[wildbill]

pretty windy riding conditions here lately

https://youtu.be/TIcMm01CEZk

[Arizoni]

Maybe your "gumtree" is different than the Eucalyptus trees we have growing in the Phoenix area but, the Eucalyptus trees are known for loosing big branches and sometimes even major parts of the tree trunks when the big winds during monsoon season blow in.

My neighbor had one growing next to their driveway and when they got home one evening their entire drive was filled with downed tree.  Good thing it didn't take out the roof on their house.

[gizzo]

Gumtrees here are bad for that, for sure. In big wind but also high temperatures. Last week we had 5 days over 40 deg and I noticed a few large limbs on the ground or roofs around the suburb.

[wildbill]

DNA air filter fitted complete with reverse cones muffler with extra packing.

https://youtu.be/SdZRXMp7MmE

[wildbill]

forest ride and give-away comp - 3 prizes up for grabs
https://youtu.be/oFJMmmGEY88

[wildbill]

todays ride with just booster plug fitted to the bike plus a few drone shots of the dried out Aussie countryside

https://youtu.be/BgqRuTRsW0k

[beagle]

Have the fires hit your area yet, or been thru.  Getting messy on the lower east coast.

[wildbill]

only that smaller one a couple of weeks back. there is not that much vegetation about where I live due to the inland drought.
much more fuel for the fires to burn along the coastal areas.
where I did that drone shot in the other video on the pine forest road -that area has gone up before and all along that road
plus that road I rode where the tree limb fell on the road-it would be very hard to control a fire in that country.

todays giveaway comp clip

https://youtu.be/V9wMT2v0Zjk










































































































fell down-another heavy timbered road area-very hard to control a fire in there.


https://youtu.be/V9wMT2v0Zjk

[wildbill]

my 2,500 km review on the bike

https://youtu.be/aJQW79aolA4

[wildbill]

impressive fuel economy results on normal type riding experienced on back roads to 60 mph on stock standard bike. 70% of which involved pretty windy conditions
https://youtu.be/8wBs95NpELU

[Breezin]

my 2,500 km review on the bike

https://youtu.be/aJQW79aolA4

Great stuff. It's hard to find a reliable long-term review of a stock Interceptor. Mine has 3,500km up, and the experience has been more or less the same as you describe. I've also had some false neutrals between 5th and 6th (on the way up only), but they are getting rarer, and preloading the shifter, or just taking your time, sorts it out.

And I too put in an interim oil & filter change -- at 3,200km (although my Interceptor is in mph on the clock) -- using Motul 7100 4t 10w-50. Red, with Ester, like Silkolene but a hell of a lot more reasonably priced. The drain plug came out clean with absolutely no debris on it.

I'll actually re-watch this vid to make sure I've got all your observations. So far, I'm really happy with the bike in every department. I'm still mulling the booster plug, and happy to take my time on that one, as I have other little improvements in line before it.(So far, no train has come over a bridge to run me over.  )

[wildbill]

the 650 motor appears a lot cleaner in the internal compared to the old C5 days of loaded with all types of rubbish but i too like the idea of the oil change at around the 3500 klm mark or 3000 after the first change.
here's a clip of the pesky mobile speed camera here in australia

https://youtu.be/dbxe69Tkzik

[Richard230]

Right now those automatic ticket-dispensing cameras are illegal in California, but San Francisco is making a big push in the state legislature to make them legal in that city and to reduce the speed limit throughout the town to 20 mph.  They claim that they have a speeding problem in San Francisco.  That is very surprising as traffic is constantly jammed, with traffic signals at almost every intersection, and it is tough to average 10 mph during most daylight and evening hours.  Clearly what they really want is to collect more money than they already do from vehicle drivers visiting the city.  San Francisco has so many expensive "progressive" social programs going on that they are always short of money and constantly need more and are willing to get it from every source that they can dream up.  And they see speed cameras as being another goose that lays golden eggs.  I sure hope that they fail in their effort.

I don't envy you Bill having to dodge those things while riding around your area.

[Arizoni]

If San Francisco does go to the speed camera's, they will be sadly disappointed with the results.
It's the company that supplies the cameras that makes all of the money.  The government will get very little of it.
 The pissed off people in Phoenix who rightfully or wrongly got cited by them, started the ball rolling to get rid of them but the fact that the government wasn't making any money off of them is the reason we got rid of them here.

[Richard230]

The city that I worked for installed red-light cameras at some 10 intersections.  A couple of years ago they canceled the contract and removed the cameras.  And you are right about the reason for doing so.  It was all about money and not safety.  After about 8 years they performed an audit and discovered that the cost of keeping the cameras in operation was much greater then the fines that they received for drivers running the lights when they were red. So away went the cameras - but they did leave the camera warning signs in place, which was likely about as effective at deterring red light runners as actually having the cameras issue tickets.