Ok, so my bike's only got 350 miles on when I take it for a ride tonight, and notice when I rev it up a bit at some traffic lights some nasty noises. Sounds like a metallic 'ting ting' which I'm imagining to be huge lumps of swarf destroying my engine.

It's when I stopped and checked it seems to be when I open the throttle from idle as in 'blipping the throttle' that this nasty noise eminates.

I've read the other threads concerning fuel injectors etc, but WHY would mine only start making these noises after 350 plus miles?

P.s checked the oil sight glass after 5 mins stationary at a pub I stopped at and couldn't see any line at all..looked solid, and yes I wiped the glass.

Help!

Is there anyone that would be interested in have a meet and greet? I am in the western suburbs of Chicago. Just to say hello and talk CB1100. We could have lunch somewhere. I am open to just about anytime of the day or day. We could pick somewhere convenient for all to ride to. Any interest?

Hey there,
Just got my bike, and am thinking about an aftermarket seat to give me a little more leg room for longer rides. I know places like Corbin can do me up a custom seat to most any spec I want, but this one looks to be "taller" than the stocker, and I like the vintage CB750 look. Unfortunately, I can't find any actual info about whether it really sits higher or not. Anyone have any knowledge or experience with one they could send my way???
http://japan.webike.net/products/21132714.html
Thanks!

Got my bike rode it home 50 miles! Ran & rode great cruise 75 & 80 then back roads home! How sweet it is !! My bike had .3 tenths of a mike on it showing on both trip meters odo showed 0 it don't read tenths. I will post a few pics then I'm off for some riden!!!
Michael



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Friday Free Practice 1:

1) Marquez 2 min 04.704 sec

2) A.Espargaro 2 min 05.591 sec

3) Pedrosa 2 min 05.676 sec

4) Rossi 2 min 05.971 sec
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12) Lorenzo 2 min 06.771 sec

Free Practice 2:

Marquez a second faster than 2nd place Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), Pedrosa third, Rossi fifth and Lorenzo in 8th.

Always thought the shift points/speed in the owners manual was rather conservative

for example

from 1st to 2nd 12 mph
2nd to 3rd 19mph
3rd to 4th 25 mph
4th to 5th 31 mph
5th to 6th 37 mph

always meant to see what rpms those correspond to but alas my memory sucks and when I get to riding I'm not thinking about much other than riding

Thought I would try to stop my donations to the NZ Police Christmas party fund as well as preserving my license so I bought an Adaptiv TPX 2.0. Fitting kit and mounting brackets all well presented and easy to fit. [url=http://s98.photobucket.com/user/tyke57nz/media/Adaptiv%20TPX%202/Adaptiv003_zpsff78d51a.jpg.html][url=http://s98.photobucket.com/user/tyke57nz/media/Adaptiv%20TPX%202/Adaptiv002_zpsf564a551.jpg.html]

Hope this shows up

I previously commented about the tiny gold flakes in the paint. Today while stopped in the sun they really showed up, so I snapped a pic. Hope you can see them.

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The instruments on the 14 deluxe are pretty cool. Besides the gear indicator there is the led bar gauge for fuel we had on the 13s, plus a fuel computer for trip A and trip B which tells how many miles you've gone on each trip mode, what your mpg was for each trip mode, and how many gallons you consumed in each mode, plus an odometer.
(I use Trip A to record daily mileage which I keep track of on a calendar and Trip B for tank mileage from last refill).

I filled up yesterday and set Trip B mode to zero. This morning before taking off I set the Trip A to zero so I could record just todays mileage. By the time I had gone 142 miles I was down to my last bar (but it wasn't flashing) so I stopped for gas. Filled on the side stand to the same place in the neck as yesterday, it took 2.8 gals to fill which calculated out on my cell phone to 50.7 mpg. (surprisingly that's better than my 2013's first tank btw which was 48 mpg).

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After the refill I zeroed the Trip B meter again to keep track of mileage on the tank, but left the Trip A as it was for my daily tracking

When I pulled into my driveway I pushed the button and checked the Trip A meter, which was mileage for today .....159.8 miles

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then I pushed the button and checked mpgs for the day according to the computer 49.6 (pretty close to what I figured)

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pushed the button again and it showed 3.2 gals of fuel consumed

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then I zeroed the Trip A for whenever the next day to ride is.

Not sure of actual gas capacity but if it holds 4.6 gals for a tank at 50 mpg that would give you a range of 230 miles to pushing

160 miles on the new bike. 70 degrees but a bit windy.

Rode over and met my brother who would be riding his Bonnie today

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Headed to the country with a stop at Grant's Lake for some tea

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then on down to the quaint town of Ripley Ohio for a stop by the mighty Ohio river

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finished up back at home with my favorite pic of the bike so far

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lots of country curvy roads, very little traffic, beautiful weather, great ride. About to turn over 300 miles on the CB.