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Every Thursday

8pm, meet in the BP gas station at 25th and Poplar.

We do a ride through Fairmount park and then end at one of the bars in the city, drink some beers. Normally the North Star. Just depends. Come do a ride with us.

Every Sunday

10 - 11am, meet at the Green Line cafe at 43rd and Baltimore.

Get 30% off your breakfast order if you come on a cycle.

We hang out for a bit, then do a ride through Fairmount park afterwards. Come meet up.
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cb650 engine rebuild

I just finished rebuilding my cb650 engine.

The engine leaked a shit ton of oil from the rubber o-rings around the head gasket. (Common 4cyl problem on old Hondas.)

My engine fins have always been completely covered with caked on oil, grease and dirt. If you didn’t already know, the engine fins are what cool your engine. So to say the least, my engine prolly wasn’t properly cooling itself as much as it should have been. No matter how much I cleaned it, 2 weeks later it was gross again.

In my plan to reduce overall engine temperatures, and efficiency, I’m doing a new gasket kit, having the cylinder jugs measured, and having the cylinder head pressure tested to see if everything is still within spec. Possibly installing an oil cooler.
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Aug 8

A few more pics from the camping trip…

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I hope we can do it again soon!
-Max

Aug 4

Birthday Camping Fun..

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Wanted a good, fun little camping trip this weekend, and Max came through with some renegade camping spot near High Points PA. Nice, secluded spot about a hr north of the city, complete with some great back roads and swimming hole…..mick

Doing some minor bike repairs before hittin the road.

Secret path to awesome camping.

Devyn. Either blastin the 500 or chillin out hard.

Sitting around the campfire.

Cruising great roads around New Hope.

This is not man-made, the rock slopes the creek bed into a ‘V’ which is pretty unique. Best way to wake up in the morning.

Jul 24

Old Crow Camping Trip.

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Myself, Adam, and Max took a trip up to Jim Thorpe this week to see Old Crow Medicine Show play at Penn’s Peak. They played a great show and we got to the chance to do some off- the- beaten path camping on some PA State Game Lands. Max lead us on some crazy good roads on the way home as well… Good times…mick

Penn’s Peak is really on a peak. The view was awesome.

We followed this gravel road a good half mile before finding a suitable camping spot.

Sleeping on the tall grass was really comfortable.

Max setting up his tent which was wool blanket draped off the monster.

Middle of no-where camping… awesome.

Jul 15

Vintage Jap cycle show
south of Harrisburg

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Sounds cool, I say we go check it out and camp for the weekend.
August 20th to 22nd
-Ed

Jun 29

Camping…Stampede Style…

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….troegs…awesome back roads…river fires…hot dogs…shady camp grounds..spider bites…shitty charging systems…crazy hot temps…weirdest swimming river ever.. red rabbit drive-in…some close calls…good times….