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Hello,

I love the new Bear 650. Mostly. But I wish I could change a few things to what was on the Interceptor 650. To make a "Interceptor Bear." Then it would be perfect for me. My inspiration is an early ’70s Yamaha XS650.

From the Interceptor, I like the 2-into-2 exhaust pipes, as well as the set of 2 analogue instrument gauges for speed and tach. And the round turn signal lights from the 2021 Interceptor. I feel like these parts capture the 1960s–’70s spirit better than the Bear's solo digital gauge, 2-into-1 combined exhaust, and the pointy turn signal lights.

Can these Interceptor parts be easily put on the Bear? I would imagine the Interceptor's fuel injection unit may also have to

My heart is with my Interceptor 650, which I love. But there are some aspects of the new Super Meteor 650 that are pretty cool. I was wondering if some Super Meteor parts would work with the Interceptor.

For example, the navigation module on the Super Meteor. I love my classic speedo+tach gauges on the Interceptor, but I’d like to take the little nav module separately and mount it on the handlebars.

Also the exhaust mufflers. Not the whole exhaust, just the mufflers at the end. I like the smaller size of the Super Meteor’s, and I bet they sound louder. I would imagine they have the same airflow characteristics as the Interceptor’s. I wonder if they could be swapped?

I have heard from some people that a new exhaust is just plug and play, and that the EFI will auto-adjust to accommodate an aftermarket exhaust.

But I have also heard that an aftermarket exhaust might be fine at lower RPMs and throttles, but has reduced output at high RPMs and throttles. This makes me think the EFI only looks at what's going on at idle and keeps the upward part of the fuel map as the same "shape" of the stock exhaust.

This might explain why the S&S exhaust costs so much more than other exhaust brands, because S&S matched their exhaust's air-fuel behavior to mimic the stock Interceptor exhaust at all throttles and RPMs.

Does anyone have any insight on this? I'm won

Hello! I'm visiting LA and rented a Ducati Scrambler, but I don't know the scene. I'd like to have a few pit stops where motorcyclists hang out on a Sunday afternoon. My vibe is retro/vintage/cafe (think Triumph Bonnies and old Honda CBs). I saw the Neptune's Net event, is there another general hangout that is on any Sunday? Thanks!

Vax Moto, my favorite DIY motorcycle garage, has expanded into making tacos. They will be having an opening party this Saturday Oct 22nd right in front of the Vax Moto motorcycle garage. They have a cool logo.

Here's the info:

VAX TACO GRAND OPENING

Saturday October 22nd 2016

5 pm - 12 midnight

Come help celebrate our new taco food cart located at Vax Moto, 310 Butler Street BROOKLYN 11217 year round

$20 All you can EAT & DRINK (tacos & beer)

You're welcome !

It turns out a LOT of Bernie supporters in NY didn't vote. I'm not talking about the 120,000 purges or the surpressed voters (we need to get to the bottom of those!). I'm talking about the many more thousands of legit, bonafide registered Democrats whose names were on the voter logs, totally undisturbed. Over 75% of them didn't show up to vote.

On NY1, some of the political experts on Inside City Hall have stated that the Clinton machine has a well-organized system of getting supporters to the polls. I'm not talking about just getting verbal pledges, but actually arranging logistics to getting masses of supporters physically out of their homes and into polling precincts. They said Sanders w

I've been registered to vote in New York for over 15 years. I've voted in every primary and general election since. Governors, senators, mayors, congressmen and judges. And presidential elections, too. I am an independent who registered as a Democrat over a decade and a half ago because I realized nearly every local contest was decided at the primary level due to NY's closed primary system, and that it's such a Blue state.

My question to independents is: what have you been doing all these years? Do you just vote in general elections? Do you not vote? Do you not follow politics? I'm honestly curious, because the numbers of independents in NYC are in the hundreds of thousands (millions?) and

Use this form http://a841-dotvweb01.nyc.gov/Potholeform/ViewController/CreateComplaint.aspx (On the second screen, choose the "Block" location button to report a pothole on a street between two others streets, rather than an address). If you snap a pic of the pothole, you can even upload the pic.

They really do fix the potholes. I've reported a few and they've been gone within a couple weeks.