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Author Message   Funkdaddy Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 12:37 pm:        Looks like a V-Strom to me, not very nice looking, IMHO.   Lornce Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 02:08 pm:        Thought I'd share this with the assembled....   Olaf Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 02:10 pm:          Rick_A Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 03:49 pm:        Lornce...all the changes to the appearance of my bike were either cheaper than stock, parts removed, or parts cut down! So...it didn't cost much. But I did it the opposite...I have the show...but now need the go! Spidey...that's really ugly...but in a good way! That sport touring XB is really ugly in a bad way ...and that Guzzi is simply gorgeous   Spiderman Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 04:36 pm:        Yeah yeah   Nevco1 Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 06:00 pm:        Hey Spidey...Some eyebrows, a little hair, big nose with a mustache and some teeth on the bottom clamp ought to complete the look!!! Just kidding. Can't wait to see pics of the finished project as I want to do the double-eye trick to my X1.   1313 Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 06:30 pm:        Lornce, I don't hate winter anymore - on New Years Day it was almost 70 in this part of North Carolina (Too bad all the freakin' roads are flat and straight though). If it weren't for the rain I would've rode all day. When I was home to Wisconsin for Christmas it was pretty mild as well. I guess I will be in for my winter shock when I leave for Berlin, Germany for two weeks again next Saturday. 1313   Bigfanof6 Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 08:52 pm:        1313, where are you in NC? I'm in the Winston-Salem area and if you want to come this way some time, I'll show you some really nice roads. Chris   Lornce Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 01:51 am:        1313, I'm green buddy, I'm just green. With envy, not inexperience.... Heck, if I could have 70 and saltless in January I'd be happy with the occasional on/off ramp.... 12" of heavy wet snow today (which actually makes caging fun) and an evening at a bike show in Toronto.... Only Buell in sight was a Blast.... Treated myself to a new HJC FG12 Crevier replica helmet.... for the coming track season.... SNELL 2000 approved and oh so comfy.... and such youthful graphics.... sheesh... Discovered the vintage race club guys are gonna' bottle out on the plans for a Period 4 race class.... Which WOULD have made my GSX-R 7/11 front line hardware again.... Dammit! I coulda' bin a contendah.... No, really.... I really hate winter, Lornce   Rick_A Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 02:49 am:        Some of the funnest times I've had in a car was driving in blizzard conditions in a rented front wheel drive compact car...pitching it into turns like a (wannabe) rally car driver   Lornce Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 11:40 am:        Hey Rick-A. This the same fairing you were messin with for your S1? Lornce   Rick_A Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 01:20 pm:        Hell yeah! It's been on it for about a month now. It's not the prettiest thing but gives the bike some personality. They seem to look better on Ducs and Buells, though. For some reason they don't look quite right on most Jap bikes, IMHO. I guess it looks best on narrower, stubby machines. Maybe you should streetfighterize the tail section, too? I like the old air-oil cooled Gixxers best. I'll have some pictures up whenever I get this film developed.   Lornce Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 06:05 pm:        Rick-A (Florida Eminem Booster Club Prez ) sayz: "Maybe you should streetfighterize the tail section, too?" Perhaps that'd look neat, but I'm happy to just keep it running strong and riding it whenever I can.... Yoshimura/Wiseco 1100&something motor in 750 chassis.... The old fashioned seat back comes in kinda handy.... Lornce   Lornce Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:59 am:          Rick_A Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 01:22 am:        Quote: The old fashioned seat back comes in kinda handy Yeah...the 'ol S1...if I bring it up high I feel like I'm hanging on for dear life.   Lornce Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 09:55 pm:        Okay, so here's my old slow BMW touring bike.... It's a bitsa. Bitsa this, bitsa that.... Lornce   Lornce Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 10:10 pm:        Ermmn, okay how bout this.... Has 136k miles behind it... I really hate winter, Lornce   Lornce Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 10:40 pm:        Here we are touring.... "A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood is better than all the riding animals on earth." ~ A/c JH Ross RAF Lornce   Dynarider Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 03:32 am:        To give credit, JimA4media came up with pic months & months ago. Dont know why its resurfacing all of a sudden. This is the 2nd time in 2 days it has appeared.   Dynarider Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 03:33 am:        BTW lornce, whats with the damn awful green oil filter?   Lornce Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 09:13 am:        quoting dynarider: "BTW lornce, whats with the damn awful green oil filter?" Awful green? You shoulda seen the goofy chrome thing it replaced.... Quaker State 2870A... VW specific... Bout $4cdn or $2'n change 'Murkan... Go ahead, tell me it'll explode my motor, reduce belt life, give me erectile dysfunction and cause all my hair to fall out... Lornce   Spiderman Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 12:03 pm:        Nevco. I just spent all weekend working on it I'll post some pics of it tomorrow.   Jima4media Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 12:55 pm:        Dyna, Yes, you are right. I did it. It's a V-Strom on top and an XB on the bottom. It's on my website in Amsterdam, Holland. http://www.diaries.com/motorcycle/pictures/viewer$233   Rick_A Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 01:58 pm:        What P.S.I. do VW's run for oil pressure? That'd be the only real concern...as automotive bypass valves run a higher pressure release. Then again...your filter would have to be completely plugged up to ever activate it.   Dynarider Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 02:24 pm:        Lornce, you forgot that it will also make your testicles shrink   Nevco1 Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 06:32 pm:        Spidey...Looking forward to it. However, it looks like Whatever was a tad upset you were working on your ride and not her. LOL   Blake Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 11:01 pm:        Rick, \blue"That'd be the only real concern...as automotive bypass valves run a higher pressure release."} Bypass valves open when the filter media gets clogged due to the excessive pressure drop accross the filter media. The operating pressure is not a factor as long as it is within the normal realm of Buells or automobiles (20-60 psi). Check out the Knowledge Vault, Lubrication topic archives if you are interested in the details. After all this is the pics page. So here's a cool pic of some fool lusting over a new XB9S. Yes, he was making "vroom-vroom" noises.   Rick_A Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 11:58 pm:        When you only have 7-20 PSI at lower revs, seems to me a 60 PSI bypass valve would be a bad idea, that's all. Sorry for gettin' off topic   Blake Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 02:14 am:        Rick, The bypass valve is actuated not by the absolute pressure but by the pressure differential across the filter media. If the inlet side is at 60 psi with the outlet at 55 psi, versus if the inlet were at 20 psi with the outlet at 15 psi; the valve doesn't know the difference; both scenarios present a pressure of 5 psi across the valve. That is the pressure that actuates the valve. The bypass valve is there to protect the filter media from getting ruptured, blown out by excess pressure across the inlet and outlet sides of the filter. Please see the archives here and read through the next couple archived pages too. Interesting stuff.   Nevco1 Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 02:32 am:        Damn...I hope that ain't Dyna's Race Face!!!