I have the Harbor Freight click-stop type.
The more you read about torque wrenches, the more chatter you'll get,
pro and con, about them (kinda like oil threads). I'm not convinced
that the more you pay, the more accuracy you get, and I doubt that for
our purposes, it's worthwhile to go top of
More you pay the more you get works up to a certain point, and I hardly
spent top-of-the-line money for mine. The NIST certificate with my wrench's
latest calibration certifies it to within +- 1% mid-range, which is in the
fractional ft-lb range and thus acceptable for me.
My personal preference
personaly i would get the harbor freight clicker and return it after the jobs
done... My mechanic buddy brought over his expencive snap on clicker when he
installed the head on my perkins and was bitching about the calibration being
off... But thats a cheep fix, and i can imagine that a
All,
We've been having some fun on another thread so lets make it
official - Wacky / weird / Different motorcycle engine configurations.
Graham - can you tell us some more about the Suzuki RE5 you
briefly owned?
Allen - any more thoughts on the Turbine powered bikes?
have 84 nighthawk 650 just bought and the bike runs but when the bike
is in first the netural lite comes on and you can start it but when in
netural no light and will not start
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I have a 1995 Nighthawk 750 and the right rear running light/turn
signal no longer acts as a running light, meaning that it only comes
on when operating the turn signal. I know that many people say that
they nighthawks are not supposed to have running lights, but this one
did when I got it and
In choosing a torque wrench, it might help to visualize what one
does. Its purpose is to stretch a bolt (yeah, they stretch an
infintesimal bit) to its optimum (not maximum) ability to hold parts
together.
Optimum meaning the ideal tightness (ft/lbs) calculated by engineers
to hold particular
Flying-V like a moto guzzi or the honda CX series.
-Kyle
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:54 AM, paul annen greenzer...@gmail.com wrote:
how about indians only shaft drive bike, and it was a transverse v-twin
i would kill to have one of these...
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Joey Kelley
Doesn't that provide for better cooling of each cylinder than say a HD design?
Same idea as the Guzzi's or those wide flat BMW bikes eh?
Wonder how they corner?
Kyle - you ever been on one?
-Joey
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:54 AM, paul annen greenzer...@gmail.com wrote:
The gear selector switch right above the left foot peg controls the neutral
light as well as the gear indicator on the instrument panel. It's a simple
rotary switch but after a while the contacts become corroded. It's simple
enough to take apart and clean up as long you go slow and pay attention.
thanks will check it out
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The gear selector switch right above the left foot peg controls the neutral
they corner great where the old hogs float up high in the corners
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Um, kinda sorta, not really. A buddy of mine has a JZR 3wheeler powered by a
guzzi. I've ridden as a passenger in that that, so I can say that I've been
propelled down the road by a flyingV, but I can't say I've ridden one.
-Kyle
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Joey Kelley sandp...@gmail.com
Well that is unique in and of itself!
Personally - I'm very interested in these:
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/roadtests/feuling_w3/index.html
A W 3 style engine - started as a HD V twin with a custom case -
improved somewhat over that.
Never ridden one - never
Swap the bulbs or replace them?
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Allen is right, you probably have dual element bulbs and one of the elements
have blown
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Swap the bulbs or replace them?
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I have heard the torque affects the leaning of the bike so you need to roll on
when leaning one way and roll off the other way. But that is 3rd party
scuttlebutt since I've never rode one to know for sure.
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Sound to me its in the wrong position.
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the people that had one of the victory bikes i posted said that it was a
major issue with them but ive heard people complainn about that for the
wings too, just never felt it..
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Allen Thomas althomas...@gmail.comwrote:
I have heard the torque affects the
On that same note - they do have that 'torque steer' problem on single
blade aircraft and single prop boats - (heard first hand accounts from
pilots and captains on this) Not sure about the bike though...
-Joey
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I
way overpowerd boats do (like the big race power boats)
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Joey Kelley sandp...@gmail.com wrote:
On that same note - they do have that 'torque steer' problem on single
blade aircraft and single prop boats - (heard first hand accounts from
pilots and captains on
Custom case, crank, camshaft at minimum. Pretty cool to have that kind of
resources.
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Or ones with very large single props - either the current or one of
the previous State Of Maine training ships had a single screw and one
of them was telling me about it.
-Joey
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way overpowerd boats do (like the big
Torque steer is a big issue on take off for single prop planes especially on a
tail wheel steering. I design and build R/C planes and if one is under powered,
has the main gear too far forward, or has too small a rudder it will ground
loop on you.
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Allen,
You design R/C airplanes? Building them out of wood? Plastic?
Fiberglass?
Trial and error on the designs or do you do some prototyping
or simulations or???
-Joey
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Allen Thomas althomas...@gmail.com wrote:
Torque steer is a big
when i want to get my MSA card there were people in the class that said the
guy that droped it off said not to worry about the back break at all, you
can just use the first one... ive also had people tell me that idling there
boat destroys the engine therefore theres no need to slow down for no
intresting enough... the more people ride the less they use the front break
according to the graph in the study... knolage by expirence??
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:59 AM, paul annen greenzer...@gmail.com wrote:
when i want to get my MSA card there were people in the class that said
the guy
I found this article about braking interesting:
http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=030Set=001-034
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Wheel-less? This is an motorcycle driving simulator used in a report I was
just reading. They found that motorcyclists
I must say Javier - that was a great link - it describes almost
exactly what I was taught!
It also brings to light two important points: The bike you're
riding and the conditions you're riding it in are more important than
some fixed percentage of braking effort per wheel.
For
One of the things they taught us in BRC was to always use both brakes no
matter the situation just to stay in the habit of it. That way if you do end
up in a panic situation you're reflex is already set to go to both. I
probably apply the front brake more, but I definitely use both.
-Kyle
On
Kyle,
That was also what I was taught - and I think its good advice.
Where we all have (or tend to at least) older bikes our centers of
gravity are not as low as newer models and a little caution is always
a good thing.
Of course - if you have a failure of either braking system, and
Yes Joey, I think fixed percentages give you a general idea, but at the end
bikes are different, and technology keeps going forward. I had a similar
situation with a 90 cbr1000f I picked up few weeks ago. It is older than the
NH, but it had linked brakes, meaning that when you apply the front
I rode my 1984 Honda nighthawk 650 700 miles one day. Don't recommend
it, but i survived.
On Mar 28, 6:22 pm, Javier Garcia jajgar...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice finding Paul. I would ask what is his definition for low mileage
first. I once ride for about 8 hours on mine. I did a bunch of stops, and
Depending on how you tested the bulb - it is possible that you
confirmed, not denied, a blown bulb. But I would echo the crowd and
suggest trying a different bulb in the same socket before I went too
much further.
The 450 NH doesn't have running lights on the rear, just the
taillight, but I
i was also told to use both breaks, but the instructor also told us to vary
the amount on each set based on bike and conditions... that being said my GL
has a linked break system where the rear dick is linked with the front right
disk... i don tlike it, front breaks should be front breaks and rear
Already eliminated the bulb as the source of the problem. I took the
bulb out of that side and installed in left side and bulb worked fine.
I basically have my entire wiring harness torn apart right now and
think that I have a short/current bleed off at some point. The way the
wiring harness is
Wood covered in cloth and painted with dope, like the old days. I usually
design them in cad then plug in the design numbers in a flight simulator and
test, then build and modify if I'm not satisfied. I spent a lot of time
studying aircraft design a couple years ago, by building you're own
That and linked brakes made me lazy.
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That and linked brakes made me lazy.
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If you think about it - the link makes sense from the viewpoint of a
panic situation - say your GL has cruise control and your hand is off
the right grip for some reason - then you need to make a quick stop -
and jam on the rear brake - in that situation you would want all the
braking power, but
Rotary motorcycle...
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Gave us a scare there :-)
I have to admit - I'm intrigued by the concept - but - the
reviews don't seem to be very positive of it.
-Joey
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Rotary motorcycle...
I'd reserve that wanting until you watch the video for that bike on Jay's
website.
-Kyle
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Rotary motorcycle...
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Oh, I just love the *concept* of a rotary.
Even without handling issues, they have enough operational issues I would
never (in my right mind, at least) actually want anything powered by one.
Tip seals, apex scoring and port scrubbing, anyone? All of the problems of a
two-stroke's emissions, and
The torque tables in my Honda manuals do not show any above 80 ft/lbs, so I
would recommend the 3/8 drive at 0-80 ft/lbs.
Most torques are in the 15 to 30 ft/lb range.
I am very pleased with my purchases from Harbor Freight.
I daresay that single comment pretty much sums up why the gasoline
powered piston driven internal combustion engine is the preferred
power source the world over. The relative simplicity - the high power
to weight ratio - the relative efficency of gasoline compared with
other fuels.
For 80 ft-lbs you actually want to go a bit beyond the 80 range. Torque
wrenches of the clicking type have their best accuracy mid-range and the
accuracy gets poorer at the high and low ends of the range. Most don't
specify what end-of-range accuracy is; I only know mine is 2% end of range
because
Oooh, crazy thought... wonder if you could make a steam-wankel...
I dare say you wouldn't worry about oiling tip seals anymore, given that you
hydrostatically lubricate steam engines anyway, carrying your oil with your
steam and then passing it through a separator.
Kurt
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Not at all my VFR has linked brakes and using the hand lever is enough to flip
you over the bars. If you actually NEED the 4 extra pistons actuated by the
foot pedal you are in a real tight spot!
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Terrible torque, high RPM horsepower would be my guess.
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I have craftsman clicker style I bought over 20 years ago and its build at
least a dozen hi-po engines with nary a calibration nor issue with the results.
I agree with Graham I don't think the variance is really all that critical.
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60hp @ something like 6500 and peak torque @ 3500, can't remember the number
but it wasn't bad.
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Terrible torque, high RPM horsepower would be my guess.
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I'm just going on how a non turbo rx7 runs and they make a R/C plane engine and
it can only swing a small prop but really fast.
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True. The new modern rotaries spin stupidly fast before they finally start
making their power... but when they do it's big. A bit like turbo lag, minus
the turbo. Or VTEC... :p
VTEC: For the times you need a special name to tell people you can't make
crap for power below six grand.
-Kurt
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no cruise control on this beast... 1986
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DifferentMotorcycleEngineConfigurations
If you think
Lol my VFR has VTEC and it gets me all the time. When I first got it and felt
comfortable with the power increase over the NH. I cracked it WOT in first, the
VTEC kicked in and I wheelied so high all I could see was gas tank. I won't be
repeating that again.
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back as my memory can go) is 500 miles. I was in my 20s and riding a
Goldwing. It was STILL hard on me!*
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jurisgnostic jurisgnos...@gmail.comwrote:
I rode my 1984 Honda
Here's my thoughts... right, wrong, or otherwise...
I would have to agree with the posts about accuracy; but add in repeatability.
You can be a little bit off on each one, and still be okay, but the farther you
get away from either goal, the worse. Take an aluminum cylinder head from a v-8
and
Saw and ad for a 1984 Honda VT500 Ascot - $1750 on CL here in Hawaii:
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/mcy/2293936186.html
What can you tell me about this bike. I think someone has mentioned
the name before.
Curious because it's near my in-laws house on the Big Island - I'm
thinking of it as
Jason,
I'm having a similar problem with my front right light on my 96 750.
The bad news is that it's intermittent. I'd say it's lite about 50%
of the time. The turn signal works fine, just no front light. I
switched the bulbs as well. I haven't gone to your level of checking
it out yet - you
**Old thread resurrected**
Here's what I've been working on. I think that Mopar Joe will appreciate.
After trying for about two weeks to convert the original video into a useable
format, I just recorded on really quick from my Mac laptop (Which took things
upon itself to reverse the image...)
SWEET
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Where are you at? That car looked like it has the steering wheel on the wrong
side. My mopars always seemed to start best if I pump the pedal 3 times then
hold it to the floor. I guess the carb bowls were dry.
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Well, let me know if you figure something out before I do. If yours is
intermittent I would suspect a bad wire somewhere. As wires heat up it
effects their ability to conduct electricity and there could be a
short somewhere. I have a friend who is an aircraft electrician coming
to look at it next
*Try this site for info: http://ascotvt.tripod.com/*
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* http://ascotvt.tripod.com/Paul
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Sean sfox...@yahoo.com wrote:
Saw and ad for a 1984 Honda VT500 Ascot - $1750 on CL here in Hawaii:
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/mcy/2293936186.html
What can you
*Does that thing got a hemi?*
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:53 PM, James O'Gorman aspor...@gmail.com wrote:
**Old thread resurrected**
Here's what I've been working on. I think that Mopar Joe will appreciate.
After trying for about two weeks to convert the
Very nice looking bike
On Mar 29, 2011 11:32 PM, Paul p...@hondanighthawks.net wrote:
*Try this site for info: http://ascotvt.tripod.com/*
*
*
* http://ascotvt.tripod.com/Paul
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Sean sfox...@yahoo.com wrote:
Saw and ad for a 1984 Honda VT500 Ascot - $1750
I opened this string of emails hoping to see snazzy neckwear. Disappointed.
:(
However, not a bad looking bike.
-Kurt
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