Kimjon's 50cc (then later ... 150cc and 400cc...then 1000cc) of awesomeness! Oh and a 2+1 wheeled machine...

[Kimjon]

Bmw is running so good now. I've basically been daily riding it for the past 2 weeks.

Unfortunately I'm getting a little complacent with it. It doesn't feel fast, like a modern bike. And in reality it's not...however the speedo tells me I'm actually going faster than I should. Today I nearly lowsided it as the rear end started to drift around a corner.

Its a bit of a wake up call. Tone it down, live to fight another day.

[Kimjon]

And then there's the buell, which is a medium fast bike.

I dropped a cylinder 2 weeks ago. What a fuck around that turned into. First thing I did was check if it had spark, which it appeared to have good strong spark. So I focused on fuel, compression, then back to the coil. All tested well. Yep, full circle - the fucking sparkplugs was the actual problem.

Anyway, got there in the end. Replaced the plugs - back to normal again.

Its challenging swapping between the bikes (BMW v Buell). They're two completely different bikes to ride. I think that's why it feels so sketchy going from one to the other.

[Muncie]

All my V-TWIN engines have shat plugs with clockwork regularity I buy them 4 at a time and still get the "you eating these things" comments from the guy at Honda shop that normally has the right type.

 

[cletus]

How are you going with your chopper build?

[Kimjon]

On 05/05/2025 at 21:18, cletus said:

How are you going with your chopper build?

Long finished a couple years ago. It's an awesome bike, one I'd never sell.

[Kimjon]

Looks different depending on angle of photo, but I've yet to see an angle I don't like.

[Kimjon]

Better light, that shows the rootbeer paint off. Couldn't be happy with the paint on this.

[Kimjon]

I'd love to do another one, and probably will someday. I'd go more Japanese style, like the bikes from LuckMC. Check them out on IG, they push proportions to the limit...but make amazing bikes.