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Suspicious, but it could be that your pump simply lost it's prime, and you swapped filters just before it caught on. I'd cut the paper filter open and inspect the guts just to have peace of mind.

https://carmelbaycoffee.com/coffee-oxidation-a-scientific-look/

At least somebody put together a playlist of Cohen covers on YT.

Here's the thing about dead brands- if they continue as before, they're at best a zombie. If they change, whatever I bought before is a loser to the company and won't be supported to the same degree as if what I bought had made them successful.

I don't think I'll buy into a dead brand at any price. I don't expect parts availability to improve.

My point was that US models, not only CX, may have had a lamp already in Europe, which was simply adjusted to illuminate at 55mph for the USA. I'm speculating, since I'm exploring something I've never seen.

It was enormously disruptive to everything from vacations to OTR trucking. I consider this the first wave of Political domination, the most recent being Covid. Trial Compliance. It failed then, it fails now, and their failures are assured to continue as long as the 2nd Amendment stands. Off my soapbox though, a friend and I took a round-the-country trip in 1979, during the 55mph days. Very few States enforced it, even Ohio let you have ~62mph. The two of us 18 year olds picked up a German couple a little older than us at a crossroads in New Mexico in August when the temperature was so high that it was cooler to keep the windows closed in the non-airconditioned 1976 Oldsmobile than to let the hot wind blow in. They were standing in the sun at an I-10 exit, 2 miles from the nearest water and nearly dead. They had come to vacation and tour the USA, but the family that they came to ride along with had a Dad that adhered strictly to 55mph since Cleveland, despite traffic passing them everywhere, so they bailed out in California and hitchhiked. We set the cooler between them in the backseat, filled it with Stroh's and headed off across Texas at 80mph, hardly keeping up.

Ah, that's not lit, it's just painted red. Common enough.

I didn't see any illumination nor reference to that, specifically. Everything had 55mph highlighted in some way, but I'm looking for an actual lamp. iirc there was no National legislation, rather the NHTSA under Janet Reno and at the behest of the Insurance industry, pulled Federal highway funds as a method of enforcement among the States.

Not starting any arguments, but I want to know about 55mph speed indicators. Who has seen any? Pete, on a CX- I'm thinking it was a Euro standard that they simply adjusted for the USA. I've never seen such on anything, and I started working on American cars and motorcycles professionally in 1978. Never heard of it, never seen it. I need to know if there's a gap that big in my knowledge (despite it being a pedantic trivia) Who's holding?

The original tacho on my '97 also had 8k redline.

I've never seen anything in the US with a speed limit warning, up until very recent with navigation etc. My kid just bought one of those French defender-looking things, and it has a very annoying dinger when you exceed the speed limit, they're waiting for the US programming to be able to delete it so I'll say that it's a Euro thing. My Sport is wearing a Daytona Tacho, came from Harpers so I know it's Daytona but don't know what years; it has a 9000 rpm redline.

I'll register this year, as my bike is in Michigan and I have to get it back to El Paso. I may take a week, or two, and see how many stops I can pick up. April or May, most likely.

I like the honesty there; 'as for (singletrack) don't ruin these MotoGuzzis (they don't belong there)' Overall, great review and comparison. I've been eyeballing V85TTs since last summer, and @Bill Hagan's pretty example at Tellico. The '04 BMW GS is an act of desperation to turn around on a service road and more than just a handful on singletrack. The MG would be a great replacement, giving my usage and abilities.

Ah, that's a RFVH? I was thinking of the parallel valve 500 Ascot motor. Still, if I had a hangar for storage, I'd have one.

needle bearing cam...mmm smooth. White Brothers used to make a billet clutch basket for these, as the ears tend to crack; otherwise everyone touched a groove on the outer ends of the fingers and fixed a steel or aluminum band. Wut else... It'll swallow a 44mm carb if you don't ride much under 3000rpms. plenty room for bigger intake valves, compression up to 13:1 pistons, Falicon can do the cranks in their sleep and make them indestructible. You probably don't ride it like that tho, eh? lol I miss that engine, a lot.

And through it all, The Beatles.

This is entering the realm of philosophy. I drilled the rubbers in my '85 LeMans. I did not drill the rubbers in my '97 Sport. I noticed zero difference. The question becomes, 'how much cushion is necessary to save the metal, where is the point of diminishing returns?' My personal opinion is that the factory cushions are perfectly adequate for their purpose, and most or all of the worn splines are due to lack of maintenance rather than impact. My $0.02.

I used generic GE silicone grease and it's just fine. Somebody will have to make an argument that Japanese silicone is better than American before I go hunting to pay more. As stated upthread a decade and a half ago, just give them a very light coating or you'll wonder how long it will take before coming home with a clean wheel. The answer in my case was ~3k miles.

Looks brand new! I'm a bit ashamed.

I had a Cousin who worked for US Customs in Detroit- she caught 3 rail boxcars full of counterfeit product, mostly Harley-Davidson. I can't find it in my saved sites, but I once ran across a Chinese website advertising- *advertising*- counterfeit OEM packaging. Boxes, printing, documentation, everything. And that was at least a decade ago.

Just an update, really, since I don't know anyone who thinks it's merely a conspiracy anymore. I ran across this thread on ADV rider, about fake fuses- there are a number of good videos about fuses and NGK spark plug fakes. Worthy. https://advrider.com/f/threads/fake-fuses-out-there-might-want-to-watch-it.1769493/

It's easy to forget that India was a very large part of the English Empire and many Indians still think of themselves as part of England, in a way. Many of their leaders, in every realm, were educated in England and these marques are as much a part of their sentimentality as they are ours, actually probably a lot more.

Ah, 2 strokes. I cut my teeth (and my lips on my teeth) on a Yamaha MX360 flat track racer, later a Bultaco Astro 250. I was much happier later on a Honda XL350 4 stroke. More to do with my talent than horsepower. I had a '75 Kawasaki 500 triple. Matched ports, expansion chambers, K&N shocks, dual discs. I rode the wheels off it. Rewarded me with a broken collarbone at about 40mph. Replaced the 500 engine with a 750 and found on the first ride why the 750 frame was much longer. Insanity. I rode it maybe 300 miles and sold it to someone I didn't know who couldn't live without it. Never saw it or him again so he may have got his wish. Watching the old 500GP riders lament the 2 stroke days...I get it. Though they never disparage the new bikes or the riders on them, you can tell that they know in their hearts these kids couldn't keep up on those old bikes. Or what racing could be like with light 200hp electronically controlled 2-strokes.

A conundrum. Personally, I have to be 'in the mood' to ride any particular motorcycle, and I just can't see myself in the mood to ride that Kawi. But then I still have a very soft spot for Iron Sportsters, too.