Recent content by 2StrokeGrrl

When my Nephew was 16, he looked through a MC magazine I had and pointed to what he thought was a cool-looking bike (Suzuki 1200 Bandit) and said, "I want one of THESE." He knew nothing about bikes except that I had several & he wanted to ride. I laughed & rolled my eyes at him as I explained...

An old employee built a system of tables in MS Access from which data is drawn into compilation forms. Normally they work excellent, but I've stumbled upon a weird problem. Each month I go to print out a form which has automatically compiles data from these tables with date parameters from the...

The only thing I've disliked about my Z how narrow the handlebars are (28"). I got tired of my hands being way to far off onto the bar ends. What is with all the sport-oriented Naked bikes having such narrow bars? After trying out the feel of the CR80 Mini-Hi Pro Taper bars a friend's...

Hmmm got your attention yet? :blush :laughing :blush I've spent several years struggling to learn how to do nearly everything on my vintage bikes. Each time I had some OT pay I'd spend it on more tools or spares. But the best $$$ I've spent was on a used 60-gal, 6 hp Compressor. In the...

Just took a new pic of the RD Cafe Racer I've been working on sporadically the last few years, in between the rest of the projects. No working turn signals or rear caliper yet, but the rest is mostly sorted out. Too bad it doesn't look quite as good as the pic, the bodywork's been dropped and...

RZ pilot jetting.. ***After further discussion, deleted***

Being that "Mechanical Inclination" for me is an oxymoron, it's taken numerous failures and consultations with others to finally, possibly have a solution for proper wheel alignment for my Cafe Racer project. Kevin astutely pointed out the lack of clearance on the left side of the wheel could...

28 years ago I bought my first street-only bike, an RD350 while stationed in Germany. I was 18, and riding around Stuttgart I'd have these 16 year old boys on their mopeds trying to keep up with me. They wouldn't last long, until..... Summer of '77 I started to see these totally trick little...

Hope this hasn't been posted before, I couldn't resist a cut'n'paste from another BB: A tale of RUBs @ the DMV: On my way home from work Friday I stopped by the local 7/11 to pick up a can of Copenhagen, V8 and some gas. When I got finished pumping the gas a group of 7 riders pull in all on...

So here I sit, a somewhat not-so-gracefully-aging (46) spectre of my youth, pondering what seems to be clear anecdotal evidence that regular sex really does improve physical health dramatically, not just your mental state. Having only halfway changed my atrocious eating habits from the old me...

What to do?? Being heavily into the RD Vintage 2-stroke scene like I am, you're bound to meet up with like-minded folks in your region. A guy in the Seattle area who was a long-time RD owner had a bad string of luck. First, he got shafted by a Contractor who fled town w/o paying him for...

Like most Adults I like the occasional indulgence in Adult humor. I post on several motorcycle forums, and because there is a high percentage of men vs. women, I guess I should have expected something like this to eventually happen. One day a PM shows up from a guy on a MC forum (not BARF)...

Hmmm...it's normally against my religion to set an alarm on Sunday, I'll just get up and ride whenever...but I'm trying to anticipate how bad of a zoolike atmosphere may exist on the south/east approach to Mt. St. Helens given yesterday's eruption and the new restrictions placed on certain...

Friday, September 3rd. I picked up my bike from Scheduled Maintenance. I anticipated a fun 3-day weekend; the weather was great. I figured I'd go up the Mountain (St. Helens) Saturday, and maybe all the way to Oakridge (mid-Oregon) on some virtually deserted twisty backroads I'd discovered of...

Yes, folks, everything you've heard IS true. Alan really cares about his customers...even if they might never come back...'cause in my case, it's not exactly convenient to ride 600 miles from home just to go there. I set up a tentative appointment last month not positive of the day I'd be here...