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First bike I drove was my brothers Honda C90 (1973)...found it too powerfull,was only 11 years old,needed a footstool to get onboard...I was a few years older 15 when I swaped a hi fi system for my first bike Yam 50F5...blue..noisy....smelly, but I loved it....Then I had Francis Barnet 150cc,then a CG 125,a Yam 100 twin,then another Honda,this time a CM 200,we called it 'the duck... because of the funny duck like appearance of her...Then a 400 four Honda...The list goes on,but every one of those bikes became my pride and joy....later I had Suziki Gs 550 (poor electrics) a nice Kawasaki LTD 650, a Suziki Savage 400cc.....Spent last year commuting on an Sr 125 Yam...I enjoyed it so much,I took it on a five day trip (800 mls) along the west coast of Ireland...

We rode up HWY 26 over MT Hood then down the other side to Hood River and across is the Hood River bridge. Over to Washington Hwy 14 then up to Glenwood and back to BZ Corners.
picture of the Hood River Bridge is a previous pic but gives you an idea of the country. Was a beautiful day today. We ate in a old country restaurant with the cowboys who were in for lunch. Maps shows the route we took.


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How would you describe the intake manifold for a carbed bike?

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I am in the final stages of building a 1327cc Sportster cafe racer. Since discovering that my motor builder put a long stroke kit in my motor and it is 1327cc (81ci)and not the 1032(63ci) I thought it was one of my engineers has raisied a concern of the weak link in these old motors of the weakness in the cases at the transmission. He recommended I get a cush drive wheel from a metric bike that relieve the stress to that area. It will also give me an easier selection of taller gearing to choose from. So I have purchased a Kawasaki Ninja EX250 16" wheel that will line up correctly on this bike. My question is I am running a 4.00x18 tire now that is 4.5" wide and want to find the widest metric equivalent to that? The 4.00x18 has only about 1/4-3/8" room between it and the chain so I am...