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From: Don Fearn on 25 Mar 2007 13:30
Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)AE86.gts> opin'd thus:


>RS1100 not a good bike? Pretty much the same bike with a different exhaust
>and different tires always score pretty high in the Paris-Dakar Rally,
>winning at least one year that I know of.

Different bike. Mine's a R1100S; the "sporty" model. And mine has
almost bald tires (replacements are on the way) so even less traction
in the mud than if the tires were new -- and they're not so good in
mud even then.

>Those things are awesome! I like the one-piece swingarm with the shaft
>running inside. BMWs aren't always known for their reliablity, but they
>sure handle like a dream and go ffffast!!! (of course, the reliability was
>before the 4 Cyl DOHC engine hit the streets. The HO twin lunger was good,
>but more time spent 'tinkering' than riding sometimes, esp if the carbs
>got out of sync!)

Carbs? Don't talk to be about carbs. I detest 'em. One of my other
bikes is a CB500-4 and it's a big job getting them into sync. My wife
has a VT700C (Shadow) with carb issues, so I'm tearing them apart this
afternoon, probably to find another torn diaphragm (shoulda replaced
both of them the last time the were apart) and gunk buildup 'cause of
sitting unused for too long (she prefers riding her R1200C and hasn't
gotten around to selling her Shadow).

I *liiiike* fuel injection!!!


--
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it
From: hachiroku on 25 Mar 2007 13:14
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:30:19 -0600, Don Fearn wrote:

> Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)AE86.gts> opin'd thus:
>
>
>>RS1100 not a good bike? Pretty much the same bike with a different exhaust
>>and different tires always score pretty high in the Paris-Dakar Rally,
>>winning at least one year that I know of.
>
> Different bike. Mine's a R1100S; the "sporty" model. And mine has
> almost bald tires (replacements are on the way) so even less traction
> in the mud than if the tires were new -- and they're not so good in
> mud even then.
>
>>Those things are awesome! I like the one-piece swingarm with the shaft
>>running inside. BMWs aren't always known for their reliablity, but they
>>sure handle like a dream and go ffffast!!! (of course, the reliability was
>>before the 4 Cyl DOHC engine hit the streets. The HO twin lunger was good,
>>but more time spent 'tinkering' than riding sometimes, esp if the carbs
>>got out of sync!)
>
> Carbs? Don't talk to be about carbs. I detest 'em. One of my other
> bikes is a CB500-4 and it's a big job getting them into sync. My wife
> has a VT700C (Shadow) with carb issues, so I'm tearing them apart this
> afternoon, probably to find another torn diaphragm (shoulda replaced
> both of them the last time the were apart) and gunk buildup 'cause of
> sitting unused for too long (she prefers riding her R1200C and hasn't
> gotten around to selling her Shadow).
>
> I *liiiike* fuel injection!!!


Interesting. Usually the CB series were pretty easy to tune up.
You must have some kind of issue going on there. How old is it?

And as far as diaphragms breaking, HOW many kids do you have? ;)

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