Who rides motorcycles?

[RedNeckGeek]

I had a 650 for many years but the carburation/modern gas main jet always plugging up if it sat more than a few weeks was driving me nuts. I do miss the snap of that 650 motor but enjoy the WR250r's fuel injection.

Unless there was some other problem like a decaying fuel line or rusting fuel tank, I have a hard time believing that the fuel was causing a blockage of the main jet. Even if the main was blocked, it's the idle jet and choke/enrichener that control fuel during starting. Fuel doesn't go bad in just a few weeks either, but it does go bad, and it will make a bike hard to start (that's how I picked up a Yamaha XT225 for $500 less than the asking price).

If you know you won't be riding for a while, do yourself a favor and add Stabil or some other preservative to the tank before your last ride, then drain the carb (or run the engine with the petcock off until it dies). Especially if your riding is intermittent, make it a point to drain the carb because it could turn out to be several months before you throw a leg over again, and that's long enough for the gas to sour. Not a bad idea to keep a battery maintainer hooked up as well, especially if the bike has a lot of electronics, or an old school analog clock.

 

[oosik]

Good looking Wide Glide.

 

[MoPops]

I had a 650 for many years but the carburation/modern gas main jet always plugging up if it sat more than a few weeks was driving me nuts. I do miss the snap of that 650 motor but enjoy the WR250r's fuel injection.

The KTM 690, has really taken off. There's a lot of riders around here that have bought them. Fuel injected 650 on a pretty light frame.. = fun times..

 

[TCowner]

Jim Brown, The Can Am Spyder ST Limited is exactly what I am looking at now. I drove one a year ago and loved it, especially with the semi-automatic transmission. Have you had any "issues" with yours?

 

[Wood_Butcher_Dav]

Today got to ride two Yamaha's a FZ-09 and Bolt along with a Honda VRF at Niehaus Motorcycles Appreciation Days. Road up there on my KLR650. The FZ could get you in trouble fast

Dave

 

[B7510HSD]

Here's mine hope to ride more now that I am not working anymore..

 

[MoPops]

Today got to ride two Yamaha's a FZ-09 and Bolt along with a Honda VRF at Niehaus Motorcycles Appreciation Days. Road up there on my KLR650. The FZ could get you in trouble fast Dave

Isn't Niehaus up by Litchfield IL? I've been by there before. I had a quest at one time to own a Valkrie. I found one later on Craigslist.. Loved the smooth power of that bike, but I had become used to much smaller bikes, and couldn't get used to the small fuel tank, and lower mpg. But I loved that bike..

Any of you guys that like to ride been down to ride the Dragon? Been through there three times now. Fun road, but there are others I like better.

 

[Wood_Butcher_Dav]

Yes Litchfield IL. they have this every year, 29th this year. Mostly Gold-wingers and baggers, some vendors,food court and few artist pin-stripe's over a 3-day event. They have free test drives of about 20 different models, weather not the best when I was there, guess they don't like to drive in the rain on unfamiliar bikes.

Dave

 

[Piston]

Any of you guys that like to ride been down to ride the Dragon? Been through there three times now. Fun road, but there are others I like better.

I've been down there a couple of times, but like you said, there other roads that I like better. I did have a lot of fun on that section but some of the best roads around there are the lesser known ones you just sort of stumble across. I've ridden the Blue Ridge Parkway in it's entirety 5 times now, that road never get's old. The best roads along the BRP are all the random feeder roads joining it.

 

[Ted Summey]

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