Author Topic: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?  (Read 1812259 times)

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Reply #2580 on: January 08, 2013, 02:09:16 am
I still don't understand why every bike doesn't come with a kickstart.  I've never known anyone to say, "I really wish my bike didn't have a kickstart", and everyone who's ever had one has been happy they did at least once.
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Reply #2581 on: January 09, 2013, 12:35:33 am
fatigue........
Gremlin how dare you imply that i was awake at work....
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Reply #2582 on: January 09, 2013, 02:43:18 pm
Gremlin how dare you imply that i was awake at work....

I don't know what I was thinking  8)
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Reply #2583 on: January 10, 2013, 01:18:14 pm
The Enfield emblem on the tank badge had poor paint and it faded because of exposure to sun. So having free time, I just used outdoor weather paint that we had lying around for a while (in red-ish colour) to give it some credibility  ;) and I'm happy with the output.
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Reply #2584 on: January 11, 2013, 12:01:20 am
spent 50 minutes waiting in line at the DMV to add OFF_HIGHWAY registration and renew my B5 for 2013.
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Reply #2585 on: January 11, 2013, 12:39:04 am
did your battery self install yet?
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Reply #2586 on: January 11, 2013, 01:17:42 pm
did your battery self install yet?

Not yet ....  it seems to be in cahoots with the new chain & rear tire, they are all slackers.   ( I have mentioned the bike in stored in an unheated shed in Minnesota )......
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Reply #2587 on: January 11, 2013, 05:22:45 pm
Nothing worse than a slack chain :(


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Reply #2588 on: January 12, 2013, 12:01:30 am


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Reply #2589 on: January 12, 2013, 09:48:22 pm
 All the recent discussions about chains prompted me to check mine. Went to adjust it and ran out of threads on the Nfield Gear adjusters. Put the snail adjusters back on and snugged it up. Beats taking a link out of the chain !
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Reply #2590 on: January 12, 2013, 11:10:55 pm
Ahh...75F in Atlanta today. I took a really pleasant afternoon ride on my Bullet. I sure hope it learns to down shift from 5th to 4th and 4th to 3rd pretty soon.


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Reply #2591 on: January 14, 2013, 01:19:14 am
put on a digital tach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNuKha-Re8
it cycles up slow but it looks like it is registering correctly.

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Reply #2592 on: January 18, 2013, 12:28:08 am
Damn Yankees are sending us their cold air and rain so all I could do was go out in the garage and gaze....


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Reply #2593 on: January 18, 2013, 12:56:24 am
spent 50 minutes waiting in line at the DMV to add OFF_HIGHWAY registration and renew my B5 for 2013.
Where do you go off-road in MN with your B5?  Only OHV registration I get is for my Jeep......now you have me thinking about more mods for the C5...... 8)
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Reply #2594 on: January 18, 2013, 01:06:23 am
And/or... why off-highway at all?