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Ben Franklin
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Joined: September 21, 2022 1:37 pm
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Topics: 15 / Replies: 299
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RE: More Africa Twin foolishness...

c't'd from aboveShade aplenty to stop and hydrate...Road kept getting more interesting, narrower and soon, shadier as we climbed from the oaks into th...

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

c't'd from aboveNow, yesterday's ride was of a slightly different nature...Both Greg and Claude were able to get a day off and were willing to push th...

10 months ago
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RE: Rig wanted

@jwhat If you want to chat about particular design parameters, I have managed break/fix/break/fix one rather endlessly. Mine is getting more robust w...

10 months ago
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RE: "Rider Education

@bogdan Bogdan, you should be fine, if you read up a little on the handling characteristics of a rig. There is a lot of stuff on this site in the "Li...

10 months ago
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RE: Tire Mileage

@miles-ladue Ha Ha, or is it those C note tips? 😆

10 months ago
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RE: Tire Mileage

Hey Bogdan, welcome to the crazy world of hacks and opinions! For what it is worth: My Honda Africa Twin rig (CRF1100) has the same 4.5" x 18" rim ...

10 months ago
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RE: Trying to get a rig in and out of a CONEX

If you picked up two sets of these folding ramps, you would probably be fine... I bought one set for use as a wheel chair ramp for a friend to be ab...

10 months ago
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RE: Question for the masses

This Harbor Fright Scissor lift looks somewhat appealing... $1,500 bucks or so, low enough profile to leave in place in a garage bay. Link This g...

10 months ago
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RE: What Is Your Ultimate "Dream Rig"?

This one... Now about that super charger, 2wd on demand, hack frame that isn't made out of butter, subframe that isn't made out of butter, etc... ...

10 months ago
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RE: Today's foolishness...

Well Friends,It was a pleasant enough afternoon, so decided to conclude my round of maintenance on BBTSG by repairing my "temporary" tail/brake light ...

10 months ago
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RE: Today's foolishness...

@miles-ladue Yeah, I could try that... The Scott oil got a little hard to find...

10 months ago
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RE: Today's foolishness...

c't'dRemounted the wheel to the hack axel, set the stand next to it, to use the pointer, and continued to screw with spoke tension.Got it to less than...

10 months ago
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RE: Today's foolishness...

Well Friends,It was just about perfect temps in the shop, this evening, so talked myself into at least putting the back end back together on Black Bet...

10 months ago
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RE: Today's foolishness...

I'm pretty lucky, in that he works for one of the aerospace majors and has access to most machine tools. 😀

10 months ago
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