Here is a odd one that happened to me this week. Monday I got the old wombat out for a ride and half way into my ride I lost first gear. After getting home I called Danny and ask him what he thought was going on, he was thinking control springs as a possible problem. So yesterday I pull the motor do...

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I picked some of these up to try on my hodaka.

hodaka speedo.jpg I run this digital RPM gauge along with a digital speedo. The bike runs 16/47 gearing with a model 95 5th gear to help with the big gap in the 4th to 5th that the model 94 has. I have some cylinder work, head work, 28mm PWK, electronic ignition, pipe and isotropic polished gears. ...

Will this help?

If you would like powder coat this Honda Tahitian red that I used on my wifes bike is very close to the hodaka paint.
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Kevin have you checked to see what the metal the spring is made from? If it is the wrong alloy it could loss it's tension as the clutch heats up from use. DG

The article above was posted by you Arizona....so do you believe it or not?

About Premix Ratios and “Oil Migration Time” -  Oil Premix ratios are another subject that some folks tend to get emotional about … and like oil brand choice, our choices are about science and results…not emotion. The objective of the premix ratio is to maintain a certain level of “oil-presence” in ...

A good read from Tim Harral on 2 stroke karts. ( Read the part about 3/4 of the way down about Lubrication related seizures ) Since Birth It's a common sight. You see a kart in the pit with the cylinder head off. A group of technical "guess men" are assembled in a circle passing around a s...

Spooge... (Here's some more good reading) Any of you that believe that spooge is caused by too much oil in the mix are flat out wrong. If you know how to jet, you can run any amount of oil you choose, and have absolutely zero spooge. Looks like it's time for a little pre-mix 101. I don't usually get...

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Found this article about oil ratio and tuning.....read the part called (say what) that is what I was trying to say about rpm and velocity.

Danny your work is just amazing! Thanks for sharing with the group. DG

Max.....the only time that I have had trouble with the bean oil is on the street using a model 97 piston with the ring on top. It would always stick the ring around the exhaust port. I have switched over to the new weisco piston that paul sales and have never had a problem with it sticking. Before t...

Here's something I never hear people talk about is RPM and velocity. If you start your bike and it is sitting there idling it loads up and starts smoking and if you open up the throttle it will clean up....what made it clean up you have the same gas oil mix? It is all about rpm and velocity of the a...

http://www.blendzall.com/ The Blendzall #485 Gold label is still made and from what I understand is it is a mix of the #460 Green Label and #490 power booster. I run the Green label oil and mix the power booster to my oil gas mix my self. The #490 power booster should also help or as the blenzall we...

Arizona.....So how much would you need for it to work? Or is it just junk? DG

http://www.snowtechmagazine.com/engine- ... rporation/
I did find this article on the engine med rx.

I was wondering if anyone has ever ran Yamaha ring free or there new product engine med rx? It says on the bottle that you can run it in a 2 stroke. I run Blenzall bean oil and was wondering how it would work? It would be nice if it did work just to keep the rings free and not have to pull the top e...

I fixed my case along the same lines as Danny is doing and now have about 7000 miles on it. Thanks Danny for posting the photos of your build. DG

Talked to Tim at TTR and he will dyno all the models that Roger and I can come up with. Roger has a 93SR and I have a 97SC. Roger is looking for a ace90 and a ace100. I think it will be fun just to see what we come up with.

Did you get beat up a lot as a kid?

I was talking to Tim the dyno owner last night and ask him what he thought the power loss was on a motorcycle. He told me that the dyno can tell you how much loss you get. I guess when you shut off at the end of the run but keep the dyno going it will calculate the power loss. Tim said a modern 450 ...

Thanks for posting this....very cool idea. DG

Arizona.....I'm doing the best I can and if it is off a little I'm sorry! I still think it is very close. I debated even posting the dyno runs just for this reason.....I was afraid that I would have to defend myself from someone but then there's the people out there that would like to see what we fi...

Kev....I'm testing some intake ideas to see what works and doesn't......