The price is a bit high for a relatively solid early jag. It’d be a steal at $4k though. That inline 6 is reliable and the 5 speed is nice. For my unhealthy lust towards those flying buttresses I voted nice price though...

My old cb500 (71) with ~40 hp is plenty quick enough to out accelerate nearly any car on the street and break any speed limit. It does leave me wanting a bit more. I picked up a gl1000 (79) recently with ~80 hp which should fill that need.

Good luck and good riddance to that accursed honda!

I’ve always avoided the cloth covered lines in my old trucks and motorcycles. Just plain rubber line has always worked. If you need some serious line protection go with the Teflon or steel coated stuff. I never found it to be worth the hassle.

It’s been great- I love the coverage on two wheeled transport, and the fun bits about jetskis, atvs and such!

The later years are more reliable, but take a visit to an explorer forum or Google ‘explorer timing chain’ and you’ll see the spread of the issue.

The SOHC 4.0 wasn’t released until 97, so yours would be the old pushrod 4.0 which didn’t have the same problems. Those engines would run forever when properly maintained

Ford 4.0 SOHC v6-

I’ve been screwed out of two grand by UPS before. I was shipping a custom computer, which arrived trashed at the customers house. I paid full value for the insurance, they wouldn’t pay out a claim because I didn’t drop off the package at an official UPS drop site. I dropped it off at a UPS store, apparently official…

I definitely agree! I love old beaten up Japanese bikes. I currently have in my garage a 71 cb500, 80 cm400a, and a 79 goldwing. The cb500 is my regular rider, the cm400a is almost running, and the goldwing I just brought home Sunday.

I agree entirely! When I’m on a bike the nothing but the ride matters and it can turn around the worst day with a few turns.

An airgun would not be able to readily kill an average racoons. They typically shoot .17 caliber pellets at 800-1000 fps. There isn’t enough kinetic energy there to do much damage to anything larger than a squirrel or rabbit (maybe a small cat).

Right, the issue with cng is actually logistical since outside of farm or fleet use it’s actually less practical than electric for daily use.

It’s a close call, but I’d go just barely nice price. A clapped out small sohc 4 goes for 3-4k in running condition.

This guy’s not fuel injected, 4 carbs is what delivers its fuel.

A couple years ago while I was working for a restoration company, we sent about a dozen trucks up to NJ/NY to work some commercial cleanup work.

You’v got me rolling at my desk here!

Wow... take it easy buddy.

It’s usually just a mis-adjusted chain. If the saw throws off a properly adjusted chain more than once then it’s usually the drive gear. 9 times out of 10 though it’s either a stretched or too loose chain though.

I have wondered why it’s called f-head before and couldn’t make sense of it either.