Colorado B/S Thread

[SolarBell]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I have two thoughts.

Are those motorcycles even capable of forward travel without smoking the tires?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me drive the buggy just once.........

 

[in4aride]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I have two thoughts.

Are those motorcycles even capable of forward travel without smoking the tires?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me drive the buggy just once.........

I've only ever ridden one turbo bike.
if you are super duper nice with the throttle, sure. Outside that? No. I mean sure once you get into 5th or 6th, but where's fun in that.
I could take my stunt bike from first to 5th lighting up the rear (with a little help from front brake) in a straight line. But -1/+13 will do that to ya hahaha.

 

[DutchVDub]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

My father in laws turbo bike is very drivable, but the turbo was put there from the factory by Yamaha.

 

[in4aride]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

My father in laws turbo bike is very drivable, but the turbo was put there from the factory by Yamaha.

ha ha ya. A zx14 on 12lbs was not rider friendly. Had +15 swing arm and +3 on rear. First was useless you had to idle off the line and go to second to not walk the back out.

 

[DutchVDub]

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Watching that vid though I wonder how many sets of tires they burned up on those bikes. A co worker track races a 1000cc bike and only gets one track day out of a rear tire, I bet those drift bikes were just eating them up.

My father in law has one of these, he's contemplating getting rid of it and I want it bad. I just wonder if I can get a riding jacket that looks like a white blazer for the legit Don Johnson look.

 

[jimgrms]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

You wouldn't look like a legit Don Johnson if you stole his clothes )))

 

[in4aride]

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ya I couldn't see what they were running but I used to run Metzler tires cuz they would grip great on the street but not burn up too fast. But for just stunting/drifting I ran rain tires. A lot of guys do actually. I could usually get about 3 or 4 days of hard riding on a rain tire.

 

[SeeingSpots]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I'm going to attempt to install my first 220v 30amp outlet in my garage today. Honestly, I'm a litle intimidated. I've done several 110v outlets in the past, but this is a lot different.

Thankfully my wife will be here to laugh at me and call the Fire Dept when I shock the sh!t out of myself. Good times.

 

[kastein]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

It's pretty simple. 30 amps you should be using at least 10ga, if you have a 4 prong plug, make sure you get 3 conductor with ground cable (4 conductors total) else you can use 2 conductor with ground. If you use 2 conductor, mark the white conductor with black tape, use both conductors as hots fed into a double gang breaker (make sure you buy a breaker that fits your panel...) and ground the bare wire. Else use the white conductor as neutral, bare conductor as ground. The outlet will probably have terminals X, Y, G, and possibly W, if it has a W it's the neutral, X and Y are the hot wires.

 

[SeeingSpots]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

It's pretty simple. 30 amps you should be using at least 10ga, if you have a 4 prong plug, make sure you get 3 conductor with ground cable (4 conductors total) else you can use 2 conductor with ground. If you use 2 conductor, mark the white conductor with black tape, use both conductors as hots fed into a double gang breaker (make sure you buy a breaker that fits your panel...) and ground the bare wire. Else use the white conductor as neutral, bare conductor as ground. The outlet will probably have terminals X, Y, G, and possibly W, if it has a W it's the neutral, X and Y are the hot wires.

In theory it sounds really easy, just never doing it before makes me a little nervous. Especially since I'm a visual learner and I prefer to watch someone do it before I try it.

I'm using the 2 conductor + ground style as this outlet will be for a welder and plasma cutter. This should make it more straight-forward.

My greatest concern is getting through the fire blocks in the wall. I watched them build this house and they installed a metric ass-ton of fire blocks in the garage....Why?.....Who knows. Furthermore, they ran the existing wiring around the top of the door that leads to the house, then down into the basement. In retrospect, I'm kind of happy I bought the 250ft reel of 10g.

 

[jimgrms]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

google it there are video on the web

 

[DutchVDub]

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My wife passed her motorcycle safety course a couple of weeks ago so today we got her a motorcycle of her own. Its her first one ever and she's pretty excited (though cautious) about it. We spent all day test riding a bunch of smaller cruisers (her choice) and she like this one the best. Its a 2008 Honda Shadow Spirit 750 w/ only 3000 miles on it.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Nice! I'm a bit jealous...... The Shadow is what I'd likely ride if I could ever justify owning a bike.

Congrats!

 

[DutchVDub]

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Shadow's are great bikes, and actually it was a 2003 Shadow ACE (windshield, bags, and smaller front rim with fatter tire) I first learned to ride on 3 years ago. My friend owned it and let me take it for a few days to ride around. If it had just a bit more kick to it, different handle bars, and some highway pegs or farther forward controls I could really rock around on it. What amazes me is this thing is shaft drive but still has a rear drum brake. The seems odd to me, but the brakes actually work really well. I'd also never been on a bike that had no windscreen at all and it was nice riding like that.

 

[SeeingSpots]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Shadow's are great bikes, and actually it was a 2003 Shadow ACE (windshield, bags, and smaller front rim with fatter tire) I first learned to ride on 3 years ago. My friend owned it and let me take it for a few days to ride around. If it had just a bit more kick to it, different handle bars, and some highway pegs or farther forward controls I could really rock around on it. What amazes me is this thing is shaft drive but still has a rear drum brake. The seems odd to me, but the brakes actually work really well. I'd also never been on a bike that had no windscreen at all and it was nice riding like that.

That's a great starter bike.

I worked with a guy that made a bobber out of this exact bike and it looked awesome. Mudered the whole thing with HOC Satin Black, hid all of the upper controls, and fitted a 21" Harley wheel to the front. Did a cam swap and we made him a set of ankle-blower shorty pipes. I was so impressed with how awesome it sounded. Couldn't believe it was a Honda.

 

[in4aride]

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awesome bike. Cool you got the 750 too. Very easy bike and lots of aftermarket support.
I've noticed a lot of females lean toward the cruiser/bobber/cafe styles more than guys.
now you gets the kidling on the back????
be safe guys. :thumbup:

 

[riverfever]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I'll be in Denver tomorrow trying to fool big Carp with a fly.

 

[DutchVDub]

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Celebrated my son's 5th birthday today and I was finally able to give him the present I bought back in February. Needless to say he absolutely loves it. I had him riding it and he grasped it very quickly. The plan for tomorrow is to spend most of the day in the dirt learning/practicing.

 

[eflores]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

y'all need a bigger garage

 

[DutchVDub]

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No, I just need to get this POS Cherokee back together and out of my garage so I have room in it for my growing motorcycle collection.