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General Discussion / Re: Haulbikes Recent Shipping Experience
« Last post by blackcat on Today at 06:56:56 AM »
I used Haul Bikes in late 2021 for moving the Norge. They were still suffering the effects of -.

Suffering the effects of what? -?
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General Discussion / Re: Spark Plugs V7III Special
« Last post by DoubleGuzzi on Today at 04:48:17 AM »
The cross reference doesn't list the original NKG ZCPR8EB-9s as per the manual
Drop the unusual Z (Inductive Suppressor or Extra Projected?) prefix and there's an equivalent CR8EIX.

https://www.ngkpartfinder.co.uk/assets/Uploads/ngk_motorcycle_sm00100420_2_.pdf
https://www.ngkpartfinder.co.uk/assets/Uploads/NGK_Upgrades.pdf
 
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2025.09.27
Portland, Oregon to Jerome, Idaho

It's Saturday now and I took Monday off working thinking it might take me three days to get home to Loveland, Colorado depending on how the weather goes at the Continental Divide, but I'm aiming for two days of riding.



I-84 along the Columbia River was beautiful, I wish I found a good scenic overlook to pull off at, but I did stop in Hood River which had a decent view of it from a park.


There were signs on the road for construction and rough bridge, but it was fine and hadn't been torn up yet. Signs for wind gusts and blowing dust, those checked out! I passed a group of at least six women bikers headed the same direction as me, just slower. A few of them were riding two-up and when I waved at them I got very energetic waves back.

Stopped in Pendleton, Oregon to grab lunch. There was a funny juxtaposition at the coffee shop I stopped at of a woman carrying a Louis Vuitton purse, but wearing Crocs. As I went about the ritual of wiping the final drive oil off the wheel and tire, I noticed that the larger of the two springs on my Hepco & Becker center stand broke and the stand was dropping. Bummer. I've only used that stand maybe twice so far as I'm not able to put the bike up on it on my own.


The bike was running different than before I dropped it off for service, so I unpacked my UpMap device, pulled the seat, and reflashed it as I think the ECU had been updated and lost the tune. I also noticed that even with the sidestand up and clutch lever pulled in, the bike will only start in Neutral and I can't remember if that was the case before or not, as most modern bikes I've ridden will start in gear so long as those two conditions are met.

Eastern Oregon


I got a laugh out of the bathroom tiles at a Jimmy Johns




I thought it was much darker out than it actually was and at a gas stop in Twin Falls, Idaho I realized it was just my visor coated in bugs. I called it a night nearby in Jerome, Idaho and asked at the front desk where would be a good place to park my motorcycle, ended up with prime sidewalk parking! It's always good to ask.


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General Discussion / Re: Cylinder replacement 850 T3
« Last post by Tkelly on November 16, 2025, 08:57:22 PM »
If you don’t get it done the resale is minuscule.It might run fine for your purposes the question is whether or not to bring it to  long term reliability.
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General Discussion / Re: Spark Plugs V7III Special
« Last post by Kiwi_Roy on November 16, 2025, 08:38:15 PM »
The cross reference doesn't list the original NKG ZCPR8EB-9s as per the manual
I picked up a pair as listed at a local auto store and changed them out
3mm allen key, a 16mm deep socket, a smidgen of Never Seize and 20 minutes later.
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General Discussion / Re: Cylinder replacement 850 T3
« Last post by cliffrod on November 16, 2025, 08:32:10 PM »
For comparison, my V7 Sport was used/ridden hard between purchase new here in town (Spartanburg, SC) and when it was apparently parked around 1981.  The speedometer showed around 23k or 25k when I got it iirc.  I have no idea how accurately that reflected actual mileage on engine.

You can just swap cylinders and pistons and see how it goes, especially if the original cylinders look great.     It will either be fine or it won’t be.  But if there is already notable chrome loss when you get in there, doing more at that point would make sense.  Your engine has an actual oil filter, which is better than my engine with no filter.

Your bike, your rules. 
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General Discussion / Re: Cylinder replacement 850 T3
« Last post by bobra5037 on November 16, 2025, 07:29:25 PM »
I must admit, it I'm in a bit of a quandary over this.  I'm only the second owner of the bike so I know its full history.  18,000 miles on the clock but has spent the last 20 years or so idle in a garage in a very dry climate.  The bike run well and I can't see any obvious blemishes in the cylinders using an endoscope.  The bike is a hobby and will probably do less than 500 miles a year until I'm too old to get my leg over it (maybe not that far away!).  So, do I ignore it and just ride the thing or do I succumb to my anxiety and get the cylinders replaced?  Only I can answer that question but I'd be interested in others experiences.

Thanks

Rob
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General Discussion / Re: It was the 45 year old Pirelli Phantoms that sealed the deal…
« Last post by brider on November 16, 2025, 06:29:19 PM »
Dang! I was always fixing to make you an offer on it after seeing it festering in your stables what, 5 yrs ago? Snooze, ya lose? I always knew it would end up festering in my garage, too. Look forward to Radguzzi presenting it to us in these pages.
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General Discussion / Re: Bring on the Bobber?
« Last post by davethewelder on November 16, 2025, 06:14:01 PM »
I missed the opportunity to get a Stornello, WTF was I thinking?   Keep the Stornello or get the Bobber, really a coin toss.
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General Discussion / Re: The USMC Tribe here
« Last post by davethewelder on November 16, 2025, 06:10:52 PM »
It seems like the Marines are a tighter group of individuals, I had severed in the Army and it was a short contract, but never kept in touch with my close circle.  Military life is so diffenrt than cilivan life, I wish I would have stayed. 
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