"There are only two kinds of biker, those who have parted ways with their bike
at speed, and those who eventually will if they keep riding."
I love that when I got my bike it seemed like everybody needed to tell me
this. As if all of a sudden I was going to say "Holy crap, you mean I could
fall off and get hurt? Damn, get this bike away from me."
For petes sake I ride BECAUSE of the ever present threat of disaster. The
feeling of exposure and frankly because it scares the crap out of me and I like
getting off the bike knowing I've conquered my fear and transported myself
safely. The only reason I see for ever falling off my bike is gross
unpredictable mechanical failure (undetectable hardening of a metal part that
suddenly fails or a nail in a tire or some such) or getting hit by somebody
else or caught in a case where I can't help hitting somebody, OR if I finally
get around to buying a real sportbike and put in track time where I'm severely
pushing the envelope. In either case since I'm always armored while riding,
attempting to expect the unexpected which is another thing I like about riding.
-Curt
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The Kawi does look somewhat like a small Sportster
http://flmltuweb1.business.latrobe.edu.au/faculty/sinman/ltd_vs_corvette.htm I
expect the guy wasn't a real Harley guy. A real Harley guy would have wondered
why the hell I was wearing a Kevlar Joe Rocket coat and pants and a full face
helmet never mind having a liquid cooled engine with the cylinders in the wrong
configuration...
-Curt
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Phew! Good stuff! Lots of perspectives. That was truly funny that that
Harley rider mistook the Kawi for one. It's like how? In terms of
mistaking,
it's getting harder to tell a Harley from a Euro bike because they have
been
trying to hard to emulate (though this may be dying back now). But some
of
the Japanese bike makers have actually de-designed their engines, going
to a
pushrod config. just to achieve that Harley sound. Sometimes they
actually
fool me audibly from a distance these days.
Brian
83 240D
92 Sportster Deluxe
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Diesels like to consume big amps. Did a study once that found John
Deere starters (made by whoever???) required 450A during the start
cycle of a new engine ( we built portable air compressors ). Detroit
Diesel and Deutz were in the 300A range while stroking their associated
engines, a 3 cyl in the Deutz case and a 6V92T on the Jimmy.
Wow. So make sure the cable is BIG. I use what looks like 2/0 flex
welding cable, and is no more than 10 feet long. #4 is pretty puny for
Mercedes applications IMO.
Richard
K4PKV
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> 20' 4 gauge. $10, sound like a deal?
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> Luther KB5QHU
> Alma, Ark
> '83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
> '82 300CD (159,222 kmi)
> '82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work
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