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Wink  02-09-2024, 04:41 PM
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02-09-2024, 10:21 PM (This post was last modified: 02-09-2024, 10:21 PM by Ray.)
Carburetors?!?
I could barely keep 2 synced in the old days (my old MG).
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02-10-2024, 07:23 AM
I can well imagine. Maybe that is why it is not a daily rider ... Big Grin
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02-10-2024, 08:44 AM
(02-09-2024, 10:21 PM)Ray Wrote: Carburetors?!?
I could barely keep 2 synced in the old days (my old MG).

That's one thing I hated about my 1984 R100RT.
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02-10-2024, 09:08 AM
Gotta be an Orangutan just to reach the bars.

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02-10-2024, 10:45 AM
(02-10-2024, 09:08 AM)Duckbubbles Wrote: Gotta be an Orangutan just to reach the bars.

My thoughts also. There is tinkering and there is engineering ... Wink
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02-11-2024, 09:26 AM
Quite a while ago I saw a video of this thing firing up at a bike meet somewhere. Can't remember what it sounded like but I would guess a mass of 2 strokes. How do you tell if you have fouled out cylinders? I still have to say: Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD!

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02-14-2024, 01:15 PM
(02-11-2024, 09:26 AM)Duckbubbles Wrote: Quite a while ago I saw a video of this thing firing up at a bike meet somewhere.  Can't remember what it sounded like 

Like this?

 
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02-15-2024, 07:21 AM
(02-10-2024, 10:45 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:
(02-10-2024, 09:08 AM)Duckbubbles Wrote: Gotta be an Orangutan just to reach the bars.

My thoughts also. There is tinkering and there is engineering ... Wink

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02-15-2024, 01:19 PM
Don’t forget about the Tomahawk.
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