cliff
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Post by cliff on Oct 5, 2008 13:50:40 GMT -5
Soonerfan. The problem is your a Sooner fan. How can anything in your life be right?
Hook 'Em
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Post by soonerfan on Oct 5, 2008 14:37:34 GMT -5
Cliff:
Don't forget that Texas is really the Oklahoma Baja. Your Longhorns look pretty decent this year, but I think the Sooners will prevail in Dallas on Saturday......we have too many weapons, and you only have a good quarterback and a fair defense. Not only am I a fan, but an alumnus.
I was wondering when someone in the States would make mention of my screen name.... no doubt the Aussie and Kiwi bretheren were puzzled. It's American College football, ya'll! And the Oklahoma Sooners are currently #1 in the polls.....maybe we can stay there. :^0
BTW, I have the starting procedure DOWN! Third kick!
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Post by milkman on Oct 6, 2008 7:52:01 GMT -5
I went through OSU when i was meat judging - cowboys were playing basketball vs sooners in the local derby when i was there i think (jan 2002?). The OSU guys didn't give me a very nice exlpanation of what a "sooner" is.
Watched it at Eskimo Joes - someone tried to punch me for being a quote: "d**n yankee" (had an Illini hat on)
No one ever accused me of that before!
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Post by soonerfan on Oct 6, 2008 9:07:54 GMT -5
Milkman:
There are 2 major colleges in Oklahoma: The University of Oklahoma in Norman (Sooners) and Oklahoma State University in Stillwater (Cowboys). OSU used to be Oklahoma A&M....and we still think of 'em as Aggies, or AgroAmericans, Soilbrothers, Dirtburglars, take your pick. They hate OU intensely, primarily out of sheer jealousy of the football program. OSU usually finishes in the bottom half of the Big 12....never won a conference football championship and needless to say, a National Championship (OU has won 7).
A "Sooner" is a nickname given to those, that back in 1889, sneaked across the border early to stake a land claim ahead of the throngs of pioneers that were offered free land in Indian Territory.
I apologize to you for your rude treatment in Stillwater.....most of us Oklahomans are very courteous folks, excepting the congenital defectives that live in Stillwater.
All the best!
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Post by solo2racr on Oct 6, 2008 11:36:06 GMT -5
free land in Indian Territory. "Free" from the settlers point of view. Just as the English stole the Aborigines land from them, so did the U.S. government steal the land from the Indians. But that is a WHOLE other topic. ;D ;D WOOHOO......3 kicks!! Sounds like you got it down. |
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 6, 2008 16:44:35 GMT -5
Solo,
Apologies for interrupting the land rights debate, but I just thought I'd elaborate a touch further on the pumper carb.
I reckon the diaphragm on the side of the carb is the overrun enrichment one. When you snap the throttle shut, the extra engine vacuum holds this baby open to enrich the mixture so that the engine does not stall, and only closes when the engine comes back to idle, assuming you maintain that vacuum by leaving the throttle shut. This gives you a hint about how to get better fuel economy on a pumper carb equipped bike, just remember that every time you close the throttle on over run you are injecting more fuel, purely so she doesn't stall at the lights, which matters not a jot on the down shift in the twisty bits. So, stay on the throttle, it'll save fuel and your mates will find it even harder to catch you, heh,heheee.........
The accelerator pump diaphragm is at the bottom of the carb, and needs a certain amount of engine vacuum before it will let fuel into the pump chamber. There is an o-ring if my memory is correct, at the top edge of the float bowl that must seal if you want the vacuum to do its job..
How do I know all this crap? Because when I got my bike it ran like shite, and on the long and arduous journey to finding out it needed high octane juice to suit its outrageous compression ratio, I pulled the carby to bits. It was then a long and arduous journey within a journey to get the flaming thing back together - there is a difference between the two diaphragm covers that can only be distinguished with a straight edge and a steel rule, so if like me you did not take note of which is which when you pulled it to bits......
But really, when understood and setup right, they are a great carb, which is why caferacercarl is happy for anyone who can't get along with them to send them to him.
Mick
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Post by solo2racr on Oct 6, 2008 18:18:44 GMT -5
Solo, Apologies for interrupting the land rights debate, but I just thought I'd elaborate a touch further on the pumper carb. Mick LOL. I kinda got off on a tangent on that. I was the one interrupting the thread. My bad. |
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oldmike
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Hi all from the great soon to be white north.
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Post by oldmike on Oct 30, 2024 14:41:03 GMT -5
Hi its my first post, I picked up a 78 SR 500 this summer , it had been stored for 30 yrs. I had to do a lot to fix it up to the point of trying to start it, but no joy there, no fuel on the plug. I had rebuilt the Carb which was very clean inside , fuel tank also very clean. I pulled the head off and it was carboned up bad, removed the cylinder and the piston and rings were badly worn. I had it re-bored and fitted an o/s piston kit, lapped the valves installed new seals etc.. After reassembly tried to start it, no joy, plug has a good spark, but its not getting fuel. I fitted a vacuum gauge and nothing , checked the valve clearance and readjusted them, now it has lots of vacuum. Still refuses to start, plug is still dry after attempts to start. The carb float height is correct , I have tried higher and lower settings, it doesn't care. I even tried starter fluid got a spit, choke on or off, pumped or not, I use the valve lifter and indicator procedure. What could be the problem?
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Post by redgalvin on Oct 30, 2024 16:09:14 GMT -5
The idle circuit is not clean till you have worked a strand of copper wire through it.
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