, according to manufacturer's spec. It seems like too much. I'm thinking of draining the tank, and filling up with some Husqvarna pre-mix I bought for my chainsaws. It is 50:1. That should be fine for a bike that won't be ridden hard, right?
130 - 100:1!Modern trials bikes run at 130:1 to 100:1. With a high quality oil, you are probably ok with 100:1 but I would talk to a vintage guy first. Many of the oil recommendations on those bikes were from back when the oils were not as good.
I've got three kids and paid good money for their baby teeth as the "Tooth Fairy"
What else am I supposed to do with them?
I run my '87 Beta TR34, with the same 80:1 Motul 710/ 100 LL Av Gas, that I use in my '21 Beta 200 Factory. Even in my old Fantics I ran 70:1....I don't think I'd run a vintage air cooled bike at 100:1. I'd say you should be good at 50:1. My modern bikes run at 80:1.
P.S. I love oil threads!