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Nice. Don't these have cruise control? That is something I would have liked on my Oilheads.
Thumb (throttle) screw. Effective and maintenance free.
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Nice. Don't these have cruise control? That is something I would have liked on my Oilheads.
Bob
I know that you know if you add an L to the C you get this:
Very nice looking CL or is it a CLC? Nice to see you here Dave.
Are 3 letters even better?
Electronic Cruise Control is very nice.
In the Base26 world, a CLC is equivalent to 2343 in Base10. That's similar to the esteemed RSL (12674) and a far cry from the lowly "s" and "t" at 19 and 20, respectively.
The "380,000 mile routine maintenance is in process. It's a good opportunity to fix a few little things.
Awww. Vonnie and Paul have put enough miles (bajillions) on motorcycles that there's probably an S-bike somewhere in their past. Who knows, maybe a "90?"
If ever there were a couple who've earned the term "guru" . . . .
I've only put 4K on mine since I got it last fall. Lightweight for sure!
And one '99 R1100S for 51,000 miles (traded in on the F800S.
So, the R1100S wasn't a keeper. I see
BTW - none of this is to be taken seriously.
She loved it. I didn't like working on it. Too many little differences that aggravated me. So when the F800S she had coveted for 3 years came available the deal was struck, so to speak.
If I recall, the F800 has left some "impressions" with you?
Valve checks are a complete joke. That designer should be fired. But otherwise it is easy to work on and very reliable. The last actual valve adjustment was 92,000 miles ago but a guy needs to check once in a while.
I recall a comment about a solenoid or actuator which continuously tunes the throttle body. It came up during one of the posts by the guys trying to lock their key-less gas caps.
Oh yes. It causes the engine idle to hunt up and down for a while upon startup. A high-tech answer to a non-existent problem. The old idle speed adjustment screw with a fast idle lever (called choke, but isn't) worked just fine. There are other issues like that too. But overall it is a good bike, even if details do aggravate me. Some of it is bad ideas. Some of it is poor execution of good ideas. Designing a motorcycle so that the radiator needs to be removed to properly check valve adjustment seems to me like not-the-best design.
Clean Machine!
I see you mention a Suzuki in your tag line, still have it? I had number of those "big" Suzukis back in the day, nice rides. Even had an S model 1000.
Cheers!
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I see you mention a Suzuki in your tag line, still have it? ...........
The GS1000s was shaft drive?..................