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SIRR1 -> RE: head light question (9/15/2006 1:57:16 PM)
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Err,
The husaberg is the bomb ! light fast and nimble. I have her set up for the twisties now with high speed radials.
The only problem with the Husaberg is that she is a left side kick start and that I have to find a curb to stand on or a tree or building to lean against when starting cold kick kick kick, other wise when warn she is a 1st kicker.
Top speed is 93mph with stock gearing using a gps as a speedo.
Last 4th of July my riding group trailered our bikes to Deals Gap Tenn.
Motorcycle heaven!!!!
311 turns in 12 miles of smooth 2 lane off camber mountain roads.
If you ever get the chance to ride deals gap do it, you will love it !
Back to the Hurricane, like I said she is work in progress.
The cane sat for years so the first thing was to get the carbs and tank cleaned to a usable condition, and let me tell you I have had the carbs apart at least 5 times soaking, cleaning and blowing them out, I have gotten very good and disassembly, assembly, and syncing the carbs.
The cane did not have a stock airbox so I purchased one on Ebay for like 20 bucks and once I installed a stock filter and airbox I was able to get the 600 to purr like new.
She will now fire up cold with out using the choke, and idle at 1200rpm's all day if need be, She revs to the redline with out a cough or burp.
FYI, if you ever need to replace the stock Honda spark plug caps DO NOT buy OEM Honda !!! Those units are like $25.00 each, buy caps from NGK, resisitor type, straight $3.50 each and they screw right in. Easy fix for grounding plug caps.
I put a new chain on, F+R rubber, battery, ebay seat, ebay air box, ebay brake line front because I dropped the forks down to the caps in the tripple clamps and the OEM front brake line was to short, ebay has all the new brake lines you could ever need cheep, you just have to explore the ebay motorcycle stores and the time to search for inexpensive items.
I had to adjust the valves on the 600, which sucked, but was needed. One thing I was worried about on the 600 was the motor internals. So when I pulled the valve cover off I was surprised to see clean cams and valve guides so this inspired me to really continue with the SF 600 project was the internal motor condition, clean and no signs of neglect.
I did find a site that sells adjustable cam chain tensioner for 25 bucks instead of the mechanical unit on the Honda 600's, so I think before I put her on the street I' ll buy and install one for piece of mind.
My project for this weekend is to build a cage for the Hurricane, one of my riding buds is coming over tonight to help with the fabrication, layout and mouting points assembled so I can weld it together Saturday and Sunday if all goes well, it will all depend how many Budweisers we kill this evening.
Err, have a great weekend ride safe!! I should have photos early next week!
SIRR1
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