01-11-2014, 09:54 PM
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More info at http://royalenfield.com/continentalgt/ Last edited by Barnone; 07-13-2019 at 09:11 PM. |
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03-23-2014, 07:46 AM
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Still enjoying my 2012 DF with no issues in 1900 miles.
Modified a bicycle trailer by adding pit bike wheels for her to haul stuff. The MGA coupe is being restore in a enclosed trailer at a storage yard here in FL. (not by me) Last edited by Barnone; 07-13-2019 at 09:12 PM. |
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03-23-2014, 01:28 PM
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That's a nice little trailer. Do you find that it vibrates with the knobby tires?
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03-23-2014, 04:41 PM
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I spread the outer rail on the Aosom Wanderer cargo trailer so I could use the pit bike wheels and also had to drill the axle holes larger. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/111159547160?lpid=82 Last edited by Barnone; 07-13-2019 at 09:12 PM. |
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05-09-2014, 12:25 AM
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It sure looks convincing.
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06-05-2014, 09:03 AM
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culcume asked this question over on
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...9625#post69625 "Sorry to hijack and/or get off topic, but 501 pages! Who knew among the majority of all the expats living and working in China, and all the Europeans from various countries, seemingly mainly the UK, this thread about a bobber with a cult-following would be the longest thread with the most views ...and not on Chinariders.net which is North American based, while this bike seems to only be available in the US!? Ok, back to normal..." Comments? |
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06-05-2014, 10:29 AM
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That is interesting. For whatever reason, only a handful of China bobber owners have visited this site, and this is one of the few threads on that type of bike.
It is my observation that most of the folks who join this forum are DS riders, so perhaps that plays into it. As well, we seem to have a "bigger is better" mentality in North America, when it comes to street bikes of any description. I don't get that attitude, and I really enjoy small engined bikes. It surprises me to learn that the Dong Fang bobber isn't available in Asia, per Culcune's comments.
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06-05-2014, 01:42 PM
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 Do you still own the QLink? Please start a new thread, and let us know what you have been doing lately! 
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06-06-2014, 08:54 PM
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The point of my comment was how many people have joined seemingly just for the DF thread, and mychinamoto.com is an eclectic gathering of people from all corners of the world who either own Chinese bikes, or those in China who loathe Chinese bikes But, in spite of the worldwide attention the site gets the absolutely longest thread happens to be the one started by barnone; and that is the only predominantly N. American thread out of the site. I just find it cool, and interesting that it has gone 501 pages!As far as this site, there is a small hardcore group of us which I feel much more at home on; mainly because we can relate to each other's bikes. But, even when we get people outside of N America, I still like the feel here better overall, the exception being the DF thread on mychinamoto (not better than here but 'equal') I do agree with Weld because we seem more interested in dual-sports here overall, but do find it interesting that the DF thread didn't take off like mychinamoto.
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06-07-2014, 01:27 AM
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Not sure i would have thought of that.
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06-07-2014, 07:42 AM
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I was sure the problem was something I caused when I was trying to lean the engine out to get rid of the black on the spark plug.
As someone recently mentioned one advantage of the China bikes is inexpensive parts. My next step was going to be replacing the entire carb with this Keihin (?) PZ30 pumper for $35.99 shipped. http://www.ebay.com/itm/181230460483...84.m1497.l2649 |
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06-07-2014, 12:49 PM
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A pumper sure can make it easy to start. I had a Keihin pumper on my old '81 XL250S, and it only required one lazy kick from cold. Click the pic.
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