[MikeK]

in reply to: Motorcycle racket #37664

I rode this thing almost daily last summer and had a lot of great miles.  Though it’s nothing special, it’s one of the best riding bikes I’ve ever had.  It does most everything pretty well and handles like a BMX bike.  Unfortunately it was stolen in the Fall.

I got a call earlier this year from the State Patrol telling me they located the bike, but it was in terrible condition.  Anything that took a key was broken, the wiring was completely f*cked, tires were shot, tail light and fender smashed and it had another 4000 miles on it.  At least they had a good time!

[MikeK]

in reply to: Motorcycle racket #37662

I made some parts like the chainguard, aluminum heat shield for the exhaust, adapter for a Acerbis fender and the wind deflector, then painted it Sage Green like a Bay Westy.

[MikeK]

in reply to: Motorcycle racket #37661

Here’s my 2000 BMW F650 when I picked it up.  It had very low miles, around 4500.  It had been sitting for years and had a few broken odds and ends.  I rebuilt the carb, flushed the tank and it ran great.

[MikeK]

in reply to: Jason's Projects #37657

Looks like a very solid Bus.  Great find and good luck with the project!

[MikeK]

in reply to: JJ's projects #37656

I haven’t tried it personally, but I always thought that it was a great and simple idea.  Apparently this is a somewhat common technique for keeping inter-cooler temps down:  https://www.enginebasics.com/Advanced%20Engine%20Tuning/Intercooler%20Sprayers.html

 

I wouldn’t want to run it full time, but on those exceptionally hot days it might save your motor.

[MikeK]

in reply to: JJ's projects #37623

My old friend, Rob Cress had a functional solution for temporary driving through exceptionally hot climates.  He’d drive his splits to California from Colorado pretty regularly, sometimes during the dead of Summer.

He bought one of those pressurized, aluminum can water mister systems and used one emitter that was aimed into his cooling fan.  If it was really hot, he’d turn on the system and he told me it dropped his engine temperatures significantly.  I’m more inclined to build a motor with whatever compression/cooling it needs but once in a while you get a scorcher of a day.  Something like this could really come in handy and be a non-permanent install and you get to have a mister system at your camp site.

[MikeK]

in reply to: Intro: Mike Klapac #37442

Thanks guys!  Good to see you’re still at it, Jeff!

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