Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production ofdieselmotorcycle to start.
Mine was sparking, but delayed and not nearly strong enough, so I was overloading cylinders and running very rich...popped off the condenser cover and took out *lots* of rust, started scrubbing to find the mechanism on the shaft that powered the condenser was covered w/ rust pockmarks. Cleaned if off pretty well, but decided to check the "spare" motor...to find out its mechanism was like new, so I just swapped. And that's how I almost killed myself...the bike that was about as fast as that diesel before, all the sudden performed more like a crotchrocket. I'm sure I could find cables for you, we've got a local guy who can get just about anything. He had a clutch cable for my 82 in stock for goodness sake. The dealer wanted something like $38 plus shipping, he had it in stock for like $18. Unfortunately I've never had the opportunity to work on any of the very-small series of honda bikes. In my lifetime I've had a 72 Peaugot moped (blew the piston ring, now THERE'S a hard find), 2 of some moped we were never able to discern the manufacturer of (one was siezed from the day we got it, the other later lost compression and I didn't have the desire to mess with it anymore), an 85 or so 250 Rebel (transmission was in bad shape, sold it), and now this 82 kaw kz440. Good luck with that though, that should be a very fun bike! ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production ofdieselmotorcycle to start.
I have an '76 Honda "Trail Blazer" with less than 1000 original miles on it, that I can't seem to get working. I and 2 others have worked on it, and none of us have been able to figure out why I can't get a spark at the plug, unless the wire in the sparkplug cable has a hidden break ( try and find a replacement sparkplug cable ). Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Evergreen Solutions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 21:13 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] [wastewatts] FYI - US commerical production ofdieselmotorcycle to start. > I guess my question is the proverbial "why?", with the common sigh > associated with the niche market of diesel vehicles in the US. > > If you can find one for 6k, give me a link please. I'm currently > looking for a bike like the old 79cc honda my friend used to have for > my girlfriend. > > And with 11 seconds to 60mph, that's good enough for someone who's > driving it for economy but TERRIBLE for someone driving it for fun, or > even safety. > > I've got an 82 kawasaki 440kz ltd, and I get 60mpg on gas and leave > most cars in the dust. I paid $600 for it last year, complete w/ a > spare motor, haha, and it's been fun rebuilding/resynching carbs and > learning about the bike. > > In other news...I have a friend who built a trike out of an old harley > frame and a VW diesel motor. I bet he doesn't have 18k into it...and > it has reverse. > > ___ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
