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Post by Guba on Oct 1, 2015 22:21:26 GMT
I only rode mine to work and back before my petcock strainer clogged on mine. Turns out, the gas tank has some rust. I threw some washers inside and sloshed them around with the gas that came out. I let the gas settle out and did it a few more times. When I was ready to pull the washers out with a magnet, I made the horrible discovery that the washers were zinc. I've just been too busy to get at them with my 4 pronged retrieval tool. My bikes been sitting in the garage all summer without a tank on it. I'm hoping in the next week or two to get it going again.
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 1, 2015 22:38:44 GMT
I am also glad to be at the beginning of a new forum.
Jax, I will take the write up on the Mikuni carburetors as a complement, thank you, as much time, effort, research, and money went into the Mikunis to get them to preform as they do on the 450 Rebel. Jax is running a set of 30mm carbs as I am running the 32mm.
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Post by Guba on Oct 2, 2015 1:25:08 GMT
I thought the 450 had good pick up with the standard carbs, LOL. I actually had the local enforcement start following me because I was winding out a 250, but never even got over the speed limit. If I had better carbs on a 450 they might pull me over. LOL
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 2, 2015 1:47:25 GMT
Getting pulled over is never fun. I ride very easy now after slinging the guts out of one of the 450 engines jetting those carbs. It's like having a car with a large V8 engine, you don't have to drive it wide open but just knowing it's there if you need it. And besides that it is a lot of funnnn!
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Post by Guba on Oct 2, 2015 1:55:12 GMT
It's still good to know that there's something out there for better performance.
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Post by buickguy on Oct 2, 2015 11:04:42 GMT
Be careful my friend. I went up to 85 on the silverWing once trying to get away from some crazed pickup driver bent on my destruction. It is nerve wrcking at those speedsyou feel likethe slightest bumb or twitch will send you sprawling across the interstate Npiys not the smal wheels the wing felt steady enough its the idea of being out there totally exposed that makes for the nerves. I definitely feel more protected in a Buick at those speeds Helmet jacket nd gear are of little comfort knowing wat the force of impacting the pavement that fast will do.
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Post by jax on Oct 2, 2015 15:40:42 GMT
I know it is a lot crazy at my age (70) but it is a thrill. Just couldn't resist it, the way the bike wanted to run was real hard to resist and I could not. Back in the 70's when I was young and dumb and drank and other things with the people I knew it was, ( Let's go and see how fast we could get there) Got straight and sober in '84.
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 4, 2015 0:28:21 GMT
jax, I thought that might be a one time occurrence having just built the new bike and lets face it you were just dying to try it out.
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Post by Guba on Oct 4, 2015 1:09:34 GMT
When I try out a new bike, I wind it up a bit too to test it out. I haven't had my 450 up to the max speed yet, but I was very impressed with what my stock 450 did on a back country road.
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 5, 2015 0:39:57 GMT
I read somewhere the top speed is 101mph, in ideal conditions like close to sea level and on a cool foggy morning it will run more than that, about 110mph is as fast as I could get any of my 450's to run. Don't get me wrong I don't do that kind of speed any more in fact I do drive the posted speed limit and enjoy life doing it. I have had a vehicle that I never knew the top speed of but the Rebel ant it.
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Post by jax on Oct 5, 2015 17:28:25 GMT
Old School, Sometimes the itch is still there. But as you said I stay fairly close to the speed limit at this day and age. The 450 is real stable all the way to the top end. A thrill but still stable.
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Post by Guba on Oct 5, 2015 22:45:17 GMT
Just got the 450 running again! I got it up to 75 mph trying it out on a half mile stretch of road. Has a lot more oomph than a 250 that's for sure!
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Post by jax on Oct 5, 2015 23:55:35 GMT
Guda, They are a whole different bike with lots of power.
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 6, 2015 1:59:47 GMT
The two just can't be truly compared to each other, the 250 weight is 306 dry and the 450 is 383 dry but the amazing part is the 250 has 30 degree of rake while the 450 has 58 degree. Guess what that 58 degree of rake does for the handling, yep, very stable.
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Post by wjmrty on Oct 6, 2015 9:30:55 GMT
All that without any vibrations and awesome power
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Post by Guba on Oct 7, 2015 0:16:10 GMT
Today I finally got the saddlebags mounted on the 450. I had a set of Willie and Max smalls that came with my black 250. They fit perfect on the 450. I had bought a set of medium River Roads for it, but it looks like I will have to relocate the turn indicators to mount them. Since I want to stay stock as possible for this bike, I stayed with the Willie and Max.
Tomorrow I take it to work and back. I wanted to take it on a 30 mile road trip today, but so far with the troubles it's given me with fuel starvation, I figured it would be better to take it in small steps for a tank or two of gas and just stay near to home.
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 7, 2015 0:32:42 GMT
Guba, we need pictures!
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Post by Guba on Oct 8, 2015 0:00:40 GMT
Will post some as soon as I get it polished up a bit. When I bought it, the PO was selling it all dirty, as if it had been ridden in the rain. Today I took it out on it's first trouble free ride. Other than the fact that it doesn't have floorboards, I think I like it!
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Post by jax on Oct 8, 2015 5:54:11 GMT
Great to have another 450 on the road. We do need pictures.
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Post by Guba on Oct 9, 2015 18:16:24 GMT
Here it is, for the most part cleaned up. Windshield added by me as well as the saddle bags. The original seat was rags covered by duct tape and a layer of fuzzy cloth over top. Jacks Rebel Warehouse reupholstered the seats. Front fender has some scuff marks. The engine side cases look like some stuff was stored against them. A really small ding mark in the front of the gas tank, never found it until the tank was off. Not the best shape, but all original!
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Post by jax on Oct 9, 2015 19:36:58 GMT
That looks great. Glade another one is on the road
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 21, 2015 4:35:22 GMT
Very nice Guba, that's a lot of chrome burned off the exhaust I pray you got that problem solved !
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Post by Guba on Oct 21, 2015 23:55:46 GMT
Very nice Guba, that's a lot of chrome burned off the exhaust I pray you got that problem solved ! All the chrome is still there, I think the PO's rode it through some rain.
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Post by OldSchool on Oct 22, 2015 4:12:52 GMT
Yes, all the chrome is there but burnt, which means the engine has at some point been run lean due to faulty carbs. That is why I hoped you had gotten that problem solved so the chrome would not continue to discolor and the engine continue to over heat.
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