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I found some aftermarket stators with good reviews that I can get for half the price of OEM (and of course the more popular one is back ordered!). :lol: https://www.bikebandit.com/1988-kawasaki-klr650-kl650a-coils-stators/p35/m150314 Before I spend the cash there's just a couple of other things I wa...

Another New Englander on the forum. . .great!

Been to Newport more than once. Visited some of the mansions and Fort Adams too.

Nice place to ride the old roads.

Welcome to the forum! As part of the forum protocol one needs to identify their general location in that block on the left hand side of the screen. The whole planet is watching! :D That said, and being from CT myself, I totally understand the decline in available Vespa dealers in our state. Sad sign...

Tough decision.

This is excruciating.

Well. . .now that you mention it. . .yes it is. Sorry about that!

Time now for a brew and some pizza!

And no more pics of tools and tape until I get this situation sorted.

Back to the drawing board for me. . .. o_O The first step to success is failure. Without failure there would be no success. Without success there is no progress. Sometimes you have to say WTF. WTF makes your future! Makes me think of "Risky Business". :lol: System definitely won't charge t...

Damn it's even hotter than yesterday and rather tropical indeed! So I tried using the 30 year old multi-tester on the 30 year old bike and for some reason I wasn't getting the expected results. I'm not sure if it was me, the batteries I put in the multi-tester (after cleaning off some corrosion on t...

Butter. . ..

Get things sorted and ride!

I seldom go over 50 MPH on mine. It will snarl it's way to 60 MPH or so depending upon the wind conditions and the size of my last meal.

Cue the cows. ...



And don't forget a proper diet and "Wonder Bread". . .it will make you rich and famous!

Have to wait until a bit later and things cool down. . .but I'm in ready to go on this project. It's pushing 85 degrees F. in my garage. Don't like sweat getting in my work. . .. Old school electronic multi-tester for an old school bike. Besides. . .it will give me more time to study for this. :lol:...

I'll bet it's getting like that in upstate NY too. . .just not "quite" as high yet.

A pic from a run to the Berkshires back in July of 2008 on my Suzuki Bandit. I think it was off Rt. 22.

The tourists are coming in droves. . .. Unlike anything I've seen before. . .at least around my area. And I've been riding when it hasn't been raining. . .mostly around town. Took a waterfront ride this morning. Saw two bicyclists riding side by side with no idea they were holding up 5 cars behind t...

HOT DAM!

A flash from the recent past.

That said it sure does have that old Helix look. . ..

The Morphous almost looks "Bonneville Ready" for a run on the salt flats.

FWIW I just did about a 6 mile local ride to catch some cool evening air in this heat wave and I couldn't believe I was averaging 119.1 MPG. Yes. . .119.1 MPG. I had reset my display before I left so it was all fresh data feeding the onboard computer. I was only traveling between 30 and 40 MPH with ...

I've got somewhere around 2500 miles on my 2017 and haven't adjusted my valves yet. They have a little bit of noise as they did new. A noisy valve means the valves are closing because there is clearance. Too much clearance (can sound louder or more metal on metal) effects performance by not allowing...

There are various settings on the display screen as to how you measure fuel economy on the PCX.

i bought a new helmet today and riding gloves with knuckle protection

What kind of helmet?

Good thinking to get the gloves with knuckle protection. Common with off road gloves. . ..

I wonder how many pizzas can go in that box before it affects handling.

Or. . .you can think in terms of how many pizzas will go in that gut before it will effect the handling.

Not to get off topic but that Thruxton got me to thinking about the '70s. Sometimes I think I never left . . .. Caught in a time warp. Well. . .this vid will take the edge off.