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- Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:11 am
- Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
- Topic: picking the best tire for the job
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2656
Re: picking the best tire for the job
Depends on what you're going to do with your Nighthawk after you get beyond that first mile of dirt, cruise down the boulevard or race thru the mountain twisties? I used Dunlop K491 touring tires on my 4 old Hondas getting 25-30k miles from the rears. I traded my 85 CB650SC in on a 97 GS500 and then...
- Thu May 21, 2015 1:46 am
- Forum: Trouble Shooting
- Topic: GS500 Wont Start
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8398
Re: GS500 Wont Start
Very active GS500 forum with many helpful members when you have something more serious wrong with your GS. Drop in to http://www.gstwins.com/gsboard/ and and check us out when you have time.
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:59 am
- Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
- Topic: Did I blow it up?? What to do next?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2235
Re: Did I blow it up?? What to do next?
Could be coolant but more likely it's gas that leaked into the oil if oil level has increased. Does oil smell like gas? If so carb clean and oil change might fix.
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:41 am
- Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
- Topic: Wind from trucks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11040
Re: Wind from trucks
Yes, you'll get used to it soon enough if you keep at it. I started riding at age 52 and still managed to get 30 years and 400k miles of riding in.
- Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:14 am
- Forum: Trouble Shooting
- Topic: RPM vers gear selected seems off.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5149
Re: RPM vers gear selected seems off.
My 82 CB750K turned much lower rpm's than that as I recall, it replaced a CB400T first bike that turned about 6k @ 60 mph and I thought that was way too many revs. My 750 was a 6 speed and I think that was why the 750s were going to 6 speeds around that time, about 30 years ago. Now and for the past...
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:26 am
- Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
- Topic: Curious
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9161
Re: Curious
407,211 miles in 30.1 years for 13,528 miles/year average. Started 7/21/84, updated 8/26/14 After four 80's Hondas that I put 230k miles on I rode a new 97 GS500E that I bought in 99 over 22k miles it's first year. Have tapered off since to a few hundred last year but still put a total of over 180k ...
- Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:07 am
- Forum: Beginning Bikers
- Topic: First Crash
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10427
Re: First Crash
I started riding at age 52 Steve and have gone many many miles on motorcycles over the last 30 years but have never ridden a scooter. After riding 230k miles on 4 Hondas with drum rear brakes I bought a GS500 at age 68 with a disc rear brake and when a car jumped like it was pulling out in front of ...
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:13 am
- Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
- Topic: Discuss: Bikes you have owned, your favorite and why?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5331
Re: Discuss: Bikes you have owned, your favorite and why?
Started riding late in life at age 52 but have managed to put 400k miles on 6 bikes in the 30 years since on CB400T, CB750K, CM400A, CB650SC, GS500E, and current 02 GS500. Just putted around seeing the scenery on the four Hondas but kinda took off on the GSs taking annual trips to the mountains to p...
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:24 am
- Forum: Maintenance & Appearance
- Topic: 1990 Kawasaki EX500 advice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9540
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:58 am
- Forum: Trouble Shooting
- Topic: 1982 Honda CB450 not starting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6110
Re: 1982 Honda CB450 not starting
Had a 81 CM400 (same engine) years ago with 80-90k miles on it that sat for 3 years in my garage untouched with no storage prep, just parked it. Tried to start it one day and no go and after grinding away for a while a neighbor came over with a can of sarter fluid and the bike started to run and wou...