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Well, sorta. I've been invited to the fourth annual Houston all Harley drags this weekend at Houston Raceway Park. Guy sent me this e-mail tonight, so I'm gonna take 'em up on it. I guess I've told you all I'm writing a racing column for "Thunder Roads Texas" called "The Fast Line". I've been wanting to do a piece on drag racing and in particular the all Harley stuff. It's a big scene and should be popular with the magazine's readers. I bet those nitro bikes are rather loud. Might oughta take some ear protection, LOL. I'm taking my camera, of course. I'll put some pix up on the site when I get time after I get home.

No free beer? ****!

Howdy - Raine gave me your address, I'd invited her to Houston Raceway Park to cover the 4th Annual Houston "All Harley"...

Hi there,
I am looking for an answer to my bike problem maybe someone here can help.
Have an '85 Yamaha Maxim XJ700 N with, a bike with an awesome 4-in-line
japanese engine that used to run great. Actually it needed a little bit of choke
to run smoothly which was annoying but not a big deal. Than suddenly it started dying on me if I stopped quickly or just left it idling. So the first thing I could think of was carbs, I opened them, cleaned carefully, put new gaskets on the connections to the cylinders too, so there is no vacuum leak and thought - that should be it! But, now it idles really unevenly and what's even stranger when I
pull the choke it dies! I have a feeling that I'm pretty close here but just can't
figure out the problem. Because the vibration is now greater I suspect...

I have a 2005 Softail Deluxe with 2000 miles on it. It also has a hydraulic clutch. I changed the oil at 1000 miles and used Amsoil synthetic. I changed the primery and transmission oil at 1800 miles and also used Amsoil synthetic. I am now hearing a rattling noise when stopped and the clutch is engaged, the moment I disengage it the noise stops. Can anyone help?

I noticed a hiss coming from my front exhaust on my '93 FXDL. I decided to go ahead and replace the gasket. Once I took off the exhaust, I noticed that the studs are stripped, at least they are not broken. Before I go and try to gorrilla the studs out and break them does anyone have some good advice to get the old ones out?

we just returned from a trip to alaska & canada my wife & i & 5 other couples took a HOGS ON THE HIGH SEAS cruise to Alaska which was very interesting but a little confining for me. when returning from the cruise my friend ,his wife ,me & mine were met at the dock with two rental bikes a flht & a heritage we rode for 8 days tru British Columbia into Banff.THe roads were great & the people friendly it is a beautiful area to ride & I recomend it highly.