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nklr: if you really want a bug-out bike . . .
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:09 am
by fw189uhu
A "quick-release" AND a slow friend you don't really like that much anyway . . .
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, James Douglas wrote:
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> Cool bike until fuel is unavailable. Carts attached to bicycles although
> slow are the way to go
> when the zombies come after you. You will need a quick release for the
> cart as you can't be
> slowed down!
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> >
http://soldiersystems.net/2012/10/23/ausa-christini-motorcycles/
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> > Still like my KLR for EVERYTHING I want or plan to do, though.
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odd sized fasteners..
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:07 pm
by Eddie
Kevin,
That reminds me of when I was kid and would find a broken bicycle
in front of someone's house - awaiting the trash truck.
I'd scavenge whatever parts I could (sometimes the whole bike!)
and build a ridable one out of the various parts.
Most bikes like a Huffy, Murray, Sears, K-mart, JC Penny, etc...shared
common sized parts.
Then there were Schwinns.
Seemed like nothing off a Schwinn would fit anything else.
They were always some weird size.
=)
eddie
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>
> The tire goes on a new-to-me BMW G650 X-Challenge. I swapped out the
> pretty well used up Heidenaus for a set of Kenda Big Blocks last night.
My
> first experience changing a tire which had an ultra heavy duty tube. That
> was like finding a tire inside the tire. Took quite a bit of effort to
> break the bead and fish that tube out. I had to buy a new tool to change
> the tires, as the BMW uses 26mm axle nuts. I've also encountered some 7mm
> fasteners on the bike. The BMW, "Vee are engineers und vee know more than
> you" stuff has me raising an eyebrow.
> --
> Kevin Powers
> Woodbury, MN
>
odd sized fasteners..
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:58 pm
by RobertWichert
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On 10/31/2012 11:07 AM, eddie wrote:
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>
> Kevin,
>
> That reminds me of when I was kid and would find a broken bicycle
> in front of someone's house - awaiting the trash truck.
> I'd scavenge whatever parts I could (sometimes the whole bike!)
> and build a ridable one out of the various parts.
> Most bikes like a Huffy, Murray, Sears, K-mart, JC Penny, etc...shared
> common sized parts.
> Then there were Schwinns.
> Seemed like nothing off a Schwinn would fit anything else.
> They were always some weird size.
> =)
> eddie
>
> >
> >
> > The tire goes on a new-to-me BMW G650 X-Challenge. I swapped out the
> > pretty well used up Heidenaus for a set of Kenda Big Blocks last night.
> My
> > first experience changing a tire which had an ultra heavy duty tube.
> That
> > was like finding a tire inside the tire. Took quite a bit of effort to
> > break the bead and fish that tube out. I had to buy a new tool to change
> > the tires, as the BMW uses 26mm axle nuts. I've also encountered
> some 7mm
> > fasteners on the bike. The BMW, "Vee are engineers und vee know more
> than
> > you" stuff has me raising an eyebrow.
> > --
> > Kevin Powers
> > Woodbury, MN
> >
>
>
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