seeking Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 for anyone thats interested on where im at with this.... a while ago id looked at an 83 shadow. 9k miles. nearly perfect shape considering the age. asking $1800. i didnt snatch it up in time, and someone else got it. spend 2 months fighting with my girl about bikes. pass MSF, get license, go to buy a bike (04 vulcan) girl bugs, get kicked out, blah blah. next day im back, relationships are stupid blah blah. a week or so later that same shadow i'd looked at pops back up on craigslist for sale or trade for tattoos. i send an email and within an hour the bike is mine if i want it. as a bonus, the woman wants cool ass shit, so no tribal barbed wire backpieces. went out to get bike, wouldnt start. it had just been running 2 weks prior, so i knew it wasnt a big deal. got a trailer, had it taken in. after over 2 weeks of waiting for them to check it out, find out its a $50 part and it should be running by tomorrow. once running, they're gonna look over it and anything that may need to be fixed will come off the price of the bike. i know theres some rust in the gas tank, but im hoping it wont be too difficult to fix. everything else looks real solid. my buddy is a painter and owes me some favors, so shit is getting chopped and murdered out. stoked. sorry for the long ass story. hopefully ill have the bike by sunday. next week at the latest. ill get pics up when i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 a true american success story :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soup Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Freddie Spencer Explains Motorcycle Racing: 1 | 2 | 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 anyone got a hook up on old parts? i need a carb for an 83 shadow. they dont make them anymore. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Did you look at ebay? 83 750 shadow, right? You might be able to use the cams off an 84 or 85 700. http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=(carb%2C+carbs%2C+carburettors%2C+carburetors%2C+CARBURETOR%2C+CARBURETTOR)+(1983%2C+1984%2C+1985)+(shadow%2C+vt700%2C+vt700c%2C+vt750%2C+vt750c)&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_dmpt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&_odkw=(carb%2C+carbs%2C+carburettors%2C+carburetors%2C+CARBURETOR%2C+CARBURETTOR)+(1983%2C+1984%2C+1985)+(shadow%2C+vt700%2C+vt700c)&_osacat=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 hmm... 83's were 750, 84-86 were 700. would they have still used the same carb, even with a smaller cc? they probably would, huh? i think the carb kit is the same for both engines, so they'd prolly have to be the same carb, no? you wouldnt use the same kit on two diff carbs. the way it was explained to me... theres some sort of 'fuel' valve dial or switch or something on a carb. you turn it and i imagine it lets in more fuel. or maybe it doesnt. i dont know shit. well, apparently on one of the carbs, that fuel-whatever-it-is was fucked up by some yokel with a hammer or something who didnt know what he was doing. the guy said if it was fucked up in the right position, i might be ok, but if not, then the carb is fucked. hes gonna rebuild em and see what happens. im hoping it works. i dont wanna have to hunt for a new carb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 That dial should change your fuel air ratio. Should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 sorry i talk out loud to myself in this thread so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 First time recording on webcam. Proof that the bike is workin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKeJWljhuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 atta baby!!! sounds fuckin nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Stuart Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 too many jap bikes in this thread. fuck dropping 300 on a helmet. white power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 took the moto out this weekend for some backroad shenanigans. mob-shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 about to switch up the headlight assembly thinking of going with the buell dual headlight also have a painted seat cowl on the way flicks to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Stuart Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Decyferon Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I would love to get a motorbike but my wife is dead against it, all because I crashed a motorcross bike 16 years ago without a helmet on and fucked myself up a bit bad, also because i used to ride bicycles quie recklessly everyone thinks I would ride a motorbike that way i just love the sound of the fast jap bikes also the rumble of a decent chopper, maybe oneday /stilldreamingofafastbikeowner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Solution: Kill your wife. DO IT CHOC!!! Its too far down on my list of things to do but headlights/fairings are probably the next thing for the bike. I just cant decide if I want to go for streetfighter or replace the crashed-out fairings with new clean sharkskinz and have a single subtle projector xenon headlamp on one side. The money i've put into my bike I'm never getting back out of it so I'll have this f4i at least until I graduate college and start my career. Mind as well pour more money into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleSuplex Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 too many jap bikes in this thread. fuck dropping 300 on a helmet. white power. nice beginner girls bike and it's WHITE SUPREMACY fuckin youngsters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 streetfighterize that shit! ^want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Been watching amazing footage of the 2009 Isle of Man TT on this high-def channel. The slow motion shots are intense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 sorry i talk out loud to myself in this thread so much. Oh okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 soup, im sorry i used to hate on you. i owe you a beer. big ups. sks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hahaha that's very gentlemanly of you, but i probably deserved it. I think a soup can for your radiator overflow would be fucking hilarious tho. I think Joker would like this one. Its got him and Portland written all over it. Maybe not the color. he'd probably like the whole thing powdercoated satin black, or pearly white. $50,000 seems steep just for a bike with drops. More photos here: http://www.thephantom.co.uk/component/option,com_phocagallery/Itemid,12/id,1/view,category/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 new FZ6 !??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Dayumn! I like the looks of it. It looks much more like a crashed out and cleaned up racebike now. That tail section looks like a good compromise between the street triple banana seat and a full road race split. (banana split?!) Just needs to relocate the battery under the passenger seat, full race exhaust, and get rid of that ugly front fairing, but it's not too far off from something like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I drove my dads goldwing about 10 feet from one side of the driveway to the other today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Stuart Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 girl's bike? then i guess 95% of the bikes on "two wheel terrors" are girls bikes as well. look just cuz the color of my bike does not match my helmet you do not have to hate. girls bike... what am i supposed to rock a bagger? ok there ruff rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Stuart Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 girls bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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