What are you doing today? Thread

[plastikosmd]

Took delivery of new yard toy

Fl-5 new uc, new motor
Runs like new

[DAM shop]

That's a pretty big toy. What on your property will you be using that for?

[plastikosmd]

Dunno

I have an oc3, case 310g w drott/backhoe , 2 IH t340
The oc and 310 are great. The t340’s have been a 5 year on/off project
In a moment of frustration I realized instead of buying 2 nos bearings at 400$ I could buy this (it was stupid cheap, 6500$ delivered) and part/sell the t340 I would be ahead

But

You are right, it will take getting use to, at 15k lbs it is sorta a beast for the woods/farm. I think i fell in love and underestimated the mass/size

But! it starts,runs, turns effortlessly and is basically like new(or as close as I will ever get) so I will play, add the missing 4:1 back, maybe make a grapple for it and use it for now, hopefully not wrecking too much

[DAM shop]

Looks like a nice ford in your garage there, year?

[Jd110]

Cool idea! I wooden have thought of that. Who floated that idea past you? If you decide to commercialize them, remember that the key is to branch out as quickly as possible, leaf the competition behind and lock down the market.

That’s hardcore. Wooden believe it, but they turned out oakay.

Idea from a boy name blue.


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[barnett468]

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Today I raced my 1981 YZ465 with a club I haven't race with before, I signed up for 2 classes (4 motos) to get some practice time in because I still don't have much time on this beast and still haven't figured out how the frick to ride it. Also made a gearing and fuel change a few days ago so I needed to test those.

My right arm and hand were worn out from all the gardening (yes, it was from gardening) I did, so I couldn't hold onto the bars as well as I needed to which wasn't a good thing when they tried to swap back and forth, which they did a few times, so I had to go thru a couple sections of the track much slower than I otherwise would have.

When the gate dropped for my first race my bike loaded up, so I just held it wide open up the start hill while watching everyone pass me by until it finally cleared out with around 50 feet to go before the first turn, so I help the sucker on longer than most others then railed the inside of the first turn and passed most of them somehow. I then passed a couple more in the next turn and entered the track in 2nd place where I stayed until one guy passed me near the end of the race because I wasn't trying to push it to hard, as I was still figuring out what it would do on this track, plus I still had 3 races left, so I happily cruised around in 3rd for the rest of the race.

For the 2nd moto of this race I did a couple starts first before hand to clear it out, and this time by the top of the start hill I was in about the same place I was in the first start, lol, so I held the throttle on a bit longer again and railed the inside again and entered the track in 2nd again, but this time I was more familiar with what the bike was going to do, so I nailed it on the uphill and passed the 1st place guy on the inside 2 turns later and led the rest of the race, and on the last 4 laps I even sped it up a little and pulled out a full straight lead ahead of the 2nd place guy, who won the first race and who also won the last race this club held a month ago, all on his fancy, late model, $10,000.00 450 4 stroke, so I was happy and amused about that and got 2nd overall out of 9 guys, which was far better than I thought I might get.

I have some video of this moto but need to have the computer nerds show me how to edit it so I can post it.


Next week is FINALLY another vintage race at Perris Raceway which is very close to where I live now, so after that I will finally know exactly where I am at as far as being able to ride this unruly monster against similar bikes, but unfortunately, there is one section of that track that I have to go a little slow thru because it causes severe bar swap in this beast, which actually knocked my hand off the bars at around 55 mph when I rode there 2 weeks ago, and that was....unpleasant.
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[plastikosmd]

1979 f250 dam

[El Camexican]

That’s hardcore. Wooden believe it, but they turned out oakay.

Idea from a boy name blue.


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Someone’s been a busy beaver. Sometimes going against the grain is the key to sprucing things up. I’d leaf it just like that and just add a ring for each year I rode the bike.

I bet there’s a few guys out there with woodies wagons pining for something like that.

[barnett468]

God dang that photo brings back memories. One of the first bikes I ever modified. Armed with nothing more than the tool kit that came with my YZ 80 (made of high grade Japanese margarine) and the ability to convince my buddy that his dad wouldn’t mind us disassembling the engine, after all, my subscription to Dirt Bike magazine made me a full fledged mechanic at the age of 14. We pulled the head and took it down with a flat file, hogged out the carbon filled pipe with a hand drill and some sort of woodworking bit, dropped the needle and raised the float (I have no idea why).

It ran like a raped ape afterwards. He still brings it up every time I run into him.

Great story. Not many people around that even know what that bike is. Leave it to kawasaki to put a bike engine in am ill handling frame. Seems to be what they were best at for quite some time.

I rode those and a lot of the other small bikes in the parking lot of norm reeves honda when i worked there and also in the parking lot of the boat dealership across the street when they after they closed for the day. We also occasionally had races on z50's on the boat dealerships slick concrete pad which was hilarious.

[barnett468]

POST CORRECTION CUZ I AINTS GO NO EDIT BUTTUN.

"to put a bike engine"

Should read:

"to put a big engine".

[El Camexican]

Great story. Not many people around that even know what that bike is. Leave it to kawasaki to put a bike engine in am ill handling frame. Seems to be what they were best at for quite some time.

I rode those and a lot of the other small bikes in the parking lot of norm reeves honda when i worked there and also in the parking lot of the boat dealership across the street when they after they closed for the day. We also occasionally had races on z50's on the boat dealerships slick concrete pad which was hilarious.

That 100 wasn’t much slower than my YZ 80. There were plenty of kids on MX bikes that couldn’t keep up with him on our little bush track.

[stoshu]

That 100 wasn’t much slower than my YZ 80. There were plenty of kids on MX bikes that couldn’t keep up with him on our little bush track.

You talking about Parks Creek or one of Charlie's tracks at the perimeter?

[90nut]

Nice crawler loader! The skid loader kinda phased them out in the construction industry, but they are great for log dragging, digging(once you get use to how to run it,) amongst other things. Start checking equipment scrap yards to find you a combo bucket, or a nice rock tooth loader bucket as it would probably be easier to find. Nice toy.

[3 Wheel Drive]

I ordered a 440 hockey stripe for my Plymouth Barracuda today. Here’s a few pics:



My decal: https://phoenixgraphix.com/p-d/ct104.php

[knappyfeet]

Been debating whether to pull the trigger on the new Honda Goldwing or not. There's so much cool to it and simultaneously so much wrong with it..........in that what Honda did by creating the long range touring genre.....honda seems to be destroying their touring flagship. The seat seems horrible compared to my electra glide and storage for "touring" is gone....at least for 2 up. Wind protection doesn't seem as good as my old GL1200.




I've also been contemplating Yamahas new flagship. I already own a v-twin but damn if it's not everything a long range tourer should be........and more features than any HD CVO at half the cost. I



Too bad the 2 can't mate and take the best features from both and make an awsome tourer