Silent
Who said FJR's don't do dirt?
You got it wrong, that's why you're not getting any credit! It wasn't a flutzlehouser, it was a flatulence housing.
Sweet...to my somewhat practiced eye, they picked the right pic for the calendar. Best composition, lighting and contrast of the bunch....only thing I woulda done diff is use a polarizing filter to make the sky, clouds and background vista POP!More moto pr0n for those that are interested
Photo Shoot pics that were sent in for the calender.
It is similar to the final drive I had on my '84 Venture Royal, in fact I had the same dip stick to check the oil with. I don't think the gearing is the same tho, the Venture use to haul, and it weighed quite a bit more than the XS. I have considered changing it out to one from an XS650 to change the gearing a bit.If I'm not mistaken, that differential looks like the one used for the First Gen. Venture - 1984, 1985.
It handles great for a '79 I don't push it to far since I'm running old rubber. The miser in me won't let me replace the old tires until they wear more, or show signs of needing to be replaced.I bet it handles sweet. :good:
So you are saying he is an A@# hole.You got it wrong, that's why you're not getting any credit! It wasn't a flutzlehouser, it was a flatulence housing.
I wouldn't call my good friend Hans that :blink:So you are saying he is an A@# hole.You got it wrong, that's why you're not getting any credit! It wasn't a flutzlehouser, it was a flatulence housing.
Thanks, I'm not the best photographer, but I try. I didn't take to many pictures of the 'before' variety. This is the pic Mike sent to me over a year ago, probably a 6 year old pic, or older, Mike could tell you for sure.Very nice photo...do you have a "before" picture...to place next to this one?
Silent, I can also tell you that high compression gas engines also don't like it when you put diesel fuel in the tank...Funny thing about motorcycle engines. As it turns out they do not like it when there's over a gallon of fuel mixed in with the oil, from sitting with the petcock on prime for a couple days, or for other mysterious reasons. Now the old 2 strokes liked having oil in the fuel. that's how they were lubricated, but modern four stokes don't care to much for fuel in the oil. They try and spit the offending solution out of engine thru the bypass tube, right into the airbox, causing the offending solution to leak all over said four stroke and the ground beneath. This tends to make for a very messy, and dangerous situation. Ok, I admit it, I left the petcock on prime the last time I rode it. What can I say? I forgot by doing so, I opened a whole can of worms. Maybe I'll be more apt to remember next time.
Now that thats out in the open, the oil's been drained, and the carbs are back in and ready to go. Just waiting for the fuel to evaporate out of the engine caseing a bit before putting in new Synthetic oil.
On a side note, watch your reciepts, my local auto parts store tried to charge me $7.50 a quart for oil that was listed at $5.00. They did make it right and sold it for the lower price tho, but only because I noticed the price difference on the way out the door.
On the XS1100, there are 2 means of gas flow interruption. First, there is a petcock on the tank with "off-on-prime" positions. Then there is a vacuum operated valve (maybe 2?) between the tank petcock and the carburetors. The vacuum operated valves never did completely seal and the needle/seat in one of the carburetors would seep.You may have to get a new petcock ( or at least new packing ) for your bike.Once you start switching from mains to reserve on a regular basis it may fail on you. There was a time I didn't ride my Ascot very much. The petcock wasn't moved off of mains. When I worked on my Venture I put my ascot back in daily service. After working the petcock a few times it started drooling gas past the handle and onto a hot engine.
NOT GOOD!
I ended up buying a new one from Honda to stop the leak. Be prepared.
Brodie
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