I saw a bike in the grocery store parking lot today. It looked
different, so I went to check it out. Small displacement vertical twin cruiser. From the styling, I'm guessing a Yammie, but I wouldn't say so under oath.
A few years old, but not exactly
"classic" age - maybe five to ten years old, but all the logos and
insignia lost to time, use and rust. I respect that.
I also respect modifying a bike to make it yours. Cosmetically.
Structurally. Even modifying the engine is cool, if you know what you're
doing.
But here's the problem.
There were two hoses leading down from the neck area of the frame, and
they were capped off, with the metal pieces welded to the frame. There's
only one reason I can think of for hoses like this to be routed up from
the motor area to the neck region, then back down in front of the
downtubes. A radiator. Now, there are good reasons to modify many parts
of an engine, but I can't think of a single reason that makes it a good
idea to remove a radiator from a motor designed to run with it, then use
that motor in Central Texas in the summer.
WTF?
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