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Ben Franklin
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Joined: September 21, 2022 12:37 pm
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

c't'dOf course, the right answer is to build a decent subframe, and be done with it. Just not quite in the mood to take that on, yet, so ground it dow...

11 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

c't'dCouple days later, Greg was up for paved ride on his GS while eagerly awaiting the return of his KTM790 with fresh cams and such.Day was a bit co...

11 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

Well Friends,I have been on a few very pleasant rides, as of late, and done a little more maintenance as well. None of the rides were exactly "epic", ...

11 months ago
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RE: Valve Adjustment Problem / Bad valve

@floyd-h Yep, sounds like a plan. There is quite a lot of carbon on the valves from the old head. Probably less on the ebay head. If it is reasona...

11 months ago
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RE: Valve Adjustment Problem / Bad valve

Floyd, thanks for the pics. I'm sure you will get some interesting advice. My opinion: You have a few options, depending upon how long you thi...

11 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

Dis stuff? 🤑 Splines are doing great, no visible wear, since new. I think the OEM countershaft sprocket is quite a bit harder than th...

11 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

c't'dNew sprocket on top. There was some significant wear.Rear sprocket had a little wear, as well. Not beyond usability, but I wanted to change the r...

11 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

Well Friends,Got out on a couple of very pleasant rides the past couple of days, before spending a little time in the shop on maintenance, today.Met u...

11 months ago
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RE: Valve Adjustment Problem / Bad valve

@floyd-h A light resurfacing is usually pretty cheap, especially if you have the valves out for new seals... I'd do it, just to ensure good mating. ...

11 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

Yet another way to stay amused with an unbroken sidecar rig...After finally winning the battle with my broken Milwaukee Electric weed/bug sprayer (tha...

12 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

@scott-h Yep. If it would have been a small difference, or maybe even up to 50%, I would not have bothered with the Chinese units. However, $101 vs...

12 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

@miles-ladue Pads were reasonably fresh, at about 75% remaining life, so left them in. You are right, I have thought about having another set of the...

12 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

Well friends, the special Chinesium front brake rotors that I ordered off fleabay came in a couple of days ago, and I found time in my busy schedule t...

12 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

@miles-ladue Absolutely!

12 months ago
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

The slop in the video is at 37,700 miles... developed very gradually, but got kinda loud in its current state.

12 months ago
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