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Messages - Iahawk

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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« on: March 26, 2024, 01:33:20 AM »
Left riding jacket pocket

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General Discussion / Re: tragety in my family
« on: March 23, 2024, 02:19:10 PM »
so sorry for you and your family.

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General Discussion / Re: nearest deer miss yet!
« on: March 22, 2024, 12:24:28 PM »
deer are a menace, here. We have so many that I won't ride on certain roads at dusk....and there are other roads I won't even DRIVE my car on at dusk due to the number of car-deer accidents that happen.

A youtube motorcycle channel I watch showed the guy's girlfriend filling their 'deer feeder' at their house! Who feeds deer?? What, do want more of them running around to kill you quicker on your bike?? Crazy.

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: make of this car?
« on: March 22, 2024, 12:19:50 PM »
looks to be a Chrysler 300

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People s150 / Re: Maintenance guide
« on: March 21, 2024, 12:13:40 PM »
youtube can be such a great resource, hope you're enjoying the new bike!

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General Discussion / AK 550s on sale
« on: March 20, 2024, 08:32:53 PM »
Was just looking online at my local full line motorcycle (and Kymco) dealer. They have had 2 2023 silver scoots for a while. Both are listed on the website for a sale price of $8799 compared to list of $10,399. No idea about all the ‘add on’ fees, but found it interesting to see large discounts on anything with 2 wheels!

Located in Iowa City, IA

Link: https://www.sfmiowacity.com/Inventory/All-Inventory-In-Stock/Kymco/Agility

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congrats on the new scooter!

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General Discussion / damn petcock!
« on: March 18, 2024, 08:09:43 PM »
OK, now that the forum is back up and running I can vent...and I'm sure some here will relate. I tried starting my Nighthawk 650 last week...drained the battery trying to get it to start. Recharged battery and tried again later that day....same thing...battery drained, no start.

Recharged battery overnight. Tried again next day. No start. I thought it must be fuel related...so opened drain screws on float bowls..nothing coming out. Ah ha! must be petcock related! Removed (full) fuel tank...set on ground. Sucked on little vacuum hose going to petcock...no fuel came out..looked silly doing it, too... then thought, why don't I check the petcock in all positions?

Turned petcock to what I thought was 'off', sucked on vacuum hose and fuel came right out...Defective petcock? Nope...dumb me confused the 'on' and 'off' positions.  Aaarrrrggggghhhhh!

Reinstalled fuel tank, turned 'on' petcock, bike fired right up. Damn petcock.

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General Discussion / Re: Forum repaired
« on: March 18, 2024, 08:00:04 PM »
Neil, some of us here know each other on other forums as well so if this one crashes we can still contact each other.  Several of us are on the Adventure Rider forum.  Crossbolt asked what happened to this forum there.  Several other people responded and one of them remembered that Stig was on the Modern Vespa Forum under a different name.  I joined that forum and contacted him to ask about this forum.

Just something to think about if this forum ever crashes again.  Those of us on ADV have the same user names there as on this forum.

yep, Stig is on Modern Vespa forum (old*****) and Klav and others on ADV. I actually checked both of those sites but for some reason I'm not registered on either of them.  I did a google search on 'Kymco forum is down' and was referred to an old thread on ADV from 2020 or 21 when the site was down.

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General Discussion / Re: Forum repaired
« on: March 18, 2024, 12:10:12 PM »
yes, a little disconcerting to have the site down for days!

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General Discussion / Re: craziest thing you've done on a bike?
« on: March 11, 2024, 03:02:19 PM »
wow, I hope to have some crazy stories at some point...but as a newer rider the 'craziest' thing I've done is drive to Chicago to buy an almost 40 year old motorcycle, that had not been ridden much in the last ? years...and proceeded to ride it 206 miles home on old tires with some dry rot, no front brakes, leaking front fork seals (everything was soaked up front), a marginally working clutch (clutch plates were frozen when I first got on bike..you'd think the seller would have ridden it a bit before offering up for sale).

The ride home took about 6 hours, with lots of stops. Luckily I had a buddy follow me in my van in case something went very wrong.

Oh, yeah, when I first hopped on and rode to the nearest gas station, the tires were severely underinflated (had 9 lbs in the rear?), oil was overfilled and there was clearly a bad oil leak somewhere underneath as the bottom frame was wet with oil.

Not the smartest thing I've done but very glad I did it.

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People GT 300i / Re: Looking for another People 300i to buy
« on: March 10, 2024, 03:02:16 PM »
I have always liked those scoots..I like the flat floor, step through design with a bigger motor.  They are not very common. I just did a facebook marketplace search within 500 miles of me (I'm in Iowa) and got nothing. I'd keep trying Facebook Marketplace, craigslist, cycle trader, etc. It is still March so maybe waiting a few months will see more used scoots hit the market. Good luck!

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General Discussion / Re: March is springtime in Alabama.
« on: March 08, 2024, 01:40:42 PM »
Klav, sunny and 70 is perfect! I may have seen this before...but did we know you owned a Vespa? A Like or People 150I comes to mind...but not a Vespa

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: As a proud Triumph owner...
« on: March 07, 2024, 01:29:48 PM »
haha..probably very accurate back in the day! (I'm under the impression that modern Triumphs are built very well?)

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Technical | How To / Re: Parts Supplier... maybe not!
« on: March 06, 2024, 01:50:30 PM »
that's too bad. After doing the conversion, those prices look very good and shipping is even reasonable.

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