| Author | Message | ||
     Roadsurfr |
Happy New Year to all, and thanks for all the information and moral support. Hope I can be of service in return. Butch | ||
| Redhatbuell  |
Happy New Year to all from Kuwait. | ||
| SouthernMarine  |
Happy New Year | ||
| Peter  |
...and another from Holland! | ||
| Ingemar  |
Happy New Year ... From The Netherlands as well! | ||
| Smoke |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope everyone has a safe and prosperous new year. tim | ||
| Dino  |
Happy New Year...from Somewhere(else), CA.  | ||
| Jerry_haughton  |
thanks Court, jes' be careful which finger you're holding up, k???  Happy New Year...from Somewhere(else)v.2, CA.  Happy Newd Year and ride to lean, y'all! FB&D  | ||
| Rubberdown |
Thank you BWB. I recently posted on the XBoard and introduced myself. Shortly thereafter U4EUH posted a greeting and let me know that he was nearby. Today we went for a really great ride, I guess about 3-4 hours in the local twisties. I learned a lot about my bike just watching Jim ride his in front. I've got the suspension dialed in and am really loving this bike. Thanks BWB. Jim, let's do it again. I'm always up for a ride. Mike. | ||
| Charlieboy6649  |
Welcome Rubberdown! I credit this site for my moto education... Also made many new friends and had some great rides. Isn't BWB great. | ||
| Newxb9er |
So, in case nobody has seen this: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/roadbike/420f03046.pdf And this: http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-news/2006-epa-motorcycle-streebike-rules. htm Just some reading regarding 2006 EPA rules on motorcycles. | ||
| John89147  |
Anybody know where I can find instructions on how to install a forcewinder aircleaner on a 2001 Cyclone? I took the old one off the bike and froze. I started wondering, "What if I put it on wrong?" "What if it falls off while I'm riding?" Needless to say, my bike is not rideable, so I am asking for info on how to do it. Pleeeeeze. Thanks... (Message edited by john89147 on January 03, 2005) | ||
| Aaron |
A Forcewinder is just held on by the three screws that go into the carb. You need to retain the carb support bracket that came with your bike (the steel bracket hanging by the breather bolts). Not much to it really. The bigger concern is that you take a close look at your bowl vent on the Forcewinder. Every single late model Forcewinder I've ever tested on a CV has exhibited a distinct lean condition from the midrange up due to the way the Forcewinder vent comes into the air stream. It's pretty easy to fix and it's a nice air cleaner once you do. But without fixing it, the bikes tend to run like crap and potentially put the motor at risk. | ||
| Grt |
John, I don't know about the late model Forcewinder but with the old model a ball end allen wrench is a big help. G. | ||
| Bartimus  |
Please tell us how to fix!!! | ||
| Mikej  |
Can someone explain to me how a 1203cc bike getting 50mpg can produce more harmful emissions than an SUV with a 3500cc+ sized engine getting less than 20mpg? Or is this one of those "per cc engine size" things and not a "total volume produced" thing?  And if you can explain that in simple terms then tell me how to weigh a ton of air. Next they'll be telling me that if I have gas while riding my bicycle then I'll have to install a catalytic converter to my gas port. ouch. Thank you. | ||
| Aaron |
Art, follow that link, look at the picture of the old and new style side by side. If you've got the new style, hog out the bowl vent area with a die grinder and make it look like the old style. Nothing to it. I was astonished the first time I saw this. I had tuned up a guy's bike without his air cleaner in place. Got it to run perfect, stuck the air cleaner on, did a pull expecting to see it go slightly rich, but much to my surprise it went really lean and ran like crap. I'm scratching my head, thinking what the hell, I run the same air cleaner on my M2 and it runs fine. So I yanked the Forcewinder off my bike and stuck it on his, and sure enough, it ran fine. Then I got to looking for the difference between them. That's what's in the picture. Hogged his out to look like mine and his bike ran great. Since that day, I've run into this repeatedly. Not an issue if you're using a Mikuni or have DDFI. | ||
| Reepicheep  |
When they wrote that, I expect they were not talking about an air cooled twin getting 50mpg (which currently does not require a cat converter to meet the new regulations anyway). I suspect they were talking about a watercooled inline four that is lucky to get 35 mpg. And they are probably playing games measuring "harmfull emissions" instead of "emissions". Some of the numbers they were quoting stretched credibility though, and were patronizing and self serving. Full emissions compliance will only add $70 to the price of a bike? On what planet!?!? | ||
| Court |
>>>And if you can explain that in simple terms then tell me how to weigh a ton of air. I can show you how to weigh light)yes, it has mass...remember matter and it takes up space?).....but you'd have to be an Engineer. | ||
| Road_thing  |
Aaron, thanks for the link! rt | ||
| Bikerjim99  |
Ali Khounsary, Ph.D. Argonne National Laboratory ===================================================== "This is one of the strange aspects of quantum mechanics. Sunlight, composed of photons of various energies, has MOMENTUM but no MASS. That is, it does not "weigh" anything in the usual sense that we use the term "weigh" because the earth's gravitational field has almost no effect upon photons. They are not attracted by the force of gravity." Just wish I could lose weight. Jim | ||
| Fullpower  |
in regard to photons, the word "almost" is significant here. Quote" earth's gravitational field has almost no effect upon photons." gravity is a force which has two inviolate characteristics: 1) it is an attractive force. 2) it acts in proportion to the mass of the interacting bodies. In conclusion, Any body or particle which is acted upon by gravity HAS MASS. | ||
| Bikerjim99 |
We can also conjecture upon how light is a particle and a wave at the same time. I love this site! What other motorcycle discussion site has quantum physics discussions? Let's see, if I remove my headlight on my T-bolt, install it on the rear fender, that should provide enough extra thrust to lower my ET. Jim | ||
| Court |
The word "almost" is key and the statement "it does not "weigh" anything" is patently inaccuarate.
Summary: something can have very little mass, it can not have NO mass. Court - sure some construction workers are amateur physicists. | ||
| Fullpower |
and the rest mass of the Neutrino is_______? 04 January 2005 is 'ride to work day' in Homer, Alaska. light rain, 40 degrees, very nice ride this morning. HID head lamp is a tremendous help. | ||
| M1combat  |
"In Search of Schrodinger's Cat" An excellent book. | ||
| Bikerjim99 |
I defer to Court, will have to brush up on my physics. I've read "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat", and came away more confused than educated. Hard concepts of things not happening unless observed. Sort of like my employees used to be. Jim | ||
| Slaughter  |
Actually, yu duzzent gotta be neethir injuneer or syentist: Just put out a barometer – standard pressure at sea level (or the “weight” of the atmosphere above it) is 29.92 inches of mercury or 14.7 pounds per square inch – in other words, more than a TON per square foot (pressure). Sea level air density is about 0.0749 pounds per cubic foot (the "weight" of a cubic foot of air is a little more than an ounce). Its density/weight obviously varies with changes in pressure. Stack up all those cubic feet on top of you and the column starts getting heavy if you had to carry it in your hands. (Message edited by slaughter on January 04, 2005) | ||
| Court |
I smell String Theory displacing contact patch as in the winter squabblefest! | ||
| Paulinoz  |
"I smell String Theory displacing contact patch as in the winter squabblefest!" I rember very well a UK TV Show called "The Goodies" that covered the subject of string very well, does this make me qualified to coment on String Theroy. |
