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Hang Out / Re: Cold Weather Sucks
« on: December 05, 2008, 10:14:36 PM »
Quote from: "choylifutsoccer"
Over here in San Francisco, the fog just pisses me off every morning. Unlike rain, it doesn't drip off or move while you're riding. Instead, it creates a thin foggy film that completely obstructs your vision. And "fog free" visors don't help because they're treated on the inside to prevent the moisture from your breath that fogs up the visor. Sigh..I need a hydrophobic visor.  :lol:

Try RainX on the outside of the visor(Careful, check it out on a small section on the side incase it reacts poorly) I had a NICE Lexan visor and RainX did the trick for me on the San Diego FOGGy coast., And Michigan too!!

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 08:14:54 PM »
AND The future of the ZS250GS....Hehehe.....

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 08:06:55 PM »
So, how this for a View.......

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 07:59:42 PM »
A '62 Comet...  331cui Stroked Small block Ford On NoX(150hp Shot) ALL Customised. And The guys REAL FIRST NAME is Blade.[attachment=1:pi4xpynz]P2280008.JPG[/attachment:pi4xpynz]P2280008.JPG[/attachment]

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 07:49:30 PM »
Some cars I built...First, a '55 Bel Air For Denis Mackey here in S.L.C. (me on left) It won the International Car Show at The S.L.C. Convention Center for Best Street Car on its First try. Also has claimed Best Interior, Best Paint, Best Presentation on the first showing. The next Big Show at Thanks Giving Point it took the Presidential Award(aka BEST OF SHOW) I didn't paint it, I built it. Took 2 years to produce this.
Specs= '55 Bel Air. Factory 4 speed car 265 V8. NOW ZZ502 BB Chevy(502hp 502TQ) Tremec  600TKO 5 speed trans. Ford 9" rear end. One off Art Morrison frame with "Sports Car" chassis, all corner adjustable suspension. One off Wheels and MATCHING steering wheel. ~250K to build.  LOTS and LOTS more. (really all that I did to this would take several pages)

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 07:33:03 PM »
yup another...Me this time....

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 07:30:27 PM »
Some more of me and my bike...

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Hang Out / Re: Personal Picture thread!
« on: November 21, 2008, 07:27:24 PM »
So, hows this for a ROAD SIGN... Oh and my Suzi GS1100ESD.

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Hang Out / Re: Law Dogs, Barks and Bites!
« on: November 21, 2008, 02:27:07 PM »
Heres another excerpt from the 'ole daze....Circa 1989
My first weekend in Detroit, my brother decides to take out on Michigan ave to the local cruise. I'm in my '86 Dodge Shelby Charger Turbo. I've done quite alot to make the little devil run 13 seconds in the 1/4 mile at ~ 112mph (2.2 60' times SUCK!)
If I could get it out of the hole....12 secs, Ah front wheel drive!!!  
Well I'm on the Ave and were cruising around and a Firebird (WS34) pulls next to me at the light. Flow master exhaust, Rumbling nicely. I look dead at him till he looks back, I nod, He nods and GRINS HUGE!!!( I figured out later why he was grinning SO BIG)  Revs at me a little. I get set.....Light turns I launched HARD!!!  through 3 gears..... NO FIREBIRD!!!!!  hmmm, Well I see a set of head lights behind me comming up kinda quick, not WS34 quick, but in a hurry.  I slowed and stopped at the next light. The car pulled behind me. hmm. Light turns I launch again!!!  Thats when the over head lights on the COP CAR came on. Now I'de put about 8 cars on him before his lights came on, Sooooo, I pulled into a parking lot. waited for Jonny law to show. Well he pulled in crossways behind me, walked to my door AND first thing out of his mouth is "So, do you think you got a fast car?"  I responded "not really, but it's entertaining..." Then he thanked me for stopping becaus the way I had left him behind, he couldn't catch me with his patrol car, and he had recently been involved in a high speed chase that ended badly.
We talked for abit, he asked about the California plates, THEN he asked the best question EVER. Do you use your rear view mirror much? I responded with a resounding... HUH???  Well when I tryed to get the Firebird to run, I looked in my side view mirrors looked accross the roadway, no traffic in front on either side ,looked to my left and right ALL CLEAR!!. Well I didn't look in my INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR..... The Officer was right behind me at the first light. He had a front row seat to some West Coast STUPIDITY!!!!   We talked abit more and then I was issued sitations equaling $1500.00 dollars for, Speed Contest, Wreckless driving, Endangering Public Safety and EXCESSIVE NOISE, SQUEALING TIRES!!!!  

I like the last one best, Squealing tires.....Oh BOY!!!!
Well WELCOME TO MICHIGAN.......(1989)

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Sportbikes / Re: Zongshen ZS250GS new owner
« on: November 21, 2008, 01:54:38 PM »
Quote from: "aggieboi254"
ok myth i changed my oil cleaned out the filter screen and put a new plug in it! thanks to those of you who recomended the NGK IRIDIUM PLUG. made a huge difference in the way the bike performs and runs by the way,  i get up to 60 before getting on the highway now , now my only problem is that when i do get on the highway my spedo jumps from like 55 to 90 and then just bounces around inbetween until i slow down to what it says is 65 ,but the other day i went to take the dps road test and on the way home i was doing what the bike said is 70 or 75 and my freind behind me in my dad f-150 said we never got above 55 or 60 ,could that just be a loose spedo cable? where do you adjust or make sure its plugged in right at?[/  

I had been an officer do me a favor and Zap me. And Mine reads 6, almost 7 mph faster than I'm, going.
The jumping around will be probobly one of two things, Speedo cable, Make sure its lubed, or speedo head unit itself.
The speedo cable attaches to the front wheel hub with a threaded cap on the bottom and into the speedo head unit on top.
To lube/inspect the cable, remove the speedo end on the front wheel hub, you might need a pair of plyers to loosen, then pull the cable out of the cable housing. Look for burrs, kinks and fraying of the cable. If all looks smooth, get some light grease, like white lithium grease, and just take some grease in your fingers and slide the cable through it while twisting the cable slowly. What you want is a light coating of grease the full length of the cable. Slide the cable back into the housing. When you reach near full incertion, you will need to rotate the cable to engage the cable end into the speedo head. Then do the same to engage the cable into the notch in the front hub. screw down the cap and that should take care of the speedo bounce(if it IS the cable and not the head unit).
Hope this helps.

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Sportbikes / EVERY ZS250 OWNER TAKE NOTE!!!!!!! "911"
« on: November 19, 2008, 09:14:04 PM »
Well we now know what happened to my engine to cause it to hydro-loc. The crank case vent tube that goes to the air box, under the carb area, was mis-routed
 and pinched, allowing the oil to fill the tube and virtually pump the oil in to the fastest part of the inlet air stream. NOT GOOD!!!!  Just the possition of this hose is a bad design. You should NOT put a hose from your crank case to a VERY high velocity port on an air box. Where the hose enters the box, the box reduces in volume and makes a turn towards the carb. This creates a venturi effect (sort of) and siphones oil from the crank case at hi speeds.
So make sure the hose is NOT folded over by the framing near the airbox.  I am going to be altering the location of this hose.
Details to follow (with pics) once I get my 'lil Pak Mule back.

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Sportbikes / Re: What does it take for you to start your bike? (+bonus q)
« on: November 19, 2008, 08:50:36 PM »
Quote from: "Myth"
Bad ass info Zuki!  I knew I was going to like having you around!

So would you recommend doing this procedure on all Zong's, or is there something someone should look for prior t odoing this???

I haven't riden a ZS near sea level so I can't comment on how it is set up.  I did this because S.L.C. is ~ 5k above sea level and the air quallity here is poor, so its more like 6800 ft. It was running really rich here. If you are lower than 2k, I'de not worry about it too much. I'm not sure you would gain anything noticable in mpg or performance( that would be worth doing it). Now if you put on an exhaust and an open element air filter(k/n pod) you will HAVE to re jet/set the carb.
I am , however, going to extend the crank vent away from the air intake tract by the carb and put it in a small upward facing can inside the airboxe's backside. The small can will have a perferated top and steel mesh in it, to act as a baffel, and allow oil to accumulate at high speeds(well for the ZS) and drain back into the engine at lower speeds. This WILL stop it from EVER hydro-locking again (by SUCKING OIL FROM THE CRANK CASE!!!!!)  I've seen a few thing that I'm going to change on the ZS. I will report on EVERY detail(pics too) as I go along.
Bye

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Sportbikes / Re: Survey: Who's put the most mileage on their GS250?
« on: November 19, 2008, 08:32:42 PM »
Honestly, having been on both the Kawi and ZS. There is really no comparring the two.   The Kawi is a 2 cyl and the ZS a thumper. Lots of above 60ish mph is taxing to the 'lil thumper. The Kawi spins faster, is liquid cooled and has another gear in the trans.  The ZS is fun, looks SOOOO much beter in my opinion and gets about the same economy. The Kawi is a better long term bike here in the States. In the Phillipeans(sp) it is ENORMOUSLY popular. Most speeds are lower than here and the ;lil thumper isn't taxed so much(also us FAT Americans lol). I have an '83 Suzuki GS1100ESD for big rides and the 'lil ZS for puttin' around town and to work. So, I'de be inclined to stay with the Kawi and pop another 28K on it and then trade up on a 500 Kawi.

PLEASE DON"T HATE ME!!!!!!   I LOVE MY 'LIL PAK MULE, but it is old tech and not really designed for U.S.A. hiway speeds for long periods of time.

p.s. I got 1201miles before mine popped, but that was because of an assembly problem with the emissions system, causing the bike to hy-droloc.

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Sportbikes / Re: Is this bike commuter capable?
« on: November 19, 2008, 01:37:34 PM »
Well Myth got 3 times the milage out of his than I did. At 1201 mine BLEW UP!!!!  But I've had troubles with mine from day one. Mine was injesting LARGE ammounts of oil through the intake tract. After a few hydro-loc incidents, the motor sounded like a medium sized guy was trying to escape my crank case with a hammer and a bag of marbles.  The reason the bike injested so much oil is NOW known. The vent tube for the crank case that goes into the air box was PINCHED!!!!  It was routed wrong and when it filled up with oil, the pressures in the engine forced it in to the fast moving air stream and into the carb. Well this bent the con rod and cracked the piston ring land. So I'm ALSO waiting for an engine. ##@@** NEWS FLASH##@@** AS I AM TYPING THIS, I took a call from the dealer, MY ENGINE IS HERE.....MY ENGINE IS HERE!!!!  WOO WHOO!!!!!!    Well, now Myth's engine should be close too.
As for the topic, mine seemed ok as a commuter. I rode 42 miles each way till it died(as I knew it would, with the initial problems) I'm 6'2" 210 and had little problem maintaining 65 on the freeway. But Isn't this about the most comfortable bike seat EVER!!!! I really mean it. It's even better than my custom seat on my Suzuki GS1100ESD that I had made by Sargent seats.
Well if this little motor dies again, I'll try and stuff a suzi DR 350 into it and go from there. I hope it lives. In the Asian markets, it's one of the most popular bikes going, so I can't see it being too unreliable.
Bye

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Hang Out / Re: What's your Music?
« on: November 19, 2008, 01:14:23 PM »
Quote from: "choylifutsoccer"
Namikuz,
I'm not part of the Plum Blossom Federation. My Sifu is actually Doc Fai Wong's Si Dai (younger kung fu brother), but not part of the Plum Blossom Federation. My Sifu only teaches a small class for kids on Saturdays now. I actually don't take the class anymore but occasionally visits him. Now, I'm part of the San Francisco Wushu Team, so I mainly practice with them.
Do you have a martial arts background?

Yes, some, I have studied Hop-gar, Kuju-kempo and Choy Li Fut.  My Sifu, Mr Nathan Fisher is a top ranking student of Grand Master Doc Fei Wong. Sifu Fisher has several schools in San Diego, where I'm from. My younger brother, Mr Bradley Stevens, is Sifu Fisher's top student in the area. My "baby" brother went to the Beijing invitationals and came back a 2 time world champion and prior to this he is a 9 time Grand Champion in the Federation. I have'nt studied in a couple of decades. I came down with Superman syndrome, NOT GOOD!!! So I gave it up ,and honestly, I had too many other intrests that kept me injured for any serious continuing studies.
But my brother though, eats, breathes, sleeps and drinks Choy Li Fut.  
I don't see Choy Li Fut  around much, and when I had seen your name, I had to ask.
The Wushu team sounds like a lot of fun/work.
Well it's nice to know another Choy Li Fut brother.
Bye.

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