The Daily Chat w/motor & Vintage

[motormike]

February 7th and i saw a man mowing his lawn this week....my hedge has new growth all over it....so far this winter Nashville has had one snow of 1/4" that was gone the next day....I came in from outside and found a cricket had crawled up my pants leg....average daily high temp has been in the 50's with some days reaching the high 60's.....these are surely some curious times.......

[Dio89Elite]

yup... curious times along with curious crickets...

[motormike]

My landlord was fixing the broken window in my house, and told me that he was walking in the woods behind his rural home and got attacked by hoards of mosquitos....56 degrees today.

[Carnie]

Haven't had those problems yet in southwest Missouri but this summer sure is going to be full of them I'm sure.

[Trafficjamz]

I took my scooter for a cruise on groundhogs day.

It was 45 drgrees outside in northern michigan.



Six more weeks of this winter, I can handle.

[motormike]

The habit (that i developed over 40 years) of removing batteries and draining fuel during winter months has become totally needless....I averaged 80-90 miles a week during January on the Aero

[swimmingfree]

a habit i had for 40 years of my 52 years life was to go out side throw the winter and clean the drive way about once a week and some 2 times a day when all he ll came down .. this year ive have to do the drive way 3 times .. that it .. here in mich we have not had some snow and the jue times we did get it its all gone in a week ... this has been the strangest winter i or my dad can reminder..
swimmingfree

[breaze]

Down here in Atlanta it is 60 today. Last Sunday I went for a ride in shorts and a t-shirt - hit 70 degrees. I rarely do anything more than pull in batteries and hook 'em up to tenders once it gets below freezing. To the best of my recollection, we have only had 2 nights it got that cold - kinda creepy, but nice.

Do the bugs really get worse after a mild winter or is that an old wive's tale?

[motormike]

Not a wive's tale....more insects after a mild winter due to the eggs, larvae, and adults that survive when the ground doesn't freeze very deep....my understanding....

[Bear45-70]

Mother Nature figures for a pretty good die off during the winter and a mild winter does not kill many so more bugs the next year.

[Mystic]

hey motormike, you know anyone who has a set of mikuni vm32s? I am trying to source a pair for the cb450. I am about to try working on this beast again and I really dont like the stock CV carbs

[eliteguy50]

I'll bet you would find them here:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/ ... 77256.html

[eliteguy50]

I am looking at getting a Hodaka Ace 100 to restore and relive my youth with. Does anyone know if the hodaka 250 engine is a direct bolt in?

[motormike]

http://www.custgp.com/trialsbiketwo.html

Try the above link and go to the bottom of that page to see the Hodaka 250 trials bike.
Is this the 250 motor you are referring to ??.....maybe you can compare this to an ACE picture and at least get an approximation....

[eliteguy50]

I can't tell if that is the same engine. The engine I am looking at is caked in mud. I think the frame offers the physical space but the Ace frame is cherry. I don't want to drill or weld on it. The backbone is even factory.

You are right, all it takes is money. I will have to talk with my local machine shop about an adapter plate.