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VeniceBeachBullet

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on: May 09, 2010, 08:02:25 pm
Anyone out there done the big bore conversion on an '09 G5?  I need to know how the relatively new systems are handling it before I launch myself down that path.


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Reply #1 on: May 11, 2010, 02:06:50 am
Anybody heard of a big bore kit for the UCE? ???
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Reply #2 on: May 11, 2010, 07:42:43 am
You might be the first.  ::) Hope you keep everybody informed.


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Reply #3 on: May 11, 2010, 12:20:03 pm
I'd have no use for it.
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Reply #4 on: May 11, 2010, 07:34:56 pm
You might be the first.  ::) Hope you keep everybody informed.

Nope - He ain't the FIRST ..... If you cup your hand behind your ear, you MAY be able to hear the thing pound the Earth ..... oh, er .... ah ..... IF it existed .......
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Reply #5 on: May 11, 2010, 07:57:50 pm
I have a bike in the skunk works that Scooter Bob keeps telling me that I can't sell becuase it's "modified".  I wonder............
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Reply #6 on: May 11, 2010, 09:59:12 pm
I always like to see what Bob comes up with, but my little motor is staying stock :D
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Reply #7 on: May 11, 2010, 10:31:07 pm
i,ve got a good stock of harley pistons (joking)  ;D ;D ;D


my 500 classic is now running at 552 cc , with a harley panhead piston ,
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Reply #8 on: May 12, 2010, 12:51:13 am
I have a bike in the skunk works that Scooter Bob keeps telling me that I can't sell becuase it's "modified".  I wonder............

You don't know, dew yee? You can't sell that one because I can't use a bent C5 wheel. a scratched frame and part of a motor to get 45 horsepower ......  ;)
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Reply #9 on: May 12, 2010, 07:35:43 am
Nope - He ain't the FIRST ..... If you cup your hand behind your ear, you MAY be able to hear the thing pound the Earth ..... oh, er .... ah ..... IF it existed .......

My wife says that I'm a bore, that's why I go riding without her. And it's great, especailly if I drop by a Tavern on the way back the next day or 2. ;D


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Reply #10 on: May 12, 2010, 02:43:28 pm
I always like to see what Bob comes up with, but my little motor is staying stock :D

I'm sort of with YOU there on my junque these days .... I just ride, tune and maintain. It IS sort of interesting to see, for the rest of the folks that MUST know, what can be done tho ....  ::)
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Reply #11 on: May 12, 2010, 03:43:28 pm
I'm so freakin' amazed at how good this C5 is, I just want to ride and enjoy for what it is and does.  ;D
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Reply #12 on: May 12, 2010, 05:02:00 pm
It's old time biking with the gears where nature intended them and a front brake you never expected. It starts on the button and you don't have to take your hands off to signal turns. It's that bike you always wanted.
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Reply #13 on: May 12, 2010, 05:17:15 pm
It's old time biking with the gears where nature intended them and a front brake you never expected. It starts on the button and you don't have to take your hands off to signal turns. It's that bike you always wanted.

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Reply #14 on: May 12, 2010, 05:22:53 pm
Just when does 'Soon' mean when i hear that as a response to the question, " When will it be available in CA?"


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Reply #15 on: May 12, 2010, 06:13:14 pm
This is one of the reasons I love living in this country - Americans cannot leave anything mechanical well enough alone, it must be genetic or it must happen to you when you immigrate.
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Reply #16 on: May 22, 2010, 05:16:23 pm
Some of us are content to leave well enough alone, some of us never can.  I really enjoy people who hot rod small engines.  I grew up with air cooled VWs.  The late model 1600cc dual port engine was fabulous, ran all day long at full throttle if you wanted.  Every piece of the engine and drive train were balanced to all the others.  Yet some people just need to tinker and port, polish, bore, stroke, turbo, etc.  Sure, you could just get a bigger engine and bolt it up but where's the fun in that?

Me?  I usually work on suspension first. It seems to be the weak link in every new bike and straight line speed was never my bag.

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