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Texas Trip 2012

Lynx — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:38:05 +0000

Has it been a year already?

We are leaving to the gulf coast again for a week through Memorial day. The plan is to go deep sea fishing and then meet up with some Texas online friends at another meet and greet at Koyote Ranch. Last year we got blown out by rough sees . . . → Read More: Texas Trip 2012

Help! My V Star 650 Wont Start!

Lynx — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:54:37 +0000

You know how it is. The weather is starting to warm up and you are getting that itch to go riding after all that cabin fever, you go out to the garage and lo and behold your trusty steed refuses to fire up. What do you do?

Ok, not my V Star, but I get . . . → Read More: Help! My V Star 650 Wont Start!

V Star 650 Neutral Switch Oil Leak Fix

Lynx — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:39:31 +0000

Oh No! After the extreme cold weather my V Star 650 is pretending to be a Harley Davidson again! (Its just a joke people jeez, bikers are so sensitive. I know HD’s quality is not anywhere near as bad as the AMF days anymore)

Sooner or later if you have a xsv650 variant . . . → Read More: V Star 650 Neutral Switch Oil Leak Fix

Cleaning V Star 650 Carburetors

Lynx — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:53:58 +0000

Its that time of year again, I let the bike sit too long over winter without first putting Seafoam in the gas and now the pilot jets in my carbs are clogged up and the bike won’t run off choke. I thought about doing a post on how to clean out the carbs but . . . → Read More: Cleaning V Star 650 Carburetors

BMW R90/6 throwout bearing

Lynx — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:09:44 +0000

Lots of new BMW parts!

Getting this very stiff rubber piece on the piston is tough! I had to resort to using a small jewelers screwdriver for leverage to pry it on there and it still took about 15 or 20 minutes to get it on straight in the underlying groove. Just . . . → Read More: BMW R90/6 throwout bearing

Fall Ride

Lynx — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:31:10 +0000

We went for a nice ride today to get a picture for a scavenger hunt from the CC&D forum which ended up taking us into new territory that I didn’t know existed. The fall colors of all the cotton woods and aspens were spectacular, quite a surprise. The colors visible from Santa Fe up . . . → Read More: Fall Ride

BMW R90/6 Clutch

Lynx — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:11:04 +0000

Just a quick follow up on putting the clutch back together after checking for damage and getting new parts in.

I am impressed that the OEM parts come in such heavy duty packaging. You don’t see that much anymore.

Siebenrock clutch disks come pre greased with something. I went ahead and added a . . . → Read More: BMW R90/6 Clutch

What bearing?

Lynx — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:32:04 +0000

This exploded parts diagram shows how the clutch actuation works. The lever #14 is attached to the clutch cable and handle bar lever which pushes on part #1 to release and engage the clutch. When I pulled mine apart to see just how bad the needle cage bearing #4 was on mine which I . . . → Read More: What bearing?

BMW R90/6 Update

Lynx — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:35:07 +0000

For most of the last year my 1976 BMW R90/6 has been neglected. Sadly the R90 has sat inoperable before starting the teardown this weekend. A year ago the V Star’s pickup coil and clutch decided to go out and a week after that the BMW’s clutch cratered also. During a ride home the lever . . . → Read More: BMW R90/6 Update

USS Lexington Flight Deck

Lynx — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:43:14 +0000

The Flight Deck on the USS Lexington was very windy. Do not walk close to the edge if you are afraid of heights!

They have a good variety of Naval planes from all eras. If you are a military plane nut then this is well worth the trip to see these.

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