Posts made by Richard Thompson

• Keyless Gas Cap for the Shadow?

  @TJ Sorry about the hackers, brother.  India bots.  Probably because you have been speaking out about harley.  F Harley.  You have been 100 percent right.  Good luck to you.

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  Richard Thompson
  8/31/25, 3:06 PM
• Coolant over flow tank question

  Thanks, guys

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  Richard Thompson
  8/26/25, 8:03 AM
• Question About Placing a Order?

  TJ has a bunch of stuff in the shop, upper left hand corner of the page.  But, what are you looking for?  I have a 2000 honda tourer, which isn't far off.   If you can't find s...

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  Richard Thompson
  8/25/25, 1:45 PM
• Radiator Compatibility

  If I'm getting this right, the intake might be the overflow tank?  Is that what you are thinking of pluging?  Might be a bad idea without somewhere for the fluid to go when the engine is ...

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  Richard Thompson
  8/25/25, 1:16 PM
• Coolant over flow tank question

  First, I love TJ brutal customs parts, and I know you have a coolant overflow tank, which is both very cool and easy to install.  However, I found a bottle that has "Federal law forbids the us...

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  Richard Thompson
  8/25/25, 12:56 PM
• Dig this. A pneumatic horn in the grip

  Air canister slides into the grip and locks into the horn.  Then, slide the grip on the bike.  When installing the grip, the canister seats into the hollow bars.  When the horn is tr...

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  Richard Thompson
  8/25/25, 12:30 PM
• Keyless Gas Cap for the Shadow?

  Good question!  I wonder if there is a way to remove the locking system and replace with a push button or something.  That would be cool.  Maybe your local lock smith could help with...

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  Richard Thompson
  7/16/25, 10:43 AM
• 1100 electrical issue/fuel not moving idk

  Thanks, brother.  Rolled the dice and picked up one on ebay.  We'll see when it comes in.  Fingers crossed.

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  Richard Thompson
  7/12/25, 5:29 PM
• honda shadow vt1100 ace year 2000

  So, help me out TJ.  That black plastic piece between the carbs are an overflow vent?  That hose needs to be inplace to allow gas to escape in case of a problem and flow out below the bik...

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  Richard Thompson
  7/10/25, 9:47 AM
• 1100 electrical issue/fuel not moving idk

  I've isolated it to the ICM.  I'm done.  Nothing available on line but used parts for a lot of money with no guarantee of working.  You wouldn't be working on a points system by chan...

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  Richard Thompson
  7/10/25, 9:42 AM
• kick start-please give feed back with poll

  Denis, that is beautiful.  I mean I think it is, I\m half into granny's cough surip.  I woul love, love, love points!  they stopped making the ICM for most older bikes, and the ones ...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/28/25, 3:40 PM
• Dig this. A pneumatic horn in the grip

  Just a though.  There are a lot of small compressed air cans on the market.  Air soft and paintball guns use some.  Bicyclists use them for flats on the raod.  What about a grip...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/23/25, 9:46 AM
• Need new gas tube

  O'rielly has an Edelbrock clear, in line filter with intechangable ports to account for a variety of sizes.  There ports are slightly longer giving more purchase inside the tube or easier to c...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/22/25, 10:29 AM
• kick start-please give feed back with poll

  Ok, I've seen your video on kick start conversion.  You can put an out house in your bathroom but in door plumbing.  It seems to me there are guys who want a kick start, and it doesn't se...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/20/25, 7:28 PM
• 1100 electrical issue/fuel not moving idk

  Hey bro.  Good advice.  Fuel is not being pumped to carb.  In line is full, and the line is not kinked or restricted.  I'm thinking pump or relay, but I just replaced both. ...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/19/25, 8:39 AM
• 1100 electrical issue/fuel not moving idk

  So, pop off my fuel lines on the carb and run the fuel into a jar?  yeah, ok.  It was just I changed an electrical line then it stopped running, but breaking off the carb would tell me if...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/18/25, 10:55 AM
• Valkyrie,

  Not going to lie, the engine is a little intimidating to me.  Looks like they stuck in a cummings.  I'm sure it isn't that bad.  Its a goldwing engine, right?  Goldwings are qua...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/18/25, 10:24 AM
• 1983 shadow build

  I just googled 1983 Honda shadow stator.  Brand new in the box 45 dollars.  There are parts out there.  If you are good at fabrication parts, as TJ is, parts can be made to fit. ...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/18/25, 10:13 AM
• 1100 electrical issue/fuel not moving idk

  Bro, I'm at a loss.  From the begining, 2000 shadow 1100 tourer, I ripped the fuel system apart and rebuilt it.  Some issue at first, but was riding for about a week and got very smooth i...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/18/25, 9:41 AM
• mod Shorty Choke Knob for 1100

  Sorry. I only saw the 600, 750 and 500 listed on the knobs.  I don't know why I thought 650?!  Maybe a video I was watching.  Idk.  Anywhoo, I didn't see the 1100 listed.  ...

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  Richard Thompson
  6/9/25, 12:25 PM