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650 Interceptor & Continental GT / Re: Question about stock tires

« Last Post by El Saif on Today at 02:25:00 am »

The CEAT tyres on my Royal Enfield Continental GT650 are three years old.

They suit my sedate riding style. I still have the chicken strips on the edges of the tyres.

The RE Owner's Manual lists CEAT or Pirelli Phantom Sports Comp tyres as replacement options.

The local dealers do not stock these tyres.

When my CEAT tyres wear out, I will have to find replacement tyres, other than those listed in the RE Owner's Manual.

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411 & 450 Himalayan & Scram / Re: 2019 Himalayan known issues

« Last Post by John Flatt on Today at 01:54:38 am »

Mostly easily fixable minor issues over the years.

1. Keyed ignition switch caused 2-3 random shut downs. Cleaned carbonized stuff off the contacts and put dielectric grease and there has been no recurrence. A few folks replaced the ignition switch instead.

2. Battery drains out in 1-2 weeks if unused. Hitchcock’s sells a little adapter that fixed this issue.

3. If in the US, RE did recall and replace both brake calipers for corrosion issues.

4. Front brake lever can go flat after a few days and no amount of bleeding by any manual technique fixes it. Needs the RE electronic tool to cycle ABS to get hidden air bubbles out, but this would have been already done during the caliper recall.

Overall a very reliable bike. HCM cam, powertronic and Lexmark muffler totally woke up the engine. Hope this helps. Thanks.

Thank you

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411 & 450 Himalayan & Scram / Re: New 450 Himalayan or 411

« Last Post by AzCal Retred on Today at 01:10:25 am »

" He found the engine to have it's power up higher and it lacks a lot of the 'tractor' aspect of the 411." Sounds a lot more modern to me. Power = HP x RPM. More spin, more zoom. I'm still wondering where the extra 100 pounds is hidden. The venerable 43 HP DR650 is a merely a petite 360 pounds. The 44 HP in-country 3rd party Bajaj/KTM 390 is a portly 380 pounds, but still almost 60 pounds lighter than the 452.

As far as long stroke torque, what happens if you use aluminum for the flywheels on a long stroke engine? Even put a steel band (Or D.U.!) around the perimeter of each flywheel half, taking advantage of the leverage factor and the better-kinetic-energy-storage-farther-from-the-centerline effect? The whole flywheel could be lighter but would still have the desirable undersquare geometry.

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Campfire Talk / Re: E-Bike developments

« Last Post by AzCal Retred on Today at 12:49:34 am »

I'm thinking a weekend spent doing "Candy Striper"duty at the local Orthopaedic Ward will do the little scofflaws a world of good. A nice reality check for them.

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Campfire Talk / Re: ישראל כחזית השלישית

« Last Post by AzCal Retred on Today at 12:46:09 am »

"I cannot tell a lie Officer Obie, I put that letter underneath that half a ton of garbage..." Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant Massacre

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650 Interceptor & Continental GT / Re: Replacement Battery.

« Last Post by twocoolgliders on Today at 12:16:17 am »

4 years and 28,000 miles on OEM battery


Bc

26,000 miles on my 2019 Exide. Works perfectly.

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650 Interceptor & Continental GT / Re: Question about stock tires

« Last Post by ryguy76 on Yesterday at 11:34:34 pm »

By the way the BT46s I have are the same size as what you mentioned

Bridgestone doesn’t seem to offer the front 110/80/18 in an H type.  Did you buy a rear H or get the V to match the front?  I don’t suppose it really matters as the tread should be the same and they are both overkill for this bike for speed rating.

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Bullet Iron Barrel / Re: Electrical issues

« Last Post by stinkwheel on Yesterday at 10:40:40 pm »

Double check you connected the battery and the starter solenoid posts the right way round.

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350 J Platform / Re: Revised Service Schedule: J Series Valve Adjustments and 1st Service Kit Updates

« Last Post by ButteMT on Yesterday at 10:34:28 pm »

Well that’s me fooled then. Not for the first time 😂😂

Hey, I read that post like 10x to see what I was missing...at that point I said fuggit!
Maybe it's not the same, but I quit 

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Campfire Talk / Re: ישראל כחזית השלישית

« Last Post by Richard230 on Yesterday at 10:33:07 pm »

Nobody else is talking Red Sea news today. The Indian Navy is in the thick of it.

Houthis Planning Big Action Amid Iran-Israel Tension? 'Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Arab Sea' Call Issued
Hindustan Times; 24 April 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_qkVY9jQYk

Yemen's Houthis have called for an escalation in operations against vessels linked to Israel. The group reportedly issued a statement after the discovery of alleged mass graves in Khan Younis. In the statement, Houthis cited the "brutal massacre" of Palestinians in Khan Younis. The Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea since November 2023 to oppose Israel's war on Gaza.

The TV news said yesterday that the Israelis claimed that the bodies were already buried when they found them. They then dug them up to see if they were any Israeli citizens, hostages, or army personnel. Once they didn't find anything interesting they buried them back in the graves where they found them.