Recent content by Kirkus51

Brother Dear, after about 2-3 months of work, just got his 72 Triumph trident running, not running like a top, but running and you could hear his grin on the phone and hear his pleasure in the e-mail he sent with a vid of it running. My mechanical skills have never been the best but I can do...

i have an old Nava downstairs and my generic half helmet(s) that I actually use.

not very nice of him

not sure when they'll be hitting the showroom but I hear tell they're improved in a lot of ways. Liquid cooled, better performance etc.

Blue is beautiful

TORS with a K&N air filter. Nice motorcycle sound but not offensive. Pops a bit on the deceleration but not bad enough for me to do anything about it. I flat out like the looks of those pipes. Classic.

I've had a Dart on mine for quite a while and I like the looks. It does keep the wind off my chest and doesn't push my head light around.

Go for it. Get it running and you'll be happy either riding it or turning it. But for under $2,500 you'll be ahead. I'd bet that you'll only have to invest in new battery and some fresh gas. The bike ain't old enough to have many if any issues.

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/1310-engine-oil-temperature/ So I assume you're using synthetic per owner's manual so you're good at 270.

Beautiful day. sunshine. relatively warm. the bonnie's battery is up. Why on earth did I not go for a ride today?

Well, a guy rang my doorbell yesterday and showed a couple of "widow makers" hanging on my tree out front. Since the Saturday snowstorm didn't show up I paid him a bit more than my snow shovel guy to get those broken branches out of the tree. Can anybody say free firewood.

There's about 2ft of snow on the ground. Supposed to snow again in the Mile Hi on Saturday. March is doing exact opposite it's supposed to do. It came in like a lamb and it's going out like a lion.

this article makes sense to me. And my oil temp runs about 230... a bit hotter on hot Summer days. http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/1310-engine-oil-temperature/ As an aside, Brother Dear worked with a gal who had a nice harley she rode rode to work, but she lived less than five miles away...

I have one of these on my bike and it' pretty accurate. https://newbonneville.com/shop/oil-temperature-gauge/

Being a Bronco fan I'm of course prejudiced but....... Broncos leading 16 to 10 with under five minutes left and the Panthers have the ball? That's pretty exciting IMHO.