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Well, winter is coming. How many of you have something special that you are planning to do to your bike during the down time? Lets hear what mods you guys haved planned.
1200CC BIG BORE, W/WISECO PISTONS,.250 STROKED CRANK, PORTED/POLISHED HEADS AND LARGER VALVES, CUSTOM WELDED EXHUAST, DUAL 42MM MIKUNI CARBS.
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If I get brave....I will tackle a major wiring clean-up and move everything into the bars....I've been avoiding it because, well, everything currently works. (knock wood).
...you're gonna feel a little pressure....
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I want to do an airbox removal and re-jet on the Speedmaster!
I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed
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valve job and a new back tire. mine's squared off from my cross country trip.
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Sure wish I had a winter! I NEVER get down time!  
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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3/4 Throttle
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New Paint for Black Beauty.....Black Pearl with Black Cherry fade, progressive fork springs, AllBalls headstock bearings, new fork oil. & maybe a set of extra skins done up in gloss amaranth red & Black two-tone if I kin find fenders for cheap!
Karl
Odessa, MO
'07 America, Cinnamon Girl (aka: Black Beauty or Ol' Penny) - Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On
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Sure wish I had a winter!
I'll send you ours! 
Fidelis et Fortis
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couple of projects: first - install a new bike lift (i am no old for kneeling down to work on bikes).
then relocate the oil filter on the 05 speedy and add in an extra oil cooler, possibly with a fan under the seat or behind the tranny, make up some finned collars for the speedies exhaust (retro looking), and rear axle spikes.
on the wifes bike: shorten the rear brake lever and gin up a few dress up items.
05 speedmaster - 1100cc, 11:1 racing pistons, Carillo rods, thunderbike cams, ported and polished head, 2mm over intake and exhaust valves, Barnett kevlar clutch, scepter pipes, oversize manifolds, 45mm HSR's, TTP stage 4 firestarter
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Should be Riding
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I have a spare tank that I'm going to have painted but first I'm thinking about doing some metal work to it, the likes of which have never before been seen 
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Powdercoat black the headlight, air filter grates, mirrors, and the control plate covers, then add new riser i bought from hellrisers which will also be Powdercoated black, add longer cables, add front axle spikes i bought from NSM and new rear solo finishers to replace the tribla ones i have now. And see what happens after that.
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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I'm with Erle on this one, well I get a little bit O' winter. But gonna keep on riding anyway. And I never seem to have enough $$ to do what I would really like to.
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Quote:
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Sure wish I had a winter!
I'll send you ours!
On SECOND thought... 
I guess I "better be careful what I wish for"!
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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snowing here today in Edmonton Alberta!!!!! I guess bike is going up on the lift this weekend darn it......
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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Should be Riding
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Well, winter is coming. How many of you have something special that you are planning to do to your bike during the down time? Lets hear what mods you guys haved planned.
Woodworking 
And hopefully an oil change and brake pads in there somewhere...
Benny
Black & Silver '02
Too many mods to list
Not enough miles ridden
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Check Pants
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I need to get my chrome fork legs installed on my bike.
Get the tuning headers swapped from Karens bike onto mine and get her headers back onto her bike.
Maybe work on my windscreen setup.
If i get really motivated a good cleaning, waxing and such on both bikes.
If i can get Karen to spend a few bucks, maybe an airbox removal for herbike. Might be easier to find the easter bunny though.
SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
NEW: 19 Goldwing Tour DCT
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Time for brakes plus a new chain and sprockets. And hopefully Santa drops off some highway bars............
2003 TBA Thunderbike pipes / floorboards / and the most uncomfortable seat known to man....
Barry aka: 8-Ball
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Winter...ughhhh!! Six more months until spring  here in the northeast. I picked up an extra tank and rear fender that i'm in the process of sanding, a little bodywork after chop, and then paint satin black for the old school look. Maybe some red accents also to compliment the hot rod look. Change of signals...maybe some heat wrap on the pipes. Some other tinkering and fine-tuning to keep me sane...and keep the beer fridge rotated for freshness 
02 TBA Cardinal Red/Black
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Ya know guys, I have to agree with erle here. Ya see, because us guys who live in locations where we can ride in relatively good weather all year around don't have this "down time" in order to do things to our bikes, if we want to do stuff to our bikes we are forced to make the conscious decision to take our machines "offline" for a while in order to do so. And thus, as you can see, this always presents a special little conundrum to us folks in the Southeast and the Southwest. (...I'm sure you can now sympathize with our plight here, right?!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Oh and btw...IF I can make that aforementioned "conscious decision", my plan in the coming months is to take the front fender off my '02 Cardinal Red BA and paint a 1 inch wide silver stripe down the middle of it in order to match the silver crescent on the gas tank. (...though as I stated above, this 2 to 3 day project MIGHT force me to take my bike "offline" for that length of time this winter...OH the agony!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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2 - 3 WHOLE DAYS!!  That would be hard.  May need to stock up on the scotch cause you're gonna need some therapy
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Dwight has his streets racket he can ride if the BA is down... No pity here 
SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
NEW: 19 Goldwing Tour DCT
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Well Fred, you got me thinking on that one. New tires and new front brakes are pretty much needed. If any money is left over possibly some Kuryaken grips with throttle boss,and risers would definitely take the strain off my shoulders on long trips, saddlebags with easy brackets. Wait... is this a wish list or definite to do list? 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Newish plans for Karens bike... black bars, black risers, and black Kury grips with black Joker levers. While Im at it... hidden wires.
Id like to get her some pods or maybe that TTP bell mouth. Maybe re-wrap her baffles and quit that thing down a bit.
SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
NEW: 19 Goldwing Tour DCT
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Should be Riding
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I'm gonna put a Harley motor in my America this winter
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Yeah...then it would be a Trmparley. 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Newish plans for Karen...
Id like to get her
mouth re-wrap
and quit that thing down a bit.
My
comp ute rs
Messin'
Up a
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think ?
And you may see me tonight
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J. Prine
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Check Pants
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SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
NEW: 19 Goldwing Tour DCT
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And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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I've been wrangling Craigslist looking for a donor bike on the path to building something like this: 
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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WOW!!! Now THAT is one nice lookin' ride and can definitely see why you're inspired by it, Ed. (...I wonder how many guys walk up to the owner and ask him: "Say, what year is that? A '52 or somethin'?")
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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NICE! 
But I HATE the color!
Who would paint one Gold!??...
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And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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I'm gonna put a Harley motor in my America this winter
Or a Harlumph.
Tony G
'03 America
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well guys I finally have a little money to get my crank stroked .250(Sorry to you metrics guys. I'm a U.S. machinist and still think in thousands and not millimeters). For you metric guys that would be 6.35mm. I'm going pull the crank and send it off this winter.
1200CC BIG BORE, W/WISECO PISTONS,.250 STROKED CRANK, PORTED/POLISHED HEADS AND LARGER VALVES, CUSTOM WELDED EXHUAST, DUAL 42MM MIKUNI CARBS.
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well guys I finally have a little money to get my crank stroked
As a guy that has no idea what that means (but would like to know) why do this and to what gain? Inquiring minds want to know. Appreciated...
Live to love, love to live.
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To add Stroke to the crankshaft allows the piston to rise higher in the cylinder, compressing the fuel air mixture, raising the compression ratio. It draws more of the fuel air mixture into the cylinder on the downstroke, all for the pupose of creating more power/torque. After I take my measurements I'll determine what pistons I'll need and what thickness head gasket I need to have made.
Last edited by angelis745; 11/06/2012 1:15 AM.
1200CC BIG BORE, W/WISECO PISTONS,.250 STROKED CRANK, PORTED/POLISHED HEADS AND LARGER VALVES, CUSTOM WELDED EXHUAST, DUAL 42MM MIKUNI CARBS.
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well guys I finally have a little money to get my crank stroked
As a guy that has no idea what that means (but would like to know) why do this and to what gain? Inquiring minds want to know. Appreciated...
hint- this happens at a whorehouse
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hint- this happens at a whorehouse
Live to love, love to live.
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well guys I finally have a little money to get my crank stroked
As a guy that has no idea what that means (but would like to know) why do this and to what gain? Inquiring minds want to know. Appreciated...
Wait... what's your mechanic's name again?
--Jaeger
NEUTIQUAM ERRO
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My mechanics name is Jezabel Harlot.  She really takes care of me.
Last edited by angelis745; 11/06/2012 8:51 PM.
1200CC BIG BORE, W/WISECO PISTONS,.250 STROKED CRANK, PORTED/POLISHED HEADS AND LARGER VALVES, CUSTOM WELDED EXHUAST, DUAL 42MM MIKUNI CARBS.
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My winter project started last year, and this was to strip the bike down and sort out the peeling on the engine of the powdercoat, while building it back up I am fitting the K&N pods, no work on the engine and it will stay as the original 790cc. http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/forums/...ge=0#Post530086
Ray(UK)
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