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Title: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 28, 2011, 02:07:17 am
I thought it might be interesting to let others know what happens on our other rides.

Most know that I bought a new Moto Guzzi Breva 750 this month and really like it.  Well, today it needed a tow to the dealer.  Here's what happened:

About 25 miles from home, heading to Mt. Rainier for a wonderous 200 mile ride, doing about 65mph in gorgeous weather, the Guzzi started to slow down, as if a brake was being applied.

It was.  After a lengthy wait for a tow truck and after a screaming siren Medic truck came to help (someone phoned in that a motorcyclist had crashed!) and a state patrol cruiser stopped by to say hi, the head tech quickly found that the rear brake lever had NO play in it.  

So the rear pads were in contact with the rotor.  They heated up and expanded as the brake fluid started to boil.  Good thing it didn't lock up!

It was the shop's goof for not finding it at the 650 mile check, BUT that's a type of thing I should be inspecting before each ride.  

Anyway, all is fine, and it won't cost me a dime, except for my time!   :D

Only ONE motorcyclist stopped to offer help.  He was riding a Harley.  Nice guy.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on August 28, 2011, 02:29:32 am
I'm glad you're alright prof.

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: single on August 28, 2011, 05:40:02 am
Annoying,no doubt.But,I gotta say,that Guzzy is lookin' GOOD.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on August 28, 2011, 05:21:48 pm
   
"What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?"

Bought a new starter solenoid and bendix for the Shovel Head.

 Ninety-three bucks out the door  ::)  still it's less money than the $1,500 it would cost to put a kicker on it.

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: elmagnifico on August 29, 2011, 01:54:57 am
What did I do to my non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?

I kicked it and told it how lousy it was compared to my Enfield. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 29, 2011, 05:13:51 am
I can see that I've got to go out and get another motorcycle so I can take part in this topic.  ;D

The problem is trying to find something with as much character as the RE.  :-\
 :D :D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 29, 2011, 09:55:25 am
   C'mon Ari - be serious. Only one choice....  8) ;)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RGT on August 29, 2011, 10:07:38 am
rode it, oiled the chain, and put it away.

Willw is that your bike? I do think Kawasaki has really captured the Brit styling well with that bike...I came across this last night from them that I would like to be able to add to the stable also: http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/mcy/2565866685.html
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 29, 2011, 11:04:10 am
I'm deliriously delighted to be able to say yes it is my bike. Kawasaki have got it spot on - they even built in a little bit of old style vibration - just enough so you know you're sitting astride an engine. :D
I'm off out on it right now for a blat round the coast - I just went online to check the weather (you have to in UK this year - summer's coming in little bits & pieces between the rain.... :()

Nice Enduro. Low mileage & cheap.

Currently a W650 on Craigs List -
http://wichita.craigslist.org/mcy/2568809486.html
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mikail gransee on August 29, 2011, 04:48:17 pm
I went on a ride with some of my "Sport Bike" riders on Sunday on my 'ole 360 and stopped for a BIG Washington Breakfast...and kicked ass up in the mountains.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 29, 2011, 04:51:32 pm
How do you find those? I searched Ebay and found nothing. Right now I'm so broke I can't even pay attention! The W650 and the Honda GB500 have been favorites of mine since they came out, with the Kaw being slightly ahead on my list.

As for my Non-RE bikes, my daughter is riding one of the Suzukis. The Yamaha and the other Suzuki just take up space in my garage. One of these days they will go.

Did the dealer install new brake pads? The disc may have overheated as well. Might want to have that Goose checked.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on August 29, 2011, 06:19:28 pm
rode the 56 matchless to the hospital this morning for routeen blood test  because the enfield is sitting flattired waiting for the new k81 (out of stock) i suppose i could have taken the 2000 ensield but i like to renew the gas in sitting in the carb on all the bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 29, 2011, 06:23:21 pm
The W650 is a beauty!  If Kawasaki were to bring the W800 to the US, I think most of us on this forum would consider getting one!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on August 29, 2011, 06:55:28 pm
Wished my Honda XR 200 was a Yamaha XT 250 or perhaps a 125.
 Don't get me wrong, the XR is a good machine I just miss the XT.

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: BigDon on August 29, 2011, 08:24:58 pm
The bright spot of my summer......

Took my DRZ to the high desert last month.....

(http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad25/slooodon/Moab%20and%20Ouray%20July%202011/MoabOuray072011098.jpg)

Then to the high passes of the Rockies

(http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad25/slooodon/Moab%20and%20Ouray%20July%202011/MoabOuray072011189.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Maturin on August 29, 2011, 08:32:56 pm
How do you find those? I searched Ebay and found nothing. Right now I'm so broke I can't even pay attention! The W650 and the Honda GB500 have been favorites of mine since they came out, with the Kaw being slightly ahead on my list.

The GB, or it´s tame incarnation XBR, is dirt cheap here in Germany. Big numbers have been sold, and obviously  they´re pretty tough beasts. Quite often there are mileages of 70000 km+, usually they going away for 500-800€. Many decent ones with much less mileage for below 1500€! That´s a temptation... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 29, 2011, 08:54:01 pm
Big Don  -  Nice! 
It amazed me last time I was over there how I could be sweltering in shirtsleeves in Monument Valley at noon, and piling on layers of clothes as I drove through snow up in the Rockies at evening. 
Stopped off at Ouray for food & sleep - great little place.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: BigDon on August 29, 2011, 09:17:43 pm
Yes that is an amazing part of the country.

If you get bored sometime there is a link in my signature that has some pretty good HD video of the trip.

Don
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 29, 2011, 10:05:07 pm
Thanks, I'll take a look.
 I've had a Drift HD clamped to the front of my bike for a while, but not very adept at editing just yet....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on August 30, 2011, 04:10:28 am
Nice DRZ, Big Don.  I've seriously considered the Super Moto version of it.  I think it would be the perfect commuting bike for the city.  I think they are amazing bang for the buck and seem like blasts to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RBHoge on August 30, 2011, 07:18:11 am


So the rear pads were in contact with the rotor.  They heated up and expanded as the brake fluid started to boil.  Good thing it didn't lock up!

It was the shop's goof for not finding it at the 650 mile check, BUT that's a type of thing I should be inspecting before each ride. 

Quote

Had a similar happening with my Royal Enfield!  I had replaced the standard Rear Brake rod nut with a "Rear Brake Rod Wing Nut" from CMW. Yes it is handy for quick adjustments, BUT...  The facility where I work held a picnic. As usual there was often a crowd of "sightseers gathered around the "Antique Motorcycle".  Evidently some cleaver Peckerwood decided that my brake was loose, and decided to keep me safe by horsing the Wing nut tight. In the first eight miles I noticed that the bike was a might sluggish. After twenty miles I noticed that I couldn't pull away from the traffic light.  I pushed the bike into a nearby parking lot and found the rear wheel was completely locked up and the hub was boiling hot.

The moral: BEWARE of the oglers and sightseers! many are Gremlins in disguise  8)
Also, get rid of those wing nuts. (thank God I haven't bought the wing nut for the oil filter. ::)





Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 30, 2011, 12:40:01 pm
rode the 56 matchless to the hospital this morning for routeen blood test  because the enfield is sitting flattired waiting for the new k81 (out of stock) i suppose i could have taken the 2000 ensield but i like to renew the gas in sitting in the carb on all the bikes.

   BoB-
   I've got a new 19X3.50 Cheng Shin I'll make ya a good deal on.
  Having a couple Enfields you can always use it.

                         I'll bring it to the rally...
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mikail gransee on August 30, 2011, 07:08:40 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACBORt4QQHM&feature=player_embedded

Heres an old one for ya.......before the MOWHAWK daz.....buwahahahhaahahahah! :o 8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on August 30, 2011, 11:49:56 pm
see you there mike  .bring it along. but i'll  most likely have the k81 on the  bike to get there,unless i have to take the triumph.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 31, 2011, 01:47:38 am
see you there mike  .bring it along. but i'll  most likely have the k81 on the  bike to get there,unless i have to take the triumph.

   Will you be bringing the "Support vehicle" and Mrs. BoB?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: TWinOKC on August 31, 2011, 04:45:04 am
I rode my Triumph T100 a little didn't do anything to it.

I have had it for a couple of months I like it.  I know there are faster, smoother, cheaper bikes out there but I am going thru my British bike phase in life right now.  I just wanted a little more power for those times when the wifey wants to ride.  I still enjoy the Enfield and plan to keep them both.  And yes willw the W650 is a nice bike but they are a little hard to find.



  
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 31, 2011, 09:26:22 am
As is that Triumph dear boy  -  very nice  8) :)  I know class & style when I see em.... ;)
Nice backdrop too..... ;D
  I was tempted myself, but I'd already fallen for the Dubbya, and I knew where to find one, and all those reports of how they just never go wrong (shhh  -  mustn't wake the gremlins :-X )

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Post by: bob bezin on August 31, 2011, 11:53:00 am
no support vehicle. just a little brass bell.
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Post by: baird4444 on August 31, 2011, 01:55:46 pm
no support vehicle. just a little brass bell.

   Ride Safe - see you there
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: BigDon on August 31, 2011, 04:54:43 pm
Nice DRZ, Big Don.  I've seriously considered the Super Moto version of it.  I think it would be the perfect commuting bike for the city.  I think they are amazing bang for the buck and seem like blasts to ride.


They are great bikes........IMHO a great counter point to my Bullet!

Geared correctly they are a hoot offroad...and geared another way guys race them in supermotard competion.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Leonard on August 31, 2011, 09:06:07 pm
I too have a Triumph T100, an '09 and I'm enjoying it very much.  Someone looking for a W650?  I just happen to have one, see:  http://wichita.craigslist.org/mcy/2568809486.html



I rode my Triumph T100 a little didn't do anything to it.

I have had it for a couple of months I like it.  I know there are faster, smoother, cheaper bikes out there but I am going thru my British bike phase in life right now.  I just wanted a little more power for those times when the wifey wants to ride.  I still enjoy the Enfield and plan to keep them both.  And yes willw the W650 is a nice bike but they are a little hard to find.



  
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bittercrick on September 01, 2011, 12:38:26 am
Changed oil in my old 78 wing 3250 miles never used a drop , well could've used one drop. wife and I rode it to Deadwood SD. for the Cool Deadwood Nites car show. over the weekend. Great fun riding in the Black Hills.  bittercrick
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: TWinOKC on September 01, 2011, 12:48:48 am
@Leonard that is a really nice W650.  How many miles on it?   If I had known about your bike I would have definitely given it a look.  Oh well I guess I will just have to make do with the C5 and Bonnie.   ;)

Terry

Just a thought-  you have a W650 and a Bonnie and you decided to sell the W650.   Hmmm     
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on September 01, 2011, 12:03:03 pm
i usually do this form in the early hours of the morning . so yesterday, i took out the 71 norton for a spin , it surprises me that it runs so well  after sitting there in the shed for so long . rode about twenty miles .just had to run some fresh gas thru the carbs.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 04, 2011, 05:16:48 am
After last week's aborted "brake"-down, I got it done right today with a 175 mile ride on the Guzzi Breva towards Mt. Rainer, after getting "lost" in Puyallup for a bit.  That mountain really looms large long before you get close.
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Guzzi-MtRainier.jpg)
The 744cc twin ran really sweet and got 55mpg for the tank. 

The Breva is great for long distance day rides.  This ride on the Enfield would have been mostly great except for the few freeway stretches heading uphill.  But the Breva has a better riding position and more comfy stock seat.  I would have been sore on the Bullet.

Tomorrow it is the Bullet's turn...

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Post by: barenekd on September 05, 2011, 06:02:48 pm
Did get to go up in a non RE airplane the other day. A friend who has a  Grumman Traveller wanted me to check a guy out in it.. So I as glad to accomodate him. Just couldn't turn that one down.
bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: olhogrider on September 05, 2011, 07:51:06 pm
Did get to go up in a non RE airplane the other day. A friend who has a  Grumman Traveller wanted me to check a guy out in it.. So I as glad to accomodate him. Just couldn't turn that one down.
bare

Nice! I once flew a Grumman Tiger from the Bay to Vegas and back. Same time and less fuel that a Cardinal RG. Very impressive little plane, that AA5.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on September 06, 2011, 03:08:36 am
After last week's aborted "brake"-down, I got it done right today with a 175 mile ride on the Guzzi Breva towards Mt. Rainer, after getting "lost" in Puyallup for a bit.  That mountain really looms large long before you get close.
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Guzzi-MtRainier.jpg)
The 744cc twin ran really sweet and got 55mpg for the tank. 

The Breva is great for long distance day rides.  This ride on the Enfield would have been mostly great except for the few freeway stretches heading uphill.  But the Breva has a better riding position and more comfy stock seat.  I would have been sore on the Bullet.

Tomorrow it is the Bullet's turn...



Looks like Eatonville in the pic.

Prof, when you find yourself in Tacoma or south of it, feel free to give a shout.
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Post by: mikail gransee on September 06, 2011, 04:49:56 pm
This is what went on on the county as a memorial to all the riders that went down/were hit by cars in August...there was a few... >:(http://youtu.be/05VA3MwjYA8 (http://youtu.be/05VA3MwjYA8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 06, 2011, 07:12:57 pm
Looks like Eatonville in the pic.

Prof, when you find yourself in Tacoma or south of it, feel free to give a shout.
Nope, it was near Orting.  A better day for riding would be hard to find.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 12, 2011, 01:42:09 am
No pix today, but I did a very nice 96 mile hot weather ride from Seattle to Ruston, which is really north Tacoma.  The ambient temperature gauge on the Guzzi showed as much as 86F and when near the water as low as 69F.  This bike is better than the Bullet in almost every way, but there is something about a thumper that is just so cool.

The mpg reading at fill-up was 60.  I need a tall cool one!   Where's that frosty beer emoticon?  ;D 





Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on September 19, 2011, 04:20:49 pm
took the matchless to a antique cycle event sun. the nub at the end of the throttle cable came off..super glued it back together but it would'nt go back together right so action was reversed  towards me =off away = on. weird but i got home. now i need to solder it on correctly.got to see a v8 flathead ford custom bike.and lots of other  unusual bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 25, 2011, 08:04:26 pm
Rode the Guzzi 44 miles and passed the 1000 mile mark.  The miles are easier to come by on the Guzzi than the C5, but both are fine bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on September 25, 2011, 11:38:18 pm
My Bullet is getting jealous.
The formerly 100% oil tight Shoved head has been doing all of the commuter duty lately.
Gave her a few adjustments.

Title: Painted some "Teef" on my sidecar rig....
Post by: MotoJ on September 28, 2011, 02:49:35 pm
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/BMW%20R80%207-Dnepr%20sidecar%20project/sidecar110.jpg)

This was my summer project, and my first ever sidecar rig. Never even drove one before i started building it. It was partially inspired by Uncle Ernie, RIP. I luckily was able
to correspond with him and get some sidecar advice before he passed.

The whole story is here:http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=713860
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AgentX on September 28, 2011, 03:19:23 pm
That looks awesome!  I've been dreaming of doing a tigershark on the tank of my upcoming project...since I'll never have that P40 I always wanted...
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: MotoJ on September 28, 2011, 03:32:10 pm
Thanks! The P40 Warhawk was just what i was thinking about. I'm not sure what kind of beast the teeth are meant to prepresent on the sidecar- a friend of mine pointed out
that sharks don't have tongues or pupils like I painted. I just think of it as the Hack Monster.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 28, 2011, 05:25:23 pm
The AVG in China was known as the Flying Tigers, a cat, not a Tiger Shark, a fish, that used the mouth as it's emblem along with a "Flying Tiger" on the side of the fuselage. P-40's official names were Hawks, Warhawks, Tomahawks, and Kittyhawks. There were mentions of a shark mouth paint job, but there was never any official or unofficial name or model of the P-40 as a Tiger Shark.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: MotoJ on September 28, 2011, 05:46:29 pm
The AVG in China was known as the Flying Tigers, a cat, not a Tiger Shark, a fish, that used the mouth as it's emblem along with a "Flying Tiger" on the side of the fuselage. P-40's official names were Hawks, Warhawks, Tomahawks, and Kittyhawks. There were mentions of a shark mouth paint job, but there was never any official or unofficial name or model of the P-40 as a Tiger Shark.
Bare

Thanks for the history lesson! I don't think either of us made that declaration, but it's good to know the specifics.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: jartist on September 28, 2011, 07:50:01 pm
I had to put the flying tiger graphics on my KLR because I always dreamed of being a fighter pilot and made models of the P-40 when I was a kid. Those pilots were brave and effective in China but I'm not sure how I feel about the whole illegally funded mercenary thing today. It's an interesting history lesson well worth looking up for an intertaining read.
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Post by: jartist on September 28, 2011, 07:51:36 pm
Great hack, BTW!!!
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Post by: MotoJ on September 28, 2011, 08:21:43 pm
Great hack, BTW!!!

Thanks very much!
teeth seem to have gone on all manner of military hardware. I guess it was the intimidation factor.

Here's the USS Torsk, in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It sank the last enemy vessel of WWII (by the US).

(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/Torsk.jpg)

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on September 28, 2011, 08:30:19 pm
Paint job looks great!  Wow... checked out your link... Really cool to see the project as you were working.  Looks like you were BUSY.  Finished product is fantastic.

The shark/tiger/monster face make me immitdiately think of the more modern, A-10 Warthog.

http://www.shutterpoint.com/photos/T/345758-A10-Warthog-and-Chaingun_view.jpg

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AgentX on September 29, 2011, 09:31:51 am
nevermind
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: MotoJ on October 02, 2011, 03:11:38 am
Had a great day today with the non-RE bike. I apinted the other side of the sidecar nose this morning:
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/BMW%20R80%207-Dnepr%20sidecar%20project/ModsvsRockers9-31-11003.jpg)
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/BMW%20R80%207-Dnepr%20sidecar%20project/ModsvsRockers9-31-11005.jpg)

Then, to dry the paint I drove it to the Charm City Mods Vs. Rockers event across town. Very fun, with loads of vintage bikes and scooters, a Pin-Up Girls pageant, live bands, and a judging contest with all different categories. I etered my rig in the Bits category- Bits of this, Bits ofThat. My first ever entry in a show- I got Runner-Up. It was a fun day, no doubt!
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/BMW%20R80%207-Dnepr%20sidecar%20project/ModsvsRockers9-31-11036.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: DavidMeermans on October 02, 2011, 10:08:49 pm
Installed new float valves and overflow hoses on my '76 Honda CB750F.  I put it away and will resume riding my '09 AVL daily to work.  It gets better mileage!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: olhogrider on October 05, 2011, 05:32:03 am
I trade my C5 plus $$ for a 2012 Bonneville. Don't know what I'll do with 3 times the power, smoother ride, 6 year TRANSFERABLE warranty. I still like nostalgic rides, but it must be a reliable motorcycle first. Later.

Dan
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AgentX on October 05, 2011, 06:55:08 am
I trade my C5 plus $$ for a 2012 Bonneville. Don't know what I'll do with 3 times the power, smoother ride, 6 year TRANSFERABLE warranty. I still like nostalgic rides, but it must be a reliable motorcycle first. Later.

Dan

Enjoy--my brother's Bonny is a pretty damned nice machine.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: TWinOKC on October 05, 2011, 07:14:33 pm
I trade my C5 plus $$ for a 2012 Bonneville. Don't know what I'll do with 3 times the power, smoother ride, 6 year TRANSFERABLE warranty. I still like nostalgic rides, but it must be a reliable motorcycle first. Later.

Dan

+1 I really like my Bonneville, it has all the British heritage that I like.  Planning to keep the C5 for Sunday rides.   I'm goin to miss you man!

Terry   :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on October 05, 2011, 07:53:38 pm
I trade my C5 plus $$ for a 2012 Bonneville. Don't know what I'll do with 3 times the power, smoother ride, 6 year TRANSFERABLE warranty. I still like nostalgic rides, but it must be a reliable motorcycle first. Later.

Dan

I swear to my wife that I'm going to do this whenever the gremlins strike.  They are nice machines.  But that damn thumper hears me and runs well for a week or so just clinging on to life.

6 year transferable?!?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: TWinOKC on October 05, 2011, 08:46:57 pm
6 year transferable?!?




Mine (2011) came with a 2 year unlimited mileage factory warranty.
Option to add 4 years for more $

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: olhogrider on October 06, 2011, 05:20:28 pm



Mine (2011) came with a 2 year unlimited mileage factory warranty.
Option to add 4 years for more $



Yep, for a few bucks more.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on October 12, 2011, 08:02:52 pm
A tale written several years ago about another Thumper I owned.

The frame is silver-grey, and I think it’s a stock color. The frame is a ’69 Atlas. I haven’t seen Classic Bike lately. I’ll have to check it out. Do you belong to FSSNOC? I did an article on this bike a couple of years ago for them. All the trials and tribulations I had getting it to work. (I bought the thing from a friend and it was a real mess.) I’ve gotten it pretty well sorted out but it still needs a little work. It’s rideable  but has an oil leak that need to be fixed; the countershaft seal.  In fact, I will send you a copy of it. There have been a lot of hours put into that beast since this was written. I’ve done several 250 mile rides on it and it has survived well.

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
by
BARE

   This Tale concerns a Nortless; aka "Morton" or "Lassie," (since it's such a beautiful dog.) that I recently acquired from a friend. It's a Norton featherbed frame with a Matchless G80 engine installed. I had ridden with the friend on a Norton Club ride a couple of years ago, he on the Nortless and I on a Triumph T100C.
   I fell in love with the Nortless and wanted to try it, but he wasn't letting anyone ride it. After the ride, the bike ended up in storage for a couple of years, then a few months ago my friend announced that he was going to sell it. I had to have it, so I pleaded with him to sell it to me instead of whomever he had in mind originally. He assured me that it ran good, didn't leak oil, started as well as any Limey thumper, and that it was great.
   I began to have some minor misgivings when I went to meet him to show him the way to my house. At every stop light the beast quit and he had to push start it! He's much younger than I! When we got to my place, he had to find something to lean it on, the sidestand having disappeared while it was in storage. As the non-leaking critter is depositing big puddles of oil in my driveway, I am finally going to get a chance to ride the thing. After trying to kick start the beast and it kicking back harder than I'm kicking it, we try pushing some more and after replacing a fouled plug, we finally get the thing going again. I get on and ride it down the street, the Grand Prix carb he has installed on this thing is so rich it's doing the eight-stroke, and not having any idle circuitry it was tough to keep running. The clutch is almost impossible to pull, but it is well balanced with the front brake lever which requires the same amount of effort and is attached to a Suzuki four leading shoe brake, that stops like maybe one shoe is making contact with an oily drum. The rear brake pedal has no return stop, so it requires at least four inches travel to begin any hint of retardation. The shift lever is mounted so low that to shift into first gear you actually have to push it forward instead of down. Thought you got me, huh? Everyone knows AMC gearboxes shift up for first, right? But this has the shifter on backwards for the rearsets, so first is down - or, in this case, forward. Anyway, as the Nortless shakes, rattles and rolls down the street, I'm beginning to see why the owner never let anyone ride it - this beast is dangerous! The seat is falling off - actually, it has already fallen off, he forgot the hardware to attach it. Oh, well, I've got it now, so let's make the best of the situation.
   First, let's, at least, get the critter to start. With the kickback, the advance mechanism must be stuck- yes, it is, Ok, fix that and check the timing - only ten degrees too far advanced! This is easy to get to, the points cover is behind the pipe, but the pipe is easy to remove since there is only one nut holding the whole exhaust assembly on. Got to figure out a better mount that won't screw the chrome or the powder coat job. Take that GP carb off and install an Amal concentric off a Shooting Star that was acquired from the bottom of the lake somewhere, and the carb along with the rest of the bike is just a glob of corrosion. OK, rebuild the carb and put it on. The Nortless actually starts quite nicely!! A couple of kicks and it's running! Hot- one kick! This is great!
   OK- let's adjust the chain - tighten up the axle. UH OH, the BSA wheel won't turn. disassemble the rear end, take the wheel apart, this thing has been put together wrong! The dust seals are where the bearings should be. Fix that.
   Well, if we're going to use some of the BSA parts (after all. it is a bitsa) we might as well change rear fenders, the one that's on there is too long and too narrow. The way it's mounted the whole thing is going to break off anyway. The fork covers are loose, so take the front end apart and tighten the screws- Oops- wrong screws, they are bottoming out in the holes before the covers get tight - new screws here. Work a bit on the front wheel brake adjustment, but the whole mechanism is still too stiff, gotta work on that sometime.
   The farther I get into this machine the more it reminds me of the model kits that you open up and the parts are all together making it look finished, but in reality nothing is together. The beast is a genuine rolling basket case. At least one advantage with it over a real basket case - most of the parts are there.
   Let's see what we can do about that stiff clutch. This should be easy, the dome on the primary case is cut off, exposing the clutch. I guess that gives it the racer look. Anyway, the springs are out in the open, so we can get this puppy apart real quick. Let's take a look at those plates. Wait a minute, these aren't even AMC plates! The innies go out, and the outies go in! except for two that are right. OK, are you supposed to put two metal plates together, or what? This strange assemblage of parts requires one extra plate - it's no wonder the clutch is so stiff. Let's find some proper plates. Better pull the primary case and see what the rest of the drive looks like. Well, not too bad except for the inch of mud in there. Find a new primary case.
   Pull the drain plug to change the oil in the trannie. I see why it didn't leak there. There was nothing in it to leak! Ok, fill the gearbox up with some new 90wt. Now, it leaks! This thing running out almost as fast as I put it in - I think I put the drain plug in, Yes I did. Oh, look at that. There are screws missing out of the cover and the ones that are still there are loose. Might as well take the cover off and see what the innards are like now. Not too bad, get it back together and seal it this time.
   Still need to find that side stand and seat hardware. I looked all over the country trying to find the side stand assembly, then found one at a local dealer. It's amazing where some of this stuff shows up.
   By the time I gathered all the parts, it was two months later, and I've missed some good rides. Not true, I didn't miss any rides, the GB performed marvelously, the Nortless missed the rides! We have one left on the coming weekend, so let's get the beast running again. Well, I kick and kick and kick some more, not even a pop! Try different plugs, not a pop. Put a battery into the circuit, still not a pop. The weekend has passed, the rides were taken on the always available GB, but still not a pop out of the Matchless. It's got fire, it's got gas, it's got compression - it oughta POP, fer chris' sakes! Wait a minute - does it have gas? Is this the same stuff I saw Charlie put in this thing two years ago? Well, it did work two months ago. I've got a gas can in the back of the truck. Let's try that. Two kicks, the damn thing started in TWO Kicks - a week late, though. There is a Norton Owner's Club meeting up, so I'll ride it up there.
   The day of the meeting I tried to share the same small piece of the universe with a blue Buick and got T-boned (I was riding my Suzuki VX800) and kinda got beat up, cracking a collar bone. It's also maybe gonna rain, so I decided the GB might be a better bet to take to the meeting since I was a lot more familiar with it. I was in no shape to be wrestling strange machinery. The Nortless lost out again.
   A BSA swap meet is coming up, maybe I can ride it to that. It was a delightful 65 mile ride to the swap meet, the bike performed flawlessly. The bike was the one of  the hits of the show. Riding home on the freeway, though, the delight ceased. Remember that one nut exhaust system? The nut left. The pipe left. 400 cars ran over it before I got to the side of the freeway. It was flat! (I'm not referring to the freeway, either)  To add insult to injury the throttle cable ferrule fell out. So I had to ride the next 50 miles with an open exhaust port blatting in my face, and controlling the throttle with the cable like reins to a hoss!
   While it's waiting for the new pipe, let's see about getting that tank attached so it doesn't bounce around and see if we can move the coil up under the tank instead of under the carb where gas pours quite liberally on it when the carb is tickled. This is interesting - the tank is supposed to be mounted by a leather strap that runs the length of the tank - a really neat looking setup. Only one thing wrong, the rear attachment is broken and nothing, except the fuel line, is holding the tank on! The rear attachment is held down by two springs attached to an aluminum plate that is held on by two nuts, one of which is gone. The tank is riding directly on the frame so I put some water hose around the frame tubes and reattach the springs. The tank doesn't rest on the rubber bumpers now, It's sitting directly the edge of the aluminum plate that the springs attach to. That ought to put a hole in the tank, post haste. Take the plate off and saw and sand about 3/16" off one side so the tank can clear it. In the meantime, let's mount that coil up top. Drill a couple of holes in the head steady and bolt it on. Oops, it hits the tank. Mount it on the bottom of the steady - that almost works. Get out the big hammer and pound a minor depression (i.e. a big dent) in the bottom of the tank to clear the coil. It fits now. And with the tank strap fixed, the tank doesn't bounce quite as much.
   The machine is getting to the point that  it will be a viable piece of transportation soon. It's interesting to compare it to my GB500. The Nortless vibrates a lot more, but the shaking is not particularly bothersome. The suspension and seat are much stiffer than the Honda, but the steering seems to have the same precision as the GB. I haven't had a chance to get into the canyons yet, but its time is coming. Overall, it just has a very crude and unrefined feel compared to the Honda. There is no comparison in power and engine performance. The GB probably has twice the horsepower of the Matchless, but the Nortless will still cruise at 70 mph with no problem. The Honda has done over 500 miles in a day. I doubt that I would want to ride the much stiffer Nortless that far. Considering that most of the English thumpers were designed in the '30s, the single has come a long way in the last 50 years or so! But rude, crude and socially unacceptable as the Nortless is - I love it!

A post script to that.
After those 250 mile rides, I was always wondering if I would make it home. The bike made it home every time, although I had to stop and fix it a couple of times, once a sunken float, and the other was some electrical glitch as I recall.
But, my body was killing me! That was one miserably uncomfortable bike! I'm not sure which one was worse, the Honda CBR929RR or this one.



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Post by: TCP on October 14, 2011, 09:49:57 pm
Received the proper tickler conversion kit for the AMAL 930 which will go on my '69 Bonnie when she's finished.
Put the other one in last week, and when I went to put in the second kit, I noticed that there was no weephole in the extension shaft.  "Hmmmm" I said.  "How is the fuel going to get out with no weeper?"  I called the supplier (Raber's Parts Mart - a great source for vintage triumph parts) and explained the issue.  We found out that the newer kits eliminated the weep hole for the tickler.  I'm glad I put the one with the hole in first.  I'm somewhat of a traditionalist, except that I was tired of getting gas on my thumb every time I went to start the bike.  The conversion kit should eliminate that issue.
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Post by: bittercrick on October 15, 2011, 04:00:32 am
I put new tires on my T100 Bonnie. I went with Avon road riders they only took a 1/2 ounce of weight each to balance .I ran her up to 100mph. and shes smooth as can be. probably won't put many miles on them now though as the weather is starting to change (ugh).  bittercrick
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Post by: prof_stack on October 17, 2011, 05:38:40 am
I went for a 50 mile ride on the Guzzi in the coolest temperatures of the season so far, in the low 50's.  Full gear is mandatory for warmth and protection (of course).  The Breva is such a joy to ride, and it is nice to be able to quickly squirt up to 75mph with lots of room for more.  And it doesn't weigh much more than the C5. 
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Post by: Alan LaRue on October 20, 2011, 04:51:23 am
Oops, wrong thread. Sorry. Is there no delete option?
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Post by: barenekd on October 20, 2011, 06:42:33 pm
I moved the GB-500 out into the open instead of sitting jammed back into a dark, dank corner of the garage turning into a barn find bike.
Now, I need to clean it up, the easy part, then I have to find all the parts that aren't on it somewhere out there!
Bare
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Post by: Sam Simons on October 20, 2011, 07:50:54 pm
 Installed the 'leftover' fenders from my RE500 Scrambler build onto my present project,a replica Husqvarna 450cc military motorcycle.
 11/6/11- Wheels laced,painted,tires mounted.
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Post by: bob bezin on October 23, 2011, 03:46:09 pm
took a 90 mile jaunt on the triumph.
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Post by: prof_stack on October 30, 2011, 01:05:31 am
After the C5 went sprag-clunking into the dealer I took the Guzzi for a 25 mile blast and rather enjoyed the comfortable and smooth riding twin.  If the weather holds on Sunday, I'll put some real miles on it.

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Post by: The Garbone on October 30, 2011, 08:54:40 pm
Purschased plugs, manifold gaskets, an air filter, tool bag, tools.

Tommorow I buy the $100 lift and some Metzeler 880 tires.   Or I could pay Harley $600 to put on some  Dunlops.   Oh, and if I brought my HD into the dealership for the 10k workover it would cost me $850.  So that and the cost of the tires would get me almost 40% the value of the bike... I just love math..
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Post by: Arizoni on October 31, 2011, 02:00:54 am
$600 for tires and $850 for a 10,000 mile tuneup?

One of these days someone's going to make a simple motorcycle that a person can work on.
You know, change tires or tweek a fuel setting or change a spark plug.
Maybe something more advanced like adjusting a chain and lubing it?

A motorcycle that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and isn't all covered in plastic panels?

Oh, wait.  I heard about some old fashioned British style motorcycle that is still being made and I've heard it might be available.....

Probably just a rumor.
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Post by: bob bezin on October 31, 2011, 03:47:59 pm
sounds too good to be true.
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Post by: prof_stack on October 31, 2011, 09:15:13 pm
sounds too good to be true.
Heh, you might be right about that!   ;)
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Post by: RGT on November 06, 2011, 11:21:39 am
Took it out for the first ride since getting my Fireballed Bullet on the road. Man this Sportster is a blast to grab the throttle on. I also put out a local ad to sell it, will be sad to see it go but it is easier to sell one of my bikes than bring two to our next posting, and the Bullet stays. I will get another bike, maybe even another Sportster at our next post to build, hoping I make enough selling this bike to pay for a  5 speed for my Bullet and leave enough to buy another project.... It sold in less than 24 hours on the local on-line free ad, guess that means I am in the market for a 5 speed gearbox for the Bullet
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Post by: jmiller_2308 on November 06, 2011, 12:51:27 pm
With gusts up to 40 mph the RE had to take a back seat to the heavier Victory Kingpin.  Nice ride down the river but it took 2 hours and a huge bowl of chili to warm up when I got back.

More wind today but I'm hoping to get a couple hours in on the RE today.
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Post by: The Garbone on November 06, 2011, 07:26:38 pm
Reinstalled my rims with my new Metzeler 880s on the sporty. New plugs and reconditioned and greased the wires..  Might take it for a quick spin later.  Actually the bike is very easy to work on.  Big bolts that don't strip and rubber mallet friendly.
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Post by: The Garbone on November 14, 2011, 02:51:13 am
Took our first 100+ mile spin to the beach..  

Stopped for breakfast at Dennys and backed into a spot.   All was fine until after the meal as I was waiting outside on the bench for my wife to come out of the restaurant.  Seems a blue hair did not think my bike was in the spot and started to whip right in.  I got up and started to wave my arms and got them to stop within a foot of my bike.   Oh damn,  I share the road with these folks..   ??? ???
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Post by: boggy on November 14, 2011, 02:19:24 pm
WHOA... TOO CLOSE!

I had my parking spot at work changed because my RE was between too large vehicles.  The spot looked empty... and when people pull into spots they tend to look at the cars on either side.  Now I'm on an end where I can put the bike to one side making it much more visible.

But you take that risk parking at Denny's, Garbone!  Next time, pack some road flares!  :D
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Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on November 14, 2011, 02:53:37 pm
Road Flares?

Loon pants for biking?  ::)
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Post by: Desi Bike on November 14, 2011, 03:23:14 pm
Well, flares and maybe winklepickers might be close to period correct for an enfield.. Haha.   I have a slight flare on a pair of jeans that quite often catch up on the foot peg when I come to a stop and stop my leg from going to the ground. When I park my bike in an open space between two vehicles I try to keep close to the centre and near the entrance of the spot to be seen.   Glad you were able to stop them before they parked on your bike.
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Post by: barenekd on November 14, 2011, 10:52:34 pm
Quote
Stopped for breakfast at Dennys and backed into a spot.   All was fine until after the meal as I was waiting outside on the bench for my wife to come out of the restaurant.  Seems a blue hair did not think my bike was in the spot and started to whip right in.  I got up and started to wave my arms and got them to stop within a foot of my bike.   Oh damn,  I share the road with these folks..

A worse place to park is behind someone. They will back right over your bike. A guy backed a truck into my GB500 in a bank parking lot. His bumper went over my fender and under the headlight and hit the plastic chrome Honda name tag between the two. I rode off later not realizing the bike had been hit, but it was having some weird steering difficulties. Very heavy and grabby. I managed to get it home and started to look at it to see what was going on.
The panel had been shoved back at was squishing the brake hose and binding the steering inputs. Really strange. I straightened the panel and it was fine again. It still has that bent panel on it, though.
Bare
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Post by: elwoodpdowd2 on November 21, 2011, 03:48:33 am
Friday, I rode a friends W650 the 30 miles round trip on the four lane to pay my oil heating bill. The sun was out but it was about 41 degrees and 55 mph. Not dressed for it at all.  Today, I took my Kymco People 150 out and about running errands at my preferred speed --25-40 mph on two lane back roads. What a difference an additional 26 degrees Fahrenheit makes. 
Probably would have been even better on a G5.    ;D

Happy Thanksgiving to all the folks here in the "States."  Belated "happy" Guy Fawkes Day to the folks in the UK. The connection is that I'm cooking the turkey this year. Hopefully, there will be no bonfire.  ::)

Be well all.
Best wishes.
Elwood
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Post by: bob bezin on November 24, 2011, 10:11:49 pm
today it was 52 degrees so i took out the 2004 triumph out for a 28 mile ride
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Post by: TCP on December 02, 2011, 01:44:07 pm
Wire wheeled another layer of crud off the second half of the '69 Bonnie engine.

The top side of the engine is now clean and shiny.

Time to pull it off the frame and finish cleaning all the unaccessible parts.

Then I can get down to the business of pulling off the front end, rear wheel, subframe and really get going on this project.

Caseman
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Post by: Sam Simons on December 26, 2011, 04:14:08 pm
 I finished  up all of the painting for the military Husqvarna 450 project.....
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Post by: TCP on December 26, 2011, 06:18:21 pm
The Husky parts look great.

Can't wait to see it all together.

Caseman
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Post by: bittercrick on December 26, 2011, 10:52:27 pm
Took my Triumph Adventurer for a buzz fun zoom zoom. he he    bittercrick
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Post by: Sam Simons on December 27, 2011, 12:48:17 am
 Thank you,TCP. The 'kicker' about this bike is that it isn't mine-YET ;D It's a chum's,who,because of other diversions (3 dragbikes,other street bikes,etc) didn't have the time (or capability) to do it as he wanted it to be.... I may wind up with it ; I have planted the 'seed'...He knows that I'm interested in it if
he decides to get rid of it.
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Post by: prof_stack on January 02, 2012, 12:54:29 am
I took the Guzzi for a 25-mile New Year's ride around the city.  It has been too long since I've had it out.  Great bike.
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Post by: Rick O'Shea on January 04, 2012, 12:43:51 am
Waxed it from one end to the other......and kickstarted it one kick in 6 degree weather.
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Post by: bob bezin on February 02, 2012, 09:32:01 pm
took the dead battery out of my new 1986  SRX 600 i brought home yesterday. and ordered a new one... now i have to take some pics so i can get collector plates. wooh wee i am pumped.
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Post by: baird4444 on February 03, 2012, 04:45:16 am
way to go BoB!!  ya gotta post some pics...

  spent the morn'in complete'n the install of of the bags
and backrest fer the wife....   been in the 50's, hoping
for a ride tomorrow.
          - Mike
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Post by: prof_stack on February 04, 2012, 01:09:14 am
I dropped off the Guzzi Breva at Moto International (#1 US dealer) here in Seattle for them to put heated grips on it.  55F tomorrow and clear.  It's RIDING TIME!
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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 01:02:23 am
Picked up my new long distance machine, a 2012 Concours 14 last Sat.
And sold my 2010 Ural sT today.
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Post by: prof_stack on February 05, 2012, 04:14:19 am
Picked up my new long distance machine, a 2012 Concours 14 last Sat.
And sold my 2010 Ural sT today.

Wow, the Concours is DEFINITELY a great highway hauler!  Were you happy or sad to see the Ural go?
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Post by: prof_stack on February 05, 2012, 04:21:57 am
After I rode the C5 for 45 miles, I picked up the Moto Guzzi Breva from the shop, now with heated grips and 5 level controller.  $160 installed.  Wow.  Then I went for a 20 mile jaunt as the sun went down along with the temperature.

Why did I wait so long to get heated grips?  These things are bloody awesome!  My legs and feet were getting cold, but the hands were warm and so my arms were warm, too.  Funny how that works. 

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/heatedgrips.jpg)

The 750 (baby) Breva is such a great machine!  Revving up the stock twin pipes is sure more exciting than the Bullet's anemic stock pipe.  The seating position and comfy stock seat make for a lot longer ride before the 60-year old back starts talking to me. 

Riding the Bullet for 45 miles today, I was a relaxed English gentleman putting and pooting around the city.  Riding the Breva, I lost 20 years of age and felt like a new man when I was done.

Coming out of hibernation (no riding, bad weather), these sensations can really be obvious. 

I WANNA RIDE!
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Post by: baird4444 on February 05, 2012, 04:40:06 am
Picked up my new long distance machine, a 2012 Concours 14 last Sat.
And sold my 2010 Ural sT today.

        1. how bout posting some pics...

         2. Are you still married??
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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 05:01:55 am
Were you happy or sad to see the Ural go?

I was kinda indifferent about it. Almost got killed on it and never warmed up to it after that.
I think everything that makes the Ural a great sidecar rig makes it a mediocre at best solo bike. The rear end is too stiff and it tended to oversteer going into corners.
The size of the tires was a handicap too as not much of any good tires would fit.
If I ever get another Ural it's going to have a sidecar on it. Not old enough for training wheels just yet though.
CJ

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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 05:16:19 am
        1. how bout posting some pics...

         2. Are you still married??

I'll see if I can get some pics of it tomorrow.

Am I still married ?  Things worked out real well. I bought the bike a couple of weeks ago and the day before I was supposed to go pick it up the wife called me to tell me she just bought a new sofa. The next day when I pulled up in front with the bike in a trailer she was standing in the open door with one of those WTF looks on her face.
I told her that if she could go buy a sofa I should be able to buy a bike at least.
Sounds about right eh? I mean fair is fair.
So shes pissed because I've been told to stay off bikes not because I bought it. Besides the way, by selling both the Trumps, the white Enfield, the Ural and a $250 rebate from Kawasaki I only had to come up with $1,250 bucks for the Concours.
Plus.... she did cap me at 7 bikes and I only own 3 right now so I just don't see the problem.
CJ








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Post by: GreenMachine on February 05, 2012, 03:40:43 pm
a well written perfect logic explanation :D..Yeah I'm starting to feel the same way about the three bikes in my garage .  I'm not there yet but have wonder if its time to to change up to something easier on my body.  .I 've read that the Concours is a great machine ...The comparision between it and the ural/enfield is like "where do u start"...Is the concurs a more standard riding position?  Can;t wait to read your thoughts as you put more miles on it..Good luck..GM
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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 05:40:16 pm
...The comparision between it and the ural/enfield is like "where do u start"...Is the concurs a more standard riding position? 

There is no comparison between the Ural/Enfield and the Concours. But I've always liked to be a bit different and in the circles I run in the Concours is about as different as one can get.  Kinda like riding the Enfield !
The riding position is almost like riding a standard motorcycle. Your butt's not up in the air and your chin's not on the tank. You do grip the tank with your legs like a sport bike but that's so that 153 HP don't make you slide right off the back.
Lotsa plastic,,,,



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Post by: 2bikebill on February 05, 2012, 06:09:00 pm
Streuth!  You better clear that with air traffic control before you let rip... :o
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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 08:14:11 pm
And here's one for the Professor.

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Post by: prof_stack on February 05, 2012, 09:27:00 pm
And here's one for the Professor.

Very nice. 

Yeah, the Connie would have to have the grip warmer built in.  You have one for the seat as well?  That would be nice to have on chilly days.  Plus, you have a windscreen to keep the steady blast off your torso.

I'm jealous!  But I did have an Electra-Glide for 14 years that got me up and down the left coast from Seattle to San Diego and over the Mojave desert.  The highway sleds are sure nice.
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Post by: bob bezin on February 05, 2012, 09:41:45 pm
very very nice.great long distance bike i bet we'll see it at steelville .will you still take an enfield to lanesborough?
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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 10:12:21 pm
Very nice. 

Yeah, the Connie would have to have the grip warmer built in.  You have one for the seat as well?  That would be nice to have on chilly days. 

No butt warmer on the Connie. I guess you have to go up a couple of levels to get that kind of goodies.
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Post by: t120rbullet on February 05, 2012, 10:19:04 pm
very very nice.great long distance bike i bet we'll see it at steelville .will you still take an enfield to lanesborough?

I'm probably going to take the Connie to both the rally's. It was nice taking the pickup to the rally's last year, more creature comforts, food and booze. But..... they are bike rally's.
CJ
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Post by: prof_stack on February 05, 2012, 11:17:20 pm
I rode the Guzzi Breva for 40 miles with hazy sunshine and temps in the low 50's.  The heated grips did their magic and all is good.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Garbone on March 12, 2012, 01:40:50 pm
Took the HD to work this morning for the first time since DST,  it was really dark.  About a mile from work took a fast left turn then I realised my headlight was out.   Flipped to Hi and still no light.   Pulled over, tail lamp was out, fuse.   Took the fuse from the turn signals and put it in the headlamp spot.  Light, sweet,  on Hi so switch to low and pop goes the fuse.   Uggg.. Take the brake light fuse and ride to work on Hi but a least I am visible.       Probably a rub on the bars or in the front of the harness.. Someone paid $8k+ for this thing new and its blowing fuses with just over 11k miles on the clock.  Looking at the one I replaced this is not the first time either.   Great.

Looks like its the sidecar rig for me the rest of the week.. 
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Post by: Ice on March 15, 2012, 12:21:51 am
Just looked them ( the non R.E.s) while the Bullet warmed up .
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 15, 2012, 01:44:16 am
I started to charge the batteries for the bullet and yamaha..I did put the fully charged battery in the mower and cut the back yard today....it crazy..I never cut grass in the middle of march....hit 80 today...took a 20 min spin and wrung out the 250 cc hyosung....Felt like summer and granson wnats me open the pool...Love too but reallly it's a bit wild to see summer mid march....I wonder if we'll have a blizzard in April....haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: scoTTy on March 15, 2012, 03:02:41 am
got a kikker 5150 200 cc..  got it running..  foot clutch.. suicide shifter..  fishtailed up my gravel driveway .. went through a mud hole , slung mud up my back... hit the road and the forward footpegs went south for a vacation.. forgot the blue locktite , which I also use on the RE...... so never got out of first gear..  really need to put a hand clutch on this little monster
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Post by: 2bikebill on March 15, 2012, 08:24:58 am
Started the 7500 mile maintenance schedule on the W650. Took off the swing arm to grease the bearings, more straightforward than I expected. There are roller bearings in there! Yet again I'm impressed. Valve clearances next - or shall I just leave that part.....it all sounds ok.......   ;)
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Post by: barenekd on March 15, 2012, 05:52:10 pm
Are the adjusters shimmed or are they screws?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 15, 2012, 06:33:00 pm
It's shims. I had a quick look at the service manual and put that particular job on the "delay until in the mood" pile.... :-\
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Post by: barenekd on March 16, 2012, 06:12:57 pm
Yeah, the shims hold the gap pretty well. Most manufacturers don't even recommend checking them until 12,000 miles. I have had to replace very few in the last 20 years.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 22, 2012, 10:46:37 pm
Every once and a while I get to thinking that although I have had no real problems with my Royal Enfield G5, if it ever does develop some major problem I'll be without a bike to ride until it's fixed.
That would be a real bummer!

With this in mind, I rode the RE up to the Triumph dealer today to look over the new Triumphs.

I was surprised that the cost of the Bonneville was only $2100 more than the base price for my G5 Deluxe.

I came to the conclusion that the Bonneville was just about what I would want to buy after noting that the next higher priced version was the Bonneville with a two tone paint job on the fuel tank and the addition of a tachometer.
For reasons that escape me, those two features added $1000 to the price tag.
The T100 was even higher priced than that. :(

The sales guy suggested that I take a test ride on one of their  Bonneville's so I thought "why not?".  It turned out to be the solid gold version and I think if I get one, that's the color I would go for.

I only put about 30 miles on it but that included riding on one of our freeways and I found that running it up to 80 mph was a no brainer.
Just a little twist of the throttle and a click thru the gears and before I knew it I was doing 85 mph. :)

I must say it certainly has a LOT more power and is much smoother than my RE.
The old "push on the butt" even in 5th gear with just a twist of the wrist was just like my old BMW K bike would do.
No vibration at any speed either.

This model weighs around 500 pounds and the extra 100 pounds of weight over my Royal Enfield does reduce the ease of making quick changes in direction if I'm comparing it to my RE.  It felt a bit sluggish although it was easy to handle.
This sounds a bit conflicting but you guys who have ridden one will know what I mean.

I even got a , "Nice Triumph!" from a guy in a pickup truck while I was getting on it at a local store.

As I was riding my G5 home I got to thinking about the Triumph and my RE.

The Triumph is a great bike and I may even go ahead and buy one but it doesn't seem to have the "character" of the G5.

If I do get a Bonnie, the RE will remain a part of my collection.  That's for sure. :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 22, 2012, 11:26:25 pm
for a second, I thought you were going to do something out of character -  buy the truimph and wave goodbye to your enfield... ::)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 23, 2012, 09:44:28 am
"....if it ever does develop some major problem I'll be without a bike to ride until it's fixed...."

This the reason I bought my W650 a year ago. The G5 was about to be collected by Watsonian for major repairs and I was going to be without a bike for I didn't know how long - just as a freak heat wave had begun in UK! The W800 had recently come out and taken my heart, but I just couldn't bring myself to take on that much credit card debt! When a W650 with only 1300 miles on it was put in front of me I was a goner. Bought it over the phone. It's now got 7500 miles under its belt, and is my ride of choice 9 times out of 10 - even if I've gone into the garage to take the Enfield out I often just can't resist getting on the W instead.
Do I still enjoy the Enfield? Yes I do, when I'm in the mood for a bit of a vintage evening ride. Would I set out on it for a three hundred mile trip? Not bloody likely!
Does the W650 have the character? Yes it does - tons of it! It's much more like an old Bonnie that a new Bonnie is - only properly made! And it gets as much interest as the Enfield does when I park it up...
If the Enfield hadn't been such a pain in the arse last year I would likely still be only dreaming about getting me a 650 twin, instead of having had the huge pleasure of actually thundering about on one all these months. Yet again good fortune comes disguised as bad..... ;)
I have to tell you - if one of em has to go...... but let's not even think about it .... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 23, 2012, 09:55:33 pm
  Some hours later.....

  -  I took the Enfield out for a jaunt this lovely spring afternoon, and as usual, fell for its charms all over again  -  big silly grin - you know the story..... ::) :D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Garbone on March 23, 2012, 11:39:06 pm
Well, since my HD is eating headlamp fuses and leaking from the front rocker box as well as needing a little bit richer main jet I went out to the garage and rolled it out. 

Without the Harley in there I had more room so I could work on building my 95 into a 535..   Now have the head and rockers all in place and torqued down.  Working on the external oil filter and once I am done with that the next big step is to put on my new drive sprocket and the primary back together.   Sweet.. 

Rolled the HD back into the garage when I was done for the day.  I really need to work on that thing.     
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Post by: Desi Bike on March 24, 2012, 08:33:30 pm
meh.  its a harley.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 25, 2012, 12:42:27 am
i took the srx out for a ride,about 20 miles of twisties ( thats all we have around here) but the thing has a current leak. by the time i get home the nutural light is very dim also the head light .so back on the charger  the battery measured 12.5volts and when connected and running it measured 14 or15 volts. the turn signals never worked. but man is it a blast to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on March 25, 2012, 11:56:19 pm
After a couple of months of iffy weather and my busy life, I said enough to chores and took the Guzzi out for 50 miles of cool fun in the 50F sun.  The 750 twin has a great vibe to it around 2.8k rpm, and up.  So glad its mine.

I miss the thumper riding more than some might imagine from my posts.  But for now the Breva is my two-wheel ticket to cycle-therapy.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: singhg5 on March 26, 2012, 12:26:17 am
Every once and a while I get to thinking that although I have had no real problems with my Royal Enfield G5, if it ever does develop some major problem I'll be without a bike to ride until it's fixed.
That would be a real bummer!

With this in mind, I rode the RE up to the Triumph dealer today to look over the new Triumphs.

I was surprised that the cost of the Bonneville was only $2100 more than the base price for my G5 Deluxe.

I came to the conclusion that the Bonneville was just about what I would want to buy after noting that the next higher priced version was the Bonneville with a two tone paint job on the fuel tank and the addition of a tachometer.
For reasons that escape me, those two features added $1000 to the price tag.
The T100 was even higher priced than that. :(

The sales guy suggested that I take a test ride on one of their  Bonneville's so I thought "why not?".  It turned out to be the solid gold version and I think if I get one, that's the color I would go for.

I only put about 30 miles on it but that included riding on one of our freeways and I found that running it up to 80 mph was a no brainer.
Just a little twist of the throttle and a click thru the gears and before I knew it I was doing 85 mph. :)

I must say it certainly has a LOT more power and is much smoother than my RE.
The old "push on the butt" even in 5th gear with just a twist of the wrist was just like my old BMW K bike would do.
No vibration at any speed either.

This model weighs around 500 pounds and the extra 100 pounds of weight over my Royal Enfield does reduce the ease of making quick changes in direction if I'm comparing it to my RE.  It felt a bit sluggish although it was easy to handle.
This sounds a bit conflicting but you guys who have ridden one will know what I mean.

I even got a , "Nice Triumph!" from a guy in a pickup truck while I was getting on it at a local store.

As I was riding my G5 home I got to thinking about the Triumph and my RE.

The Triumph is a great bike and I may even go ahead and buy one but it doesn't seem to have the "character" of the G5.

If I do get a Bonnie, the RE will remain a part of my collection.  That's for sure. :)

Thanks for the review and your experience on Triumph Bonneville.  

That is one bike which is always at the back of my mind, tempting me for a long time. I wanted to take one for a spin last summer but the dealer said they do not have a demo bike !  After reading your post, I am encouraged to find another dealer who has a spare bike.

Only complaint I have heard is that Bonneville's seat is not comfortable for long rides.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 26, 2012, 02:51:10 am
Removed my yamaha 1100  front auxillary ligth bar, front main light and steering  to get to the front metal cable harness ...I had to grind off a small edge with a dremel in order to facilitate fitting the fairing hardware...Everything back together and went for a spin...Still trying to determine where the front ringing sound I hear in all gears at approx the same higher  RPM'S....Doesn't do it  in neutral while giving it throttle..only when I  shift and goose it harder than normal....if i ride normally I don't hear it....It doesn't sound like it coming from the engine...Bike is a shaft drive. Been fiddling and don't sense its damgerous but curious to find out what it is.. ???
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 26, 2012, 05:25:06 am
Singhg5

I only rode the Bonnie for 30 minutes and I noticed the seat was fairly hard but not uncomfortable.

The one big fault I saw with the Standard Bonnie was the exhaust.

It was quieter than the exhaust on my BMW K bike.  That is to say, it was almost dead silent.

I mentioned this to the salesman and he said there were a lot of aftermarket silencers available and their mechanics could remap the computer for just about anything including a straight pipe.

I told him I wasn't interested in a straight pipe but I would like to at least hear those twin cylinders doing their thing.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RGT on March 31, 2012, 10:18:02 pm
Bought it (actually a friend back in the states bought it for me) an '83 XR 1000

I took my Bullet for its last ride in Fireball trim this evening, drained the oil, pulled the exhaust, carb, and fuel tank. Will pull the engine out of the frame tomorrow and reinstall the 350, will be sad to see it go but I am keeping the best part.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: jartist on March 31, 2012, 10:56:34 pm
While my G5 was in the shop for a time on warranty work I bought a '79 Vespa P200E to alleviate my withdrawals. Last weekend I joined in on an endurance scooter race and put on 396 miles in 7 hours and twenty minutes- three laps around the Salton Sea in southern California. FUN!!!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 01, 2012, 03:15:46 pm
sounds like a blast. 56 mph ave is great
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 08, 2012, 12:55:26 am
Today I rode about 70 miles in the (finally!) Spring weather in Seattle.  Wow, almost up to 60F.  The tank got 53mpg on fillup.  I am no longer trying to get ultimate gas mileage.  The Guzzi is more fun above 3k rpm than just toodling about.

It is SO nice to be on the freeway grooves at 70mph with no wiggle or wobble and plenty of power to accelerate.  I felt like a (somewhat more mature) 16-year old out there, goosing the throttle and listening to the twin pipes make heavenly music.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 08, 2012, 03:21:26 pm
changed the oil in the yamaha and Hyosung..Took both out and got then nice and hot...Temps are perfect for air cooled engines , mid 60's....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: TWinOKC on April 08, 2012, 03:59:44 pm
Arizoni,

I like your write up of the Triumph Bonneville.  I have owned my T100 for about a year now, mine has the two tone paint with spoke wheels and a tach.  I still have my C5 and plan to keep her for a very long time but the extra power and classic styling of the Bonnie make it a pleasure to own.

Singh- You are correct, the stock Bonnie seat is literally a pain in the butt!  I replaced the stock ironing board seat with a gel seat made by Triumph.  Like the RE, Triumph offers lots of aftermarket accessories.

Although there are some pretty good Triumph forums, they are not as good as this one (IMHO).   Kevin Mahoney is the greatest.  I really appreciate all the guys on this forum and have learned a lot about how to do simple repairs on my RE.   It really irritates me when guys come on this forum just to complain about their bikes or brag about how great their "other bike" is.    ;)     
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on April 08, 2012, 06:21:55 pm
Quote
I mentioned this to the salesman and he said there were a lot of aftermarket silencers available and their mechanics could remap the computer for just about anything including a straight pipe.

Did he happen to mention how much they cost? They're getting over $1000 for some of those mufflers. I paid $750 for the Thunderbike silencers(??) I had on my Scrambler. And the prices have gone up since then.They were way too loud. I think straight pipes would've been quieter. I like the idea of $62 to $200 for Enfield silencers.

Bare

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 09, 2012, 01:03:29 am
...

...  It really irritates me when guys come on this forum just to complain about their bikes or brag about how great their "other bike" is.    ;)     
+1
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: single on April 15, 2012, 05:03:19 pm
Yeah.Can't really keep up with the bigger bikes on the Patriot Guard missions,so decided to get out the ole' Virago 920 and get 'er going.Gave it to my son 8 0r so yrs ago and it has not moved since.Less than 11,000 miles on it.Cleaned the carbs,cleaned the brake m.c. and the calipers.Lubed the cables,chnged oil and on and on.Fired right up and ran well,brake system fine and not leaking and so on.These have a starter bendix that gradually eats away at itself until it is useless.Took all that apart and made it worse.Took apart again and put back as close as I could to the way itwas,have not tried it yet.When oil and filter are replaced one is supposed to disconnect an oil feed line to make sure oil is pumping.I kid you not,just like an iron barrel.And,obviously,the starter is a joke.No kick start to fall back on,either.So,still some similarities.Goofy looking thing,but it is a nice ride.And, it will cruise at whatever.
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Post by: The Garbone on April 15, 2012, 05:37:18 pm
I have been commuting on the HD for the past week because I put the fuel tank from my 07 on the 95 since it had gas in it as I drained the 95s tank when I replaced the petcock.     

Went to ride in to work this morning and the battery on the Harley is dead again.  The thing really hates my 4 mile commute.   I took it for a 30 mile ride on Tuesday so I thought it would be ok.     POS,  I am going to have to troublshoot the charging system or possibly an issue with the wire harness as it was eating fuses a week ago and the issue was in the main harness then also.      Will be getting a real battery tender this week for it.   Might as well have an electric bike for all the charging I have to do.

I wonder if the wife would mind a Triumph in the garage.  I think she is partial to the HD though.

Poured some lawnmower gas in the Hack and she started 2nd kick.  Took that to work.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 16, 2012, 01:35:49 am
I took the Guzzi on a great 70 mile ride and got 50.0 mpg on the fillup after some spirited riding.  Twin pipes at 7k rpm make really cool music!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: single on April 16, 2012, 11:20:27 am
I have always wanted a Guzzi.Partial to the 60's styling but like all of 'em.They have the engine turned the right way.Seems so obvious.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 16, 2012, 02:39:12 pm
new turn signals, headlight. fork seals and rectifier-regulator on the srx 6. rode it home from lacrosse..took the hilly curvey baclroads.loose gravel on some of  the curves keep me alert.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 16, 2012, 03:15:14 pm
Yeah.Can't really keep up with the bigger bikes on the Patriot Guard missions,so decided to get out the ole' Virago 920 and get 'er going.Gave it to my son 8 0r so yrs ago and it has not moved since....

Goofy looking thing,but it is a nice ride.And, it will cruise at whatever.

I always liked the 920 Virago, EXCEPT for the square headlight.   ;)
 
Yesterday I talked with the owner of one as we filled up our bikes.  He had his in great shape, cruising the mean streets of Seattle in the Magnolia district.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 16, 2012, 03:16:57 pm
I have always wanted a Guzzi.Partial to the 60's styling but like all of 'em.They have the engine turned the right way.Seems so obvious.
The V7 Classic is a nod in the direction of the 60's styling.  The design is timeless.  I test rode one before settling on the Breva with its more comfortable seating and riding position.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on April 16, 2012, 06:11:14 pm
I love the V7. I think it is one of the best "new" bikes out there, as far as design goes.  really slick.  I've heard the Bonnie is a better ride with a little more power, but I'm quite partial to that V7 styling.  I think it is very fairly priced too.

Starting to put my DRZ back together after that crash even though I cannot ride yet.  Of course the wrong levers came in the mail, but the new handlebars, bar-ends, and mirrors look nice.  The right grip was glued to the throttle sleeve so I have to order that now too.

The low beam light does not work which is an easy swap but the horn won't sound. I see a little spark when I press the button but no sound.  I'll have to dig in.

I was really looking forward to posting about RIDING in this thread.

Prof - I love reading about how much fun you are having on that Guzzi!  Sound like that bike was good fit for you.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: single on April 17, 2012, 11:57:15 am
I really like your Guzzi,proff.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 18, 2012, 03:39:20 am
I love the V7. I think it is one of the best "new" bikes out there, as far as design goes.  really slick.  I've heard the Bonnie is a better ride with a little more power, but I'm quite partial to that V7 styling.  I think it is very fairly priced too.

...

Prof - I love reading about how much fun you are having on that Guzzi!  Sound like that bike was good fit for you.
It IS a good fit for me.  It's not much heavier than the C5.  The dealer is 4 miles away (a plus for my not-wanting-to-do-much-wrenching attitude) and sells more MG than anyone in the states.  I was cautioned by Kevin M to not be too much a David-Downer about my C5 experience (some members wrote to him about it), so I'll just say that I really, really, really wanted to ride and love the RE, but it was not to be.  That's all I have to say about that.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on April 18, 2012, 04:20:05 am
 No worries mate. Most of us like just about everything with wheels and engine.
There are very few among us who are positioned to own and ride the variety of motorbikes we would like to and posts like yours let us enjoy other bikes vicariously.


Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on April 18, 2012, 08:02:06 pm
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The low beam light does not work which is an easy swap but the horn won't sound. I see a little spark when I press the button but no sound.  I'll have to dig in.

Are you aware that most horns have a screw to adjust them? Yours may have been tweaked to the right too far. The screw on the Enfield is a big white plastic knob that you need pliers to turn, but it makes a difference. Check your horn and see if you can find that elusive screw.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on April 18, 2012, 08:38:27 pm
Are you aware that most horns have a screw to adjust them?

This is news to me.  I will definitely check it out... thanks!

No worries mate. Most of us like just about everything with wheels and engine.
There are very few among us who are positioned to own and ride the variety of motorbikes we would like to and posts like yours let us enjoy other bikes vicariously.

Ditto.  This thread is great. Love reading about good people's experiences with other machines.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: single on April 19, 2012, 01:02:02 pm
Got the new front tire for the 920 yesterday .got that all back together, went for a short ride and fouled a plug.I think the revs were too low but will do some carb adjusting.This thing is way different to ride from Jolly.Just a matter of getting used to the thing,I guess.Boy that headlite is ugly.It seems to be almost chest high to me.The bike is actually pretty clean,but I am tempted to make some styling changes next winter'get rid of the wide screen tv and the nutsy handlebars and that crazed looking hdlite and................why in hell did I buy this thing.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: single on April 20, 2012, 03:38:47 pm
Weak spark on #2 plug.Will get new plugs,be surprised if it is not the coil,tho'.Plugs are only 10 yrs old.Coils are 30.Not trying to monopolize the thread...............
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 22, 2012, 10:13:19 pm
Turned a wrench on the HD today.   Installed the leads for a battery tender and fixed the front rocker leak.   It appears the last owner had replaced the paper gasket with a metal one but failed to clean off the mating surfaces.   Hmmmm.

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/thegarbone/2001%20HD%201200C/IMG_4848.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 23, 2012, 12:51:42 am
With such NICE WEATHER in the Seattle area today, with temps at a yearly (so far) high of 75F, it was mandatory to go riding today.

I put 135 miles on the baby Breva Guzzi and got 56mpg for the tank. 

This gorgeous ride took me to the Green Valley Road in Auburn and then through Black DIamond and the Green River gorge.  I checked out my Harley brothers in Cumberland, all riding in uniform of 3/8 helmet, jeans, black vest, and boots.  Most of them don't wave at my non-Harley mode of transporation.   ;)

After topping Tiger Mountain, the parking lot at Snoqualmie Falls had a boatload of motorcycles and some nice scenery.
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Moto%20Guzzi/SnoqualmieFalls04-22-2012.jpg)

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Moto%20Guzzi/BrevaatSnoqualmieFalls04-22-2012.jpg)

Most of the doo-rag wearing bikers are pretty nice when you talk to them.  When I tell them of my 14 years on an Electra-Hog, they respect my street-cred.  The Japanese builders sure try to copy HD in their cruiser lines.  Some are pretty good copies, probably for a lot less $$.

The weather was ideal for full gear and warm comfort.  The Breva purred like a kitten doing 30 or doing 75 (more growl at that speed, though  :D).
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Post by: Ice on April 23, 2012, 10:39:32 am
I needed to cover a couple hundred miles in short order so I rode my Shovel Head.
 Nice, familiar and comforting just like old times to be eating up miles of super slab astride my trusty old friend.

 A passing dual sport reminded me of the mobility and route limitations of road going only machines.

 Even if shod with the gnarliest of knobby's my cherished shovel will never be capable of traversing the terrain that my Bullet does.

It was still a good day.
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Post by: The Garbone on May 07, 2012, 12:17:00 am
After over 100 miles 2 up last week on  the HD decided some changes were needed.   Trolled ebay and found some cast off Road King rear shocks for $70.  Raised the rear of my Custom by 1.5" and now she sits more like a roadster.   I can still flat foot the bike at stops but just barely.   With 9lbs in the back it seems pretty stiff and we will have to give it a go 2up before I reduce it for softness.   Of course now I will have to invest in some progressive springs and heavier oil for the front as the stock setup is horrific.

Of the 10 miles with the new setup I have no concern about dragging pegs any more and was unable to bottom the rears out. Got a good clunk up front over a speed bump though.

Not the best photo.
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/thegarbone/2001%20HD%201200C/IMG_0151.jpg)

Tuesday I will be putting a 19" wheel on the front in trade for the 21" that is there now.  If I felt the need I imagine the bike would be a capable dual sportish type if I put a more aggressive tread on.  

I bought this bike to just ride,  told myself "eh, I will just leave it stock and ride it".  Well, that does not seem to be the case.
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Post by: single on May 07, 2012, 01:01:39 am
The Virago had a malfunctioning petcock.This let raw fuel into the rear cylinder thru the vacuum line that controls the ON setting for fuel flow from the tank.Now I just set it on PRIME and turn it to ON to shut it off.Plugged the manifold bung and the petcock bung.Now all automatic running devises are disconnected and/or plugged.Runs great.There is a lot to like about this bike.There is a lot not to like about this bike.
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Post by: prof_stack on May 07, 2012, 04:42:28 am
Today I took a 105 mile ride east of Seattle with temp's in the low 60's.  The tank fill-up showed 58mpg, not bad with me hanging with some buzzy and noisy 4-bangers.

The Breva now has 1550 miles and is becoming smoother at lower rpm's.  This Guzzi is fast becoming my favorite all-time bike, so light and nimble.  We'll see how the summer riding stacks up.

I visited my widowed mom with sister, and older brother (in town until tomorrow) and had some really great (from the garden) rhubarb pie with ice cream on top.  Some simple pleasures never go out of style.   :)

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Moto%20Guzzi/Breva_Prof.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: fzr400 on May 08, 2012, 05:47:48 am
wow you need to experience more cycles!
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Post by: prof_stack on May 08, 2012, 07:50:22 pm
wow you need to experience more cycles!
Over 40 years of riding has given me many experiences on many motorcycles.  Sizes from 90cc (Honda CL90) to 1340cc (Electra-Glide) to 984cc (Buell XB9S Lightning), and three thumpers (SR500, Blast, Bullet).
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: fzr400 on May 08, 2012, 11:25:56 pm
not bashing you just never heard any1 talk up a 750 breeze so much. im glad for you that its a great fit for you but just 1500 miles to conclude its the greatest bike ever? ;D

i know you didnt say that but darn.   they are cool but in my opinion only overpriced. i looked at them. 06 or so and 8k plus fee's? plenty of other good bikes to choose from at the time for that price.  i think a 500 RE was 4800$.

i like the v7 racer better then then thruxton. but for 10k no way for me.

i did to flogg a buell 9r and 12r on the street dealer was shocked when they came back missing their chicken strips.  but they were built for the average  rider with their stupid
geomotrey what was it like 82mm trail?  never had a bike shake its head so hard driving out of a corner.  their own the corners marking was a joke.

maybe some day i pick up a guzzi but i normally buy used. and were i live everybody thinks they have a rare super duper collector bike ::)
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Post by: prof_stack on May 09, 2012, 12:34:23 am
quote author=fzr400
Not bashing you, just never heard anyone talk up a 750 breeze so much. I'm glad for you that its a great fit for you, but just 1,500 miles to conclude its the greatest bike ever? ;D

I had two Guzzis before this one.  This one is the breeze (off the lake, cool that you know that!) for me, at least right now.  The power output is way plenty for me.  Heck, I might end my riding days on a 350cc scooter!   :D

I know you didnt say that but darn.   They are cool but, in my opinion only, overpriced. i looked at them. 06 or so and 8k plus fee's? plenty of other good bikes to choose from at the time for that price.  i think a 500 RE was 4800$.

Well, Moto International in Seattle gets new old stock Guzzis from defunct dealers and sells them cheap.  My new '05 Breva (bought last July), complete with 2-year transferable warranty, was $4990.  I agree with you that the MSRP is high.  My 2010 C5 was $6400.  I prefer air cooled bikes.

i like the v7 racer better then then thruxton. but for 10k no way for me.  Agreed.

i did to flog a buell 9r and 12r on the street dealer was shocked when they came back missing their chicken strips.  but they were built for the average  rider with their stupid
geometry' what was it, like, 82mm trail?  Never had a bike shake its head so hard driving out of a corner.  Their own the corners marking was a joke.

I loved the XB9S dearly, but it was flawed, as you say.  New tires took care of some of the cornerning craziness.  T-boning a Honda Civic on it was the end of my sport-bike love.

maybe some day i pick up a guzzi but i normally buy used. and were i live everybody thinks they have a rare super duper collector bike ::)

One bike at a time for me, although an electric bike might be my commuter soon.  This 60 year old body needs help going up Seattle's hills!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: fzr400 on May 09, 2012, 03:59:26 am
only 60? should have another 60  to go ;D
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Post by: Ice on May 10, 2012, 03:33:18 am
Rode my Shovel Head "with gusto" to ward off possible chicken striping.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RGT on May 10, 2012, 05:40:33 am
Been spending time going through the factory service manual, ordered a parts manual and some dirt track style tank and fender ala XR750 but with a larger capacity tank and tailight....been studying cams available for this engine(I think the stock cam may have conceded too much to idle quality, the epa, and noice concerns. But it seems like the few available options are all spec'd for high rpm usage( which seems contrary to a motor that is clearly at its best in the 6k and under range, why do I want a cam that pulls hard to over 7500rpm when the motor won't survive very long there or run worth crap below 4500?) besides that I am just chomping at the bit to get my hands on it in 22 days....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 20, 2012, 02:20:08 am
Wife and I went out for a ride...When I got home I decided to take apart the headlight of the yamaha apart to see if their was anything loose inside that might be associated with the ringing sound that I get around 65-70 mph or at higher  RPM's throughout the gears..Had the screw driver in my hand and then  my neighbor next door walkes over with a couple of beers to see what I was up too..Within two minutes he noticed that my two air horns were barely touching each other..Go figure, I probably looked at them 10 times while checking everything else for looseness, etc....Nothing like a second pair of eyes...That was it....No more ringing..It was driving me crazy the past 2 months./
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: MotoJ on June 06, 2012, 07:48:04 pm
I've been away for awhile. Got the hack bug last summer. This December I got a new project.
1956 IMZ M72m. A 750 flathead with a mighty 22 hp.

It was a yard ornament for a number of years. My first complete rebuild, from transmission to speedometer....
(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/Soviet%20sidecar%20rig/SovietRig1.jpg)
BEFORE

(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/Soviet%20sidecar%20rig/M72project525.jpg)
DURING

(http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a479/motoj/Soviet%20sidecar%20rig/1338240676478.jpg)
AFTER (still need to reattach sidecar!)
First start on Memorial Day.

See thread:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=768370
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on June 06, 2012, 08:03:09 pm
Wow. Looks really, really good MotoJ... Nice work!
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Post by: Sam Simons on June 08, 2012, 01:48:35 pm
I completed the tank modifications for the Husqvarna 450 military bike build.....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: MotoJ on June 08, 2012, 02:06:40 pm
Nice work, Sam!

Assuming that's MIG, may i ask what gauge wire you used, speed, etc? I have some sheet metal work to do. I think it's about 22 gauge metal. Is .25 wire OK?

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Post by: Sam Simons on June 09, 2012, 04:40:05 am
"...Assuming that's MIG, may i ask...."

I use .024", ER70S-6 , with my auto-feed off and set manually for a(slightly) higher feed rate of 40 ipm
 and  amperage for 20-22 ga material. Gas is the usual "75/25" of Ar/C02. Works consistently well for me....

Say,Motoj,that's a great looking IMZ-I've been following your story on ADV Rider. An old 'flattie' is the best type...
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Post by: MotoJ on June 09, 2012, 01:03:44 pm
Thanks Sam!

I've been sticking things together with a HF fluxcore for awhile. Good enough for repairing the wheelbarrow and such, but I recently bought a 220 Lincoln and I have a lot to learn.
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Post by: baird4444 on June 17, 2012, 04:17:22 pm
after a recent move from central Illinois to the western slopes of Colorado we are enjoying the ride with more than cornfields to look at. Yesterday we ventured out to find a high dessert plateau.
           - Mike
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Post by: BrashRooster on June 17, 2012, 11:13:32 pm
living in central Illinois I envy moving to Colorado.

 I looked at my 1982 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim and took inventory of things to do, remove forks install new seals, new rear shocks, inspect rear brakes, buy after market side panels and while painting them touch up the paint on the rest of the bike. I use John Deere safety green implement paint. Oh I think maybe I need to make a air box lid not sure though seem to run fine with it not on. Yup and then I have to fix the exhaust on my Cadi and the AC. Dang looks like the Maxim and Cadi is going to have to wait my priority is my getting my C5 some custom paint (WWII pinups or bomber girls) and a custom pedestrian slicer. 
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Post by: HRAB on June 21, 2012, 02:27:40 am
I rode from Minneapolis across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan's UP, Ontario,
To Lake George, NY. Spent a few days at Americade then rode down to Washington DC for three more days. Met up with the wife at Dulles Intl and rode to Gettesburg, PA for two days then dropped her back at Dulles. A pleasant ride across West Virginia then a little hot foot across OH, IN, IL, IA and MN home. 3700 moiles, 14 days (8 in the rain)

Blew out the fork seals on the IL interstate I-74 so a little TLC is in order before the August trip to Red Lodge, Montana.
jim
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: cyrusb on June 21, 2012, 08:29:46 pm
Took  my newly accquired Duc 750ssie to the Expressway and went Boooooooooooooo, Booooooooooooooooooo, Booooooooooooooooooooooooo. My god, what a bike.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: cyrusb on June 21, 2012, 09:12:38 pm
after a recent move from central Illinois to the western slopes of Colorado we are enjoying the ride with more than cornfields to look at. Yesterday we ventured out to find a high dessert plateau.
           - Mike
Wow that ride is huge! What is it?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on June 21, 2012, 09:44:46 pm
Took  my newly accquired Duc 750ssie to the Expressway and went Boooooooooooooo, Booooooooooooooooooo, Booooooooooooooooooooooooo. My god, what a bike.

What?!? Did I miss a post where you talked about this bike?  Picture please!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 21, 2012, 11:33:22 pm
He tried to be clever and slip it by us.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: cyrusb on June 21, 2012, 11:59:14 pm
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,14576.0.html That should be the thread. It's a riot switching to the right shift bullet, then back to the duck.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 22, 2012, 12:32:25 am
Something on your Duc is going Booooooooooooooooooooooooo?

Probably one of those plastic panels is loose and flapping in the breeze?   ;D
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Post by: Desi Bike on June 22, 2012, 02:33:56 am
Ghost in the machine....  :o
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Rob Vespa on June 22, 2012, 06:39:43 pm
I stared at an 83 Suzuki GS650 gathering dust.  It may be time to take pictures and sell it.  It's a nice bike, but doesn't have the same appeal as an Enfield.  Now that I've ridden a few "thumpers", other bike types don't interest me as much.  It may be a phase.
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Post by: barenekd on June 22, 2012, 07:02:22 pm
It's a phase that can last a lifetime!
Thumpers in my life, 250 Matchless, GoldStar, BSA 441, BSA B50MX, Indian Velocette 500, Yamaha SR500, Yamaha TT500, Yamaha Exciter 250, Honda XR100, Honda XR250R, Honda GB500,(Still here), Royal Enfield G5.
When I was racing motocross in the 60s and 70s in Oklahoma, my nickname was Valves, as I also had a couple of Triumph powered racers, too, a Cheney Triumph and  Grumph(Greeves Triumph). My friends there still call me that.
Bare
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Post by: baird4444 on June 24, 2012, 07:11:30 am
Wow that ride is huge! What is it?

SuzieQ Boulevard....   picked it up last fall for a song. Glad I did at this point cause the distances out here are farther and the inclines are steeper.
 This is the only thread that I've said much cause I kinda feel guilty about "moving on" .
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Post by: barenekd on June 25, 2012, 01:14:27 am
You'll be missed!
I rode a Suzi 650 a few years ago. The engine was delightful. Couldn't handle the styling though. I did check out those Ryca Cafe Racers. Kinda interesting, but too much of the cruiser styling sticks out.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: cyrusb on June 25, 2012, 01:25:23 am
SuzieQ Boulevard....   picked it up last fall for a song. Glad I did at this point cause the distances out here are farther and the inclines are steeper.
 This is the only thread that I've said much cause I kinda feel guilty about "moving on" .
Hey , you put your  time in, nothing to feel guilty about. Good luck, cyrus
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on June 25, 2012, 02:12:03 am
Glad to see you are still posting Baird - I think once you are an Enfield person, you always are.  These things make too much of an impact to just fade away.  Stick around - I know I might need some more help at some point!

Thanks. Boggy.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on June 25, 2012, 05:59:06 am
I'm gonna stick around a while...   I've been keep'n up with this for a long time. There's plenty of good help around here.
        - Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on July 03, 2012, 06:19:56 am
rode over Red Mountain Pass on 550 south; also known as the million Dollar Highway; to Silverton. My wife insisted we get there in time to see the train get in....
what a wonderful ride. At one of the scenic overlooks we stopped at on the return
trip she sez "we could never have done this on the Enfield..."
     every once in a while she might be right- Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Drifter on July 05, 2012, 06:16:25 pm
Nothing, to damn hot 100 degrees.  No global warming in the US this year....or last....or..... :o.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: motorat on July 05, 2012, 07:12:51 pm
replaced the sprockets and chain and replaced all brake pads on my vstrom650.
pads had a little life left but since i had the replacements and was already dirty i figured why not.
the chain and sprockets had 28457 miles on them.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: jartist on July 06, 2012, 06:19:48 am
Rode across the Sierra through Sonora pass to see Bodie ghost town and Mono lake. The Beemer did great but it's a little sedan-like. It was nice to have the power for loaded two-up climbs but I kept imagining Enfield noise from The engine to entertain myself. Next time I'll take the Enfield
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Post by: GreenMachine on July 06, 2012, 04:08:24 pm
jartist: You guys out west have spectacular scenery..Not shabby here, the Appalachians as beautiful but they are can't compare to the splendor of the Sierras...The BMW looks nice too.. GM
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: scoTTy on July 07, 2012, 01:57:56 am
worked on putting a hand brake on.... all it had was  a foot brake.. and with my artificial leg you gotta hold your mouth just right,, :o

my latest adventure, an olde man's trike(http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/poc/110928/307r1/071883k_27.jpeg)
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Post by: The_Rigger on July 07, 2012, 03:24:53 am
my latest adventure, an olde man's trike

I thought a triked GoldWing or Road Glide was "an olde man's trike"...
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Post by: scoTTy on July 07, 2012, 03:53:35 am
er welll... uh...  .. or something like that... it's a terrifying ride so far.. power steering..  I'll figure it out... you blink .. it moves
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Post by: The_Rigger on July 07, 2012, 06:33:43 pm
you blink .. it moves

Well then, I won't blink until you're ready.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 07, 2012, 11:11:26 pm
That sounds touchier than my Miata.
Move the steering wheel 3/8 of an inch and it's changing lanes,... right now!

I hope you have fun with your trike. :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: scoTTy on July 08, 2012, 03:27:53 am
Miata's are sweet..  I looked at them b4 buying this (http://automobiles.honda.com/images/2012/civic-coupe/configurations/base-cars/374x234/BK_ex_34FRONT.jpg)

  at 6'2" I barely fit the Honda..  in the Miata . I would be holding my head on sideways I feared
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 08, 2012, 05:06:04 am
Today I washed and waxed the painted and chromed surfaces and applied "Aerospace Protectant 303" to the assorted rubber and vinyl bits.

I never use high pressure water and usually end up giving it more of a sponge bath with distilled water than a drenched bath with (our hard) tap water.

Except for a small area where the paint is slightly chipped she looks like new. :)

Sorry:  Posted in the wrong forum.  :-[
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Post by: Arizoni on July 08, 2012, 06:23:53 am
Scotty:
It's too bad you didn't get one of these.  It would go well with a Royal Enfield.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/12/2012-morgan-3-wheeler-first-drive-review/

http://www.unfinishedman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Morgan-3-Wheeler.jpg
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: scoTTy on July 09, 2012, 06:07:41 am
oh that would be too much fun..  38 grand?  yikes..
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Post by: The Garbone on July 09, 2012, 03:10:45 pm
Very cool.   If only the sold a kit.

Now if I were a welder.........
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Post by: 1 Thump on July 09, 2012, 04:21:34 pm
Called this guy: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/3125671147.html
Now waiting.....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Garbone on July 09, 2012, 05:00:21 pm
Took the HD to work today.    Until I can get the head tightened on the 95 and a new chain and rear tire for the 07 it will have to do.   I may be able to make some time tonight but it looks like I will be on the Harley til Friday..  Mehhhhh...
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Post by: Sam Simons on July 17, 2012, 10:21:24 pm
....Finished the Bultaco 360 just in time for a friend wanting to display (and hopefully sell) it at Mid-Ohio later this week.....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on July 18, 2012, 01:23:51 am
Beautiful bike. I used to race those back in the 60s.
Ah, how may times do we get to hear that line! :-[
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on July 18, 2012, 01:39:01 am
Sam: The Bultaco looks great. I never rode one but they look like they be a fun bike to race on a dirt track.It looks brand new.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on July 18, 2012, 02:17:32 am
Good grief, that's a beautiful machine.  Nice work.  Looks incredible.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: BrashRooster on July 18, 2012, 03:36:21 am
I did nothing. I pretty much have done nothing to my non Royal Enfield every since I took possession of a 2011 C5 Military.  I plan to sell it to my cousin but first I am going to make sure he actually wants that bike not just any bike.  It is my 1982 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim and I hope he won't be cramped with its mid mount pegs. My little cousin is 6 foot tall and kinda stocky. This will be his first bike so I am wanting him to go riding on it with me on my C5 a few times before he makes any decisions. 
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Post by: Sam Simons on July 21, 2012, 01:16:15 am
"....The Bultaco looks great...."
Thanks all.It sold in just a few hours at Mid-Ohio VMD event today...... going to be with several other Buls in AZ. Now,I can get back to final assembly of the military Husqvarna project (then to the military JAWA CZ,
then to the....).
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Post by: scoTTy on July 21, 2012, 04:53:25 am
i love bultacos... got scars on my thigh to show it..  wheelies and 1/2 in 1966, backwards down a 10 ft drainage ditch..  bell bottoms were not my friend,, ::)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on July 22, 2012, 11:46:49 pm
Oil change and basic service on the Shovel Head.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 13, 2012, 05:48:58 am
Rode out with my babe to The Colorado National Monument last Friday. I hate to admit it but I'm doing a lot of rides that just wouldn't have been fun on the Enfield. I guess I'm no longer content
riding "The roads less traveled".
            -Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 14, 2012, 09:49:33 am
Rode my '75 CB550 to the mechanics for service, only to be met by his wife, who proceeded to tell me he wouldnt be able to work on it, since he crashed one of his bikes over the weekend and broke his collarbone. Ouch.
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Post by: Ice on August 15, 2012, 05:00:08 am
Flushed and changed the brake fluids.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Sam Simons on August 28, 2012, 03:20:25 pm
Finally located and installed proper looking fork gaiters for the Husky.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on August 29, 2012, 03:27:57 pm
Sam,
There are some very interesting (and olive) things in that garage.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Rob Vespa on September 01, 2012, 05:02:56 pm
What did I do with my non-Royal Enfield bikes today?  Yet again, thought about selling them.  Looking at bikes for sale has become a sort of hobby for me, but I always find myself looking at bikes that look very similar to the Enfield, whether it's a vintage BSA or a new Triumph Thruxton.  I've been thinking about getting a cruiser (like a vintage BMW airhead or the Triumph Speedmaster) for longer rides, which are something I'd like to do - All these stories I read about cross-country trips give me wanderlust.
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Post by: barenekd on September 01, 2012, 05:39:53 pm
Quote
All these stories I read about cross-country trips give me wanderlust.
Be adventurous, take the Enfield! One thing in life the Bullet will give you is patience!
Bare
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Post by: jartist on September 03, 2012, 03:56:40 am
I agree, take the bullet.  People ride them around the world and back.  I recently took my BMW K100RS on a two day trip to the Sierra mountains.  It was fast, smooth, and reliable.  I kept wishing I was on my bullet!  My head played the sound of my bullet over and over and the BMW was terrible on the dirt roads and I had to rev it up on steep curvy roads where my bullet would have just chugged up.   A month later I did almost the same trip on my bullet and loved every second.  It took longer but I saw more sights, took a few more breaks, and consequently met more interesting people.  When I got home I sold the Beemer.
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Post by: Rob Vespa on September 04, 2012, 03:14:21 am
Be adventurous, take the Enfield! One thing in life the Bullet will give you is patience!

I agree, take the bullet.  People ride them around the world and back.

Ha - Fair enough.  Thanks.  I may just need more time with it.  Love the bike, but I bought a used one that has issues and they're just now getting sorted out.  That said, it's the bike I keep coming back to and look forward to riding.  I'll search the forum and see what other people have done regarding upgrades - panniers, a rack, etc.  Truth be told, I have a (long) wish list of bikes I'd like to ride.
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Post by: ridgerunner on September 04, 2012, 03:23:37 am
Today I went on a dualsport ride on the old Beemer GS. Watched a V-Strom rider bottom his suspension so bad it knocked his helmet off! I think he coughed up his underwear tag at the next stop! I'll probably be sore for a week, but it sure was fun.
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Post by: Sam Simons on September 10, 2012, 05:32:58 am
Finished and tested the LED bulb conversion for the Husqvarna. These old 6V AC electrical systems are a real challenge to upgrade....40 watts doesn't go very far.....
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Post by: LarsBloodbeard on November 26, 2012, 09:49:24 pm
Finally located and installed proper looking fork gaiters for the Husky.

I'm in love with your garage, and everything in it.

I added a 450w motor & 24v/10Ah battery to my non-RE bike... not sure if that really counts though!  ;D
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Post by: jartist on November 27, 2012, 12:36:14 am
Looks good!  Where did you get the parts/kit?  My schedule is changing for the "more normal" and I'm thinking about taking up riding the bicycle to work but have some epic hills to traverse.  Motor/engine assist is seeming like a good option right now.
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Post by: LarsBloodbeard on November 27, 2012, 05:54:35 pm
I got the kit from Amazon for $300.  It's made by a company called Currie.  I see the Currie bikes around the University I work at all the time, so I figured it was a trustworthy enough brand.  I saw one towing a little trailer full of lumber the other day and that sealed the deal for me. 

One thing of note is that the motor and battery add a LOT of weight to the bike.  If you're a regular cyclist this probably would be a deal breaker.  For me I don't even notice until I pick up the bike.  Getting somewhere on a bicycle without arriving all sweaty is superb.  I like being on 2 wheels and feeling the breeze but I'm way out of shape, so this is great for me. 
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Post by: AgentX on November 28, 2012, 03:00:59 am
I'm way out of shape, so this is great for me.

If you're out of shape, take the motor off and sweat a little until you're back in it!  :)
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Post by: RGT on December 17, 2012, 06:52:43 pm
Rode it, only my 2nd ride on it, this pic is from my first ride last week. I have not been around here in a while but as this gets close to being done I am starting to look for a donor bike for my Fireball engine. And I was hugely rewarded by stumbling across Aniket's video of him running his 1000cc Musket, go team!
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Post by: boggy on December 18, 2012, 03:12:39 pm
Hey - Pretty cool XR.  What year and any plans for it?
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Post by: RGT on December 18, 2012, 04:13:10 pm
http://www.phillittleracing.com/motorcycle/sxr-street-tracker/45-art-coutures-xr1000-street-tracker going with this tank and fender set from Phil Little. I have put on some Progressive adjustable 14.25" rear shocks and I have an adjustable front end off of a newer Sportster Sport model to go on, I converted to alternator from generator, I replaced the big round tach and speedo with a Trail Tech Vapor unit ....lots of cleaning up to do, but at least with the exhaust, lights, and brakes it is rideable....
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Post by: boggy on December 18, 2012, 07:32:17 pm
Nice. That'll look great.  I love those Dirt Track / Street Tracker HDs... wish they'd do a production version. I feel like they'd do well with a younger crowd.  Not like the current XR which seems like merely a "nod" to the dirt track HDs.

Should be a cool project. 
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Post by: AgentX on December 19, 2012, 01:22:33 am
Cool--I think one of the essentials in the Little kit is the 19" rear wheel adapter.  Using the small rear wheel just doesn't cut it for the tracker look.  And the rearset pegs are a must, too.

Good luck and have fun with it.  Storz also has a big catalog for tracker conversions but it's way $$$ compared to the Little stuff.
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Post by: RGT on January 04, 2013, 08:51:44 pm
Looked for it, it will be a father daughter project so something to learn on for her...http://s849.beta.photobucket.com/user/RGT5/media/MXBrssls043_zpsedb5ecf0.jpg.html
http://s849.beta.photobucket.com/user/RGT5/media/MXBrssls058_zpsccf3cc21.jpg.html
http://s849.beta.photobucket.com/user/RGT5/media/MXBrssls051_zps6b21db6f.jpg.html
I really like the Motoconfort, its a '51 with 125cc 2 stroke, looks to be all there except the gas cap, really high price though. I think that Saolea would be too big and that Terrot would be too nice...the search continues. Might make the most sense to find her an old Bullet....
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Post by: RGT on February 21, 2013, 06:57:48 am
pretty much ready to go, I need to see why the front brake is no longer turning on the brake light and get insurance, registration, and an inspection....but if it warms up enough today I may take it around the block...
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Post by: boggy on February 21, 2013, 03:45:58 pm
RGT,
Looks good man!  Tank and seat are really nice.  Looks like a proper XR now.  If you can, snap a nice side-shot when you get it outside for the ride. 

Great job.
Boggy
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Post by: High On Octane on February 21, 2013, 03:58:01 pm
RGT - That's a sweet Harley!  Looks Bad Azz!  You'll have to let us know how it rides once you have it out on the road a few times.
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Post by: RGT on February 22, 2013, 12:55:15 pm
I keep thinking it will warm up and be nice but the flakes keep falling. It is probably better that I get local registration and insurance anyways...The few short rides I have taken have been fun, it comes on pretty good when you twist the throttle open. The front suspension felt pretty dead so I have installed some Progressive springs and new fork oil...I think Phil Little really captured the Harley XR dirt track look with these parts, as well he brought the tank capacity up to 3 gallons which will be much better for the street.(since I expect this thing will get well under half the mileage of my Bullet)
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Post by: boggy on February 22, 2013, 02:18:11 pm
OH yeah. That's my kind of Harley.  Seat and tank are fantastic.  I like the orange stripe on the wheels and those white-lettered tires.  And those bazookas must make quite a racket!
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Post by: Sam Simons on April 11, 2013, 08:40:04 pm
Took some long overdue pictures of the(finally) finished Husky 450.....
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Post by: boggy on April 11, 2013, 10:36:47 pm
Looks incredible Sam.  Amazing work.

Is that a spot light up front? Or a light that shines only on the ground to reduce the changes of being seen from afar?
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Post by: jartist on April 12, 2013, 03:33:49 pm
That thing is way cool!
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Post by: GreenMachine on April 12, 2013, 03:57:54 pm
Sam: Very nice indeed. Now I'm jealous..GM
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Post by: Sam Simons on April 12, 2013, 11:58:49 pm
Thanks for the compliments,all....This project was considerably different from the usual 'resto',because of the information research in addition to the quest for the correct parts. To make a long story short,this Husky IS NOT the genuine article;it is a 'composite replica' of the various Husqvarna military models produced from 1964 thru 1981. The 'composite replica' term means that this bike has many of the genuine military parts and features common to the MC256-258 series produced for various armies besides Sweden. The genuine mil-Huskys were all 250cc,and featured an auto trans mission for the use of skis.
I was fortunate in locating two great individuals,one in Finland,the other,Sweden,that were my source for both information and NOS pieces correct for the project.....

Boggy,the "marching lamp"(or blackout light) is merely for vehicle recognition when following another in convoy. The design of the lamp,the design of the small lens,will assist the rider/driver in maintaining a specific distance from the next vehicle,based upon what that lamp appears to be-i.e., one single source of light or two sources("dots"). The application/purpose is universal,regardless of the nation. I've attached a better view of the lamps for you
.Enjoy this :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_wVogooks4

I am amazed by the fact that 40+ years later,NOS mil. parts for these machines are still readily available and reasonably priced(obviously NOT within the borders of the USA,lol).I have another very similar project,same theme, for a 1965 Jawa 350.
Example:  http://databikes.com/imgs/a/b/m/i/l/jawa__250579_257a_six_days_1971_1_lgw.jpg

 Again,all of the NOS Mil-parts are available.....amazing.
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Post by: 72westie on April 17, 2013, 03:01:25 pm
I went down to Virginia on Sunday and picked up my new summer ride. 17 hours round trip. Left at 4 am from Ohio and got home at around 9 Sunday night. I think it was well worth the trip  :D

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Post by: High On Octane on April 17, 2013, 03:22:34 pm
Superhawks are super sweet!  Very fun bikes as long as you have enough road to open it up on.   ;)

Scottie
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Post by: GreenMachine on April 18, 2013, 02:04:20 am
That is a fine bike...Good luck with it...I tightened up about 10 spokes on the rear tire of the yamaha and took it for a ride...I currently have the rear bags off and want to repair the one buckle with a bit of stitching material.. Hate to loose it especially if a quick fix can prevent it..
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Post by: barenekd on April 18, 2013, 06:50:51 pm
I went out into the garage and looked at the GB500. Damn, I need to put that back together! I need something to ride!
Bare
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Post by: AgentX on April 19, 2013, 02:49:09 am
I went down to Virginia on Sunday and picked up my new summer ride. 17 hours round trip. Left at 4 am from Ohio and got home at around 9 Sunday night. I think it was well worth the trip  :D

Always had a soft spot for Superhawks...awesome bike!
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Post by: boggy on April 19, 2013, 05:03:29 pm
I went out into the garage and looked at the GB500. Damn, I need to put that back together! I need something to ride!
Bare

Yes you do.  I was looking at some online this week.  One of my favorites.  Please get to fixing it up - I want to buy it from you one day.
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Post by: barenekd on April 19, 2013, 10:18:33 pm
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I went down to Virginia on Sunday and picked up my new summer ride. 17 hours round trip. Left at 4 am from Ohio and got home at around 9 Sunday night. I think it was well worth the trip  :D

Cool bike. What kinda mileage did you get?
Bare
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Post by: bikesnob on April 24, 2013, 05:42:52 pm
I went out into the garage and looked at the GB500. Damn, I need to put that back together! I need something to ride!
Bare
Put the Honda together Bare, you probably wont be riding the new Cafe Racer in three to four months!
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Post by: barenekd on April 24, 2013, 07:22:14 pm
Yeah, Rub it in...Rub it in!!
Bare
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Post by: TWinOKC on April 24, 2013, 09:43:54 pm
I went out into the garage and looked at the GB500. Damn, I need to put that back together! I need something to ride!
Bare

+1 
Rumor has it, Jack has been seen riding with some Triumph guys.
You didn't hear it from me. ;) ;)
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Post by: barenekd on April 24, 2013, 10:30:36 pm
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Rumor has it, Jack has been seen riding with some Triumph guys.
You didn't hear it from me. ;) ;)

Well, I guess he has to ride with somebody! At least it's not the Hardly Ablesons!
Bare
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Post by: GreenMachine on April 24, 2013, 11:35:19 pm
Repaired that rear saddle bag buckle using a awl..Re-Installed both bags and went for a ride. It was a great day for a ride..
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Post by: baird4444 on April 26, 2013, 02:00:40 pm
First good ride of the year. 180 mile round trip to The Colorado National Monument
with SWMBO. Good time had by all....
         - Mike
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Post by: scoTTy on May 04, 2013, 02:27:24 am
wish this  http://www.gizmag.com/lazareth-wazuma-v8-quad/20931/

music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o
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Post by: mattsz on May 04, 2013, 12:38:16 pm
Sorry - looks like a fancified riding lawn mower to me...  but imagine how many lawns you could cut in a day!!!   :P
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Post by: barenekd on May 04, 2013, 08:16:18 pm
It has too many wheels whatever the hell it is. It won't qualify as a motorcycle, so it's gotta be a car. Don't think it would qualify as such in the states, though.
Bare
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 04, 2013, 09:13:18 pm
Well, I guess he has to ride with somebody! At least it's not the Hardly Ablesons!
Bare
You've got that right Bare ! Funny you should mention the Hardlies, The only bike that had to be loaded into the chase truck on the Beatty run was a brand new Hardly !
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Post by: barenekd on May 04, 2013, 09:31:17 pm
You know the old tale about Hardleys. 80% of them that were manufactured since 1990 are still on the road...The other 20% made it home!

Bare
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Post by: 1 Thump on May 05, 2013, 02:42:00 am
I went out into the garage and looked at the GB500. Damn, I need to put that back together! I need something to ride!
Bare

Just out of curiosity, what does your GB need ? I really dig the out of the box cafe look.
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Post by: single on May 07, 2013, 09:07:53 pm
I'm gonna cafe a cx500.Thing was free,purchase-wise.Nobody likes these,so they are probly purty good.Understand they run forever,that'd be ok.Last Honda I had was a 750 automatic,20+ years ago.Finally over that.
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Post by: boggy on May 07, 2013, 09:27:46 pm
I've seen quite a few cx500 customs, probably for the reason you described Bare. No one seemed to like them, so they come cheap and no one minds cutting one up.  I think they are really cool.  This street-tracker custom comes to mind:

http://www.moto-verso.co.uk/motorcycles/honda-cx500-street-trail-by-rive-gauche-kustoms/

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Post by: RGT on May 07, 2013, 09:39:49 pm
Hey come on now my Harley made it home the other day after riding it, but I did have to push it the last mile or two after the crankshaft snapped, here it is getting ready for surgery (http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab56/RGT5/DSC_0010_zpsea986990.jpg) (http://s849.photobucket.com/user/RGT5/media/DSC_0010_zpsea986990.jpg.html)
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Post by: RGT on May 07, 2013, 09:46:33 pm
and here lies the problem and the cure: (http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab56/RGT5/DSC_0015_zpsb538dc51.jpg) (http://s849.photobucket.com/user/RGT5/media/DSC_0015_zpsb538dc51.jpg.html)
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Post by: mattsz on May 07, 2013, 11:15:27 pm
I'm gonna cafe a cx500.Thing was free,purchase-wise.Nobody likes these,so they are probly purty good.Understand they run forever,that'd be ok.

That engine configuration seems to work for Moto-Guzzi.  Why doesn't anyone like the Honda?
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Post by: Arizoni on May 07, 2013, 11:44:40 pm
I can't speak for others but I thought my CX500 was a heavy, unresponsive, poor handling, poor braking, ugly machine with massive vibration that would put my hands to sleep within 15 minutes at highway speeds. 

On the plus side it was very dependable and easy to service.

I called it my Japaguzzi. :)
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Post by: mattsz on May 08, 2013, 12:47:04 am
Other than that Mrs. Lincoln...
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Post by: Arizoni on May 08, 2013, 01:50:44 am
The metallic purple paint coupled with the orange and red penstriping decals looked bad. :)
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Post by: High On Octane on May 08, 2013, 02:35:05 am
The metallic purple paint coupled with the orange and red penstriping decals looked bad. :)


Come on Jim!  Is against the rules to talk about paint and not post any pics.  Shame on you!    ;)

Scottie
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Post by: Arizoni on May 08, 2013, 05:04:49 am
Well, although I would if I could, I can't.
I bought that CX500 from a friend and rode it for about 4 years.  Then a guy making half of what I was being paid came riding into work on a Honda Goldwing.  :(
I looked at my CX and said to myself, "What the hell am I riding this thing for?  Gordy has a brand new bike and I have this old Honda that I don't like.  I need to fix this problem."  ::)

Within 2 weeks I had my brand new metallic blue 1987 BMW K-75T.  :D
 During negotiating the price of the Bimmer, every time I suggested trading in the CX the dealer would recalculate the total and it always ended up costing more than the price without a trade in.  Apparently the dealer didn't like the Honda CX any more than I did.
I ended up selling the CX to a guy for $300 just to get rid of it.  8)
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Post by: barenekd on May 18, 2013, 09:09:13 pm
Well, Fellas,
I guess it's time to fess up.
After waiting 4 months to go riding again, I couldn't stand it any more. I've been kinda looking for a replacement for the dear departed RE. I looked at Kawasaki 300s anda couple of cheap 250s, then started looking at the Moto Guzzi V7 Racer. Now that is a pretty good looking cafe racer. I took it out for a test ride and it worked quite nicely. Not overwhelmed with horsepower, bu more than adequate. And I didn't have to wait X more months. The credit union screwing around for a week to get me a 50% loan was long enough!
I finally got the Guzzi Thursday night, and went out for a 200 miler on Friday. Santiago Canyon, Live Oak, Antonio, Ortega, Clinton-Keith, Volcano, Carancho, Deluz. S-15 to cross the freeway, Rice Canyon, the site of my crash, ride down and back, caught the side roads up to Corona. Jumped on the freeway at Ontario down to Gypsum, the the side roads home.
My body was killing me and I was exhausted when I go home. Didn't know 4 months outta the saddle would deplete you that much!
The bike worked very well, but it definitely needs some adjustments, brake pedal, shifter, rear shocks and throttle lead the list! The seat was tolerable, I liked the postioning on my Enfield better. The rearsets were farther back and a bit lower. The Guzzi pegs are right where my legs wanna be when I put my feet down.
But it seems like it will fill the void. Not much soul to it, though! Maybe it will grow on me, but now it's just a really nice bike! Fast enough, handles pretty well, a bit slow in the steering department, but not nearly as bad as a Ducati 900SS. The rear shocks are set up as bad or worse than a G5, but at least it has a lot of available adjustments. A bit more top heavy than the Enfield, but not much heavier, probably within ten pounds.
45mpg of the high dollar stuff. I'm hoping with a minor throttle adjustment, that will go up appreciably.
But it is purty! That red anodized frame is fantastic! The number 7 is just stuck on top, so it should be quite easy to strip and put a more appropriate, and different, number on  there. Some of the other stickers are a real PITA.. and I hate all those damn things they put everywhere! I really don't need something tho tell me a motorsickle is dangerous and I could get killed.
So I guess I'll be semi departing this forum, but then I'd miss you guys. I have had a great time here. This forum is probably the friendliest, most personal one I've ever seen. I hope you've enjoyed my advise, screw ups and just general BS that I've offered you. I'm sure some of you are sick of me.
But, believe this, there definitely will still be a soft spot in my heart for you guys and REs. The bikes have definitely become #1 on my favorites list. The sales guy I got the Guzzi from started badmouthing REs, we had to have a chat. I think he got the message! They require less maintenance than the Guzzi does, you have to change 3 oil bins, adjust the valves, at least its a pushrod engine, so you don't have to screw with shims!
Anyway, I will be around to bug you a bit and it may even take awhile to get out of this daily routine here!
Bare
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Post by: DanB on May 18, 2013, 09:34:36 pm
Nice bike. Congrats bare and hope she does right for you. Lovin that chrome tank!
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Post by: mattsz on May 18, 2013, 11:42:31 pm
Bare - don't leave us!
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Post by: AussieDave on May 19, 2013, 04:10:20 am
that's a nice set of wheels man, nearly went for one of those myself before i saw the G5.  and thanks for a.lk your comments on this forum, your advice really helped when i got started.  happy travels man , and stay upright. D.
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 19, 2013, 04:25:35 pm
Wow..I was wondering if you were going to be able to wait all summer and even longer for the new cafe racer Enfield.....I figured  you just rough it out with your other bike.  You'll be miss and everyone appreciated your knowledge base.   Good luck with the new V7 and stay safe. GM
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Post by: barenekd on May 19, 2013, 07:40:38 pm
Thank you, guys, but I really haven't left yet, but right now I gotta go out in the garage and and make some adjustments on the other one!
Bare
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Post by: jartist on May 19, 2013, 08:19:07 pm
Nice goose!  My neighbor got one and he loves it and he used to play with old bonnevilles exclusivly.  I too, have been wandering!  Picked up a 1994 K75S for a song.  It's smooth and fast.  Totally different than the Enfield.  Not sure I like it well enough to part with the Enfield tho.  I know I'd miss it too much!

Keep hanging around Bare,  I've never met an exclusive Enfield rider.  Except maybe to make a disparaging comment about a Harley when it's owner isn't around  ;D
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Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2013, 01:40:33 am
Nice bike Bare!  Though not an Enfield, it is a sharp ride.  Congrats!

Scottie
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Post by: barenekd on May 20, 2013, 07:27:46 pm
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Picked up a 1994 K75S for a song.  It's smooth and fast.  Totally different than the Enfield.
I rode a K75 several years ago through some of our local twisties in the Bouquet Cyn neighborhood. It wasn't bad, A little slow steering, but probably my favorite BMW that I've ridden. Nothing to make me want to rush out and buy, though. Not "exclusively" enough, I guess. I kinda lean toward the stuff that everyone doesn't have. Like Yamaha Visions, 750 Triples and Fazers.
Bare
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Post by: Arizoni on May 20, 2013, 11:23:26 pm
I bought my 1987 K75T new and rode it for over 12 years.
Great bike even for long trips.  I rode it from Phoenix to San Fransisco more than a few times as well as riding it all over Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

It's counterbalanced 3 cylinder engine felt more like an electric motor with absolutely no vibration at any speed.
It did handle a bit heavy but no where near what the K1000 does and certainly better than any Hardly ever made.

If the knothead that changed lanes into me hadn't caused me to crash I probably would still have it. :)
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Post by: jartist on May 21, 2013, 01:39:58 am
I've been enjoying the BMW and I got it for the longer summer trips. It's surprising what it will do in a parking lot with the bike leaned over and the steering to full lock and keeping it up with the throttle and rear brake. I definitely find I have to plan ahead when steering through the twisties as it seems like it takes a second to respond to input compared to the enfield.  I just took my enfield out for a ride this afternoon and it's not leaving my stable anytime soon.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 24, 2013, 06:32:50 pm
Since I got the Goose a week ago, I've put 500 miles on it, about half and half twisties and freeways. It handles both quite well. After I got back from the first ride I adjusted it to my body and that made riding it much nicer, plus getting used to riding it has improved the relationship immensely. I had to adjust the mirrors, actually pretty nice ones that don't vibrate and I can see all around behind once I hit the right spot. I was thinking about bar ends, but the bolts in the Napoleons I have are too big for what's in the bars. I had to adjust the shifter and brake pedals, throttle cable, and figure out how to work the optional gauges in the speedo, the trip meter and clock. The odo and outside temp are the standard faces.  I am really beginning to enjoy the bike. The handling is quite nice and I can keep up quite a good speed in my usual canyons. I could have gone a bit faster on some of the Super Sport bikes with fat tires, but this was does quite well for what it is equipped with. 
I'm still working on perfecting the rear suspension  and I am really getting close with it. I wish it had about 1 more inch of travel, that 4" is just a tad short. But generally, it's pretty nice. I went down to the shop and got some valve cover gaskets and oil filters.
I've got a 600 mile check coming up next week. the guys at the shop are OK with me doing my  own maintenance, they just said to keep the receipts fro the oils and other essentials that I've used and keep it logged in the Owners manual. As an A&P, that's just a given. I've got to pick up some Mobil 1 V-Twin and gear oil today. Back to adjusting valves and changing 3 carriers of oil! Heading back to the old days! But the service intervals after that are 6200 miles. I can handle that.
I got 51mpg after 200 miles on the last tank of gas. It's getting better!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on May 24, 2013, 07:30:56 pm
I like that K, jartist.  Always liked the way they looked.  I want something for longer trips.

Bare, I kind of can't believe you went for the Guzzi!  Congrats.  Glad to hear you are back where you belong.  I sat on the standard V7 a few years back and was pretty impressed with it how it felt and looked.  With the power on, I think that bike has one of the nicest dashes on two wheels.  Really nice looking faces.  I've thought long about a street scrambler type set up on the V7 - cutting off some of the bulky fenders, lights, etc.  I think it'd be a great city-commuter.  Keep us updated on it, please.

You have to stick around.  You have to much info to disappear - We don't have quite as many mech-savvy individuals that we've had in the past here.  We can't afford to lose your brain.  Besides, you can't start hanging around the V-twin weirdos exclusively or you'll start drinking the kool-aid  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 24, 2013, 07:47:49 pm
Beins that I kinda like the Cafe Racer style, this one fit the bill. It's got all the stuff I had to put on the RE in the first place. I didn't want to do all that work again. It is a nice bike, although would have some doubts about the 'Racer' part! Horsepower isn't its forte, but its more than adequate.  I had to beat a Mustang and BMW out of the hole in a stoplight GP and it handled them well enough! It's got enough out of the hole, so they back off expecting some Superbike to blow them away. Works for me! On the other hand, 75 or 80 is easily maintained on the freeway.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 24, 2013, 11:07:13 pm
jusy came in the mail ... new  decompresion and throttle cables for my 1956 matchless . gonna put em on after supper
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on May 24, 2013, 11:10:43 pm
1956 matchless

 8)

Bare, what's up with the throttle on the Racer?  Feels unresponsive? Touchy? What are you doing to adjust it?  Also wondering how the V7 compares to the Thruxton, or did you only have a modern Triumph Scrambler?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 25, 2013, 07:14:05 pm
The throttle cable just didn't have any play in it. If I put my hand on the throttle to rest it, it would start revving. I just had to had take out about an 1/8" in the adjuster. No biggie.
The Thruxton is a much bigger, heavier bike. It has more power and gets miserable mileage. The Scrambler has the same chassis as the Thruxton, but the older ones like I had had a lot less horsepower. The Scrambler has a better seat.
Bare

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: noisymilk on May 25, 2013, 08:57:59 pm
Non Royal Enfield bike?

Heh!

I am storing my wife's uncle's Hyabusa for him. Took it out for a "warm it up, circulate the fluids, don't let it sit too long ride". Firstly, I've NEVER been on a sport bike before. And that bike is 10x more motorcycle than I will ever need. :)

Got on the highway. Was doing 70 mph at 4k rpm in 4th gear. Important to note, this bike redlines at 11k rpm, and still has two more gear. On a whim, I opened the throttle the slightest little bit, and was suddenly doing 95. In 4th. Wow.

Twitchy as hell trying to ride it on the street.

Didn't like it at all.

So that's my non-Enfield thing for today.

Be safe all.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 26, 2013, 12:07:59 am
IMO, those crotch rockets are pure craziness.

I'm totally against the idea of some governmental agency banning them or putting a lid on max acceleration or horsepower but I do wonder about selling these to kids.

I've heard the average time between buying one and crashing it for riders under the age of 21 is 6 months.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 26, 2013, 03:32:17 am
Busas are stupid sick.  Close to 200hp in stock form and will do 185mph all day long and get there from 0 in about 15 seconds.  I've seen videos of turbo Busas  doing well over 230mph.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 26, 2013, 11:22:27 pm
Quote
IMO, those crotch rockets are pure craziness. I'm totally against the idea of some governmental agency banning them or putting a lid on max acceleration or horsepower but I do wonder about selling these to kids.

But they are so much fun!
They actually do have a top speed limit put on them, 186 mph. Is that slow enough? But there are people that know how to override the limits, then they will do 200! The Europeans came up with the limit idea about 15 years ago.
What America needs is what the rest of the world has.  Limits by engine size and horsepower, and experience for beginners, regardless of age. It keeps kids from buying Hayabusas, or even Royal Enfields in most places. The beginner stuff can be down to 150 ccs, or sometimes less. They have license plates that signify their experience level. You have to generally be about 21 with a few years experience of working yourself up through the engine  before you can be elevated to the Super bike category. These limits vary by country, but most of them have some way to keep the carnage down!
My grandson, senior in high school just bought a CBR600. I tired to talk hm into a CBR250, or even an Enfield, but he had to have the 600. Since he lives in New Hampster, I wasn't close enough. At least he has have some dirt bike experience,and rides his dad's motorscooter, but I don't really think he's ready for a 150mph bike yet!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: jartist on May 27, 2013, 02:04:04 am
I hate government or anybody telling me what to do as much as the next person but the earned cc rated license make a lot of sense to me.

I really think that's why motorcycles are less condemned by European mothers than by their American counterparts.

It would never work with the harley only crowd. They'd have to bring out the harley hummer again!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 27, 2013, 09:34:28 pm
There are plenty of newbies on Hogs that make some pretty classy introductions to riding. They never make it out of the parking lot! Lots of that stuff on Utube. Funny stuff!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 28, 2013, 12:32:29 am
I agree with the cc license restrictions, it would save a lot of unnecessary accidents by inexperienced riders.  Reminds me of an incident the other day.  I was driving down Colfax on my way to work and this dip shit pulls up next to me at a stop light, wearing NOTHING but shorts, a t shirt with the sleeves cut off and tennis shoes.  NO helmet, NO gloves, NO EYE PROTECTION.  So this asshole is sitting at the light on his '05ish CBR1000R revving his motor, as I'm staring right at him for something bad to happen, he blips the throttle and dumps the clutch at the same, picks the front tire up 6" off the ground and STALLS IT!  I literally laughed out loud as I watched the bike come straight down and he almost dumps it on himself.  Effing idiots.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on May 28, 2013, 01:13:51 am
Not to worry Scottie.....
     these effing idiots have a knack for culling themselves out...
                 -  Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 30, 2013, 03:03:48 am
yesterday did a 100 milker up San Gabriel Canyon, east Fork and back down on GLendora Mountain. It was a beautiful day to be riding.
Today, I started doing my 600 mile check. I would've maybe gotten it done but the power was out at the house as the electric company was doing maintenance.
I had all my torque values on the computer and couldn't get to them so it took a lot longer than I thought. Gotta finish up with the oil changes tomorrow. I did get the head work finished though, valve clearances, plug gaps, and torque. And went down to get the oil.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on May 30, 2013, 03:40:31 pm
I wish I was off work yesterday Bare I could have joined you, after all you were in my back yard !!
Steve
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on May 30, 2013, 05:39:31 pm
I was thinking about you as I went up the hill.
My next three Fridays are shot too! That steam cleaning job I got out of a couple of weeks ago rears its ugly head again tomorrow. But after Father's Day things should open up again!
I am taking a putt down to the Huntington Beach car show Sunday. They get some really nice bikes in there. Usually a good assortment of old Scramblers.
Father's day, might take the ride down to San Pedro for the annual Father's Day party at Century Cycles.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on May 30, 2013, 06:49:34 pm
Maybe I will join you on Sunday, I'll give you a call
Steve
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 03, 2013, 04:00:26 am
The Three Bulleteers got together for a bit of a reunion after about 6 months of not riding. Unfortunately, we're out of Bullets. Jack got a Triumph Speed Triple after his RE was stolen, Steve (bike snob) got a Triumph Bonneville t100 after his RE wasn't adequate to take his girl friend out on rides, and I got the MotoGuzzi V7R after my crash. I've had enough Triumphs. time to move on. We got together at out normal meeting spot Saturday morning, that was after our previous meeting spot that Steve was familiar with was unreachable because of some police activity barricading of the neighborhood! At any rate, we gassed up and after a group hug, headed the Crest  or a quick run of Jack's Loop. I had to get home rather early for a dinner party my wife and I going to. It was getting hot quick down below and even still pretty warm in Wrightwood. There were warning signs around telling us about construction work on the road so beware of traffic holdups. Since we were, after all, the three Bulleteers, we weren't going to let anything like that ruin our day.
We went down N4 as it's a nice twisty road and since Jack and I hadn't been there yet on our new steeds, it would be a nice route to get rid of our wanker stripes. we had a good run down the hill, then it was across the high desert to the Palmdale area and back up the Mountain on Mt Emma Road.
It was getting pretty warm in the desert so going back up was a welcoming trip! We have a little rest stop where we run into Angeles Forest road that used to be adorned by a few thongs hanging in the trees! Since the last time I was up the items have apparently been retrieved!
We relieved and refilled ourselves and headed on over to Newcomb's Ranch via the Forest, Upper Big Tujunga, and Angeles Crest. There was a pretty good crowd at Newcomb's, and I found that the Guzzi bring almost as much attention as the REs! One guy was telling me about the group of Enfields that were up there a lot last year. Yeah, that were we! Steve and Jack had lunch consisting of gigantic burritos. They do have have some great pulled pork sliders there, but I passed, as hard as it was, as I had an early dinner coming. WE ahd a great ride heading back and got to scrape off more rubber, but when we got to Wightwood, it was getting HOT! We stopped for gas for Steve at the 138 just before we got on the I15.  Jack and I passed at that point. It was getting real hot, like 97o.
We beat it on down the hill and separating to go on our separate way. We never saw any road construction on the mountain, but I ran into a bunch of it that had the 15 down to two lanes for about 10 miles. Splitting lanes in 100 degree weather between essentially parked cars really SUX. Riding between hot cars really heats things up! Bad enough just being out in 100o weather, but cheated death again and got home, although my wife said I looked like I as going to pass out when I came it! I was really OK, but hot weather does me in.
Anyway I went to a car show this morning and then gassed up after 286 miles of riding, and got 56 mph.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on June 03, 2013, 06:52:49 pm
It was sure great riding with you and Jack again, what a great day it was, and the group hug......Priceless.
Steve.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 05, 2013, 08:41:16 pm
jack and I visited north San Diego county doing the Deluz, Rice Canyon, Palomar, Mesa Grande and Highland Road loop, then just freewayed it back home. I did 288 miles, He 286.
I did get the opportunity to ride his Street Triple. Amazing bike. It fits me well, everything was in the right spot, the handling impeccable, very fast. Nice bike! Far faster on all counts than my Goose.
But we have come to the conclusion that our bikes are no challenge to ride! They just go and don't bother you with anything. the Goose does get a lot of bystander attention, but that's as close as it gets to the Enfield. These bikes just don't really offer any challenges!  You have to challenge yourself as too how fast you want to go, so it's just up to you. the Enfield offered a lot more of it's own challenges and repaid you with the gratification of handling all it threw at you. Steep hills offered you a variety of options, when to shift down, how much to tuck to try to keep your speed up, a little drafting with your partner, the list goes on. Just the simple stuff on anything else, an an Enfield just adds to the enjoyment of the ride. When you get done it's total gratification and a lot more fun. Just keep the grins coming!
We did have fun on the new ones, but the Enfields are #1 in our minds. They just really do offer more smiles per mile than anything else. You guys who have them make us somewhat envious!
We also saw several cops on our route that got our attention on the new bikes that we would never have bothered looking at on the Enfield!
I dont' know that we would ever go back to the REs, because we have been there and done that, but it certainly evokes memories that will never be forgotten. some of my best motorcycling adventures and EPIC rides are due strictly to Enfields. They Rule! You guys don't know how lucky you are!
Forgot my camera yesterday! Sorry!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on June 05, 2013, 10:57:08 pm
Barenekd,  I appreciate  reading your ride posts.  I'm originally from Glendale in the SF valley ( now in Houston) and have ridden many of the roads you ride.  I love the Crest ride and wish I could get out there again to ride it.  Wife and I were out to the coast  last Dec/Jan.  We trucked our crusier out there and parked the truck in Canyon Country at a cousins house.  Then rode from Santa Monica to San Francisco on Highway 1, roundtrip.  9 days and 1100 miles.  Overnights in Buellton, San Simeon, Monterrey, and SF. Then on the way back, SF, San Simeon, and Ojai.  Rode across from Santa Maria along 166 to Cayuma and then 33 down to Ojai and over to Santa Clarita to Canyon Country.  Loved it.  Weather was cool in the 50's, clear, dry and sunny the entire trip.  Rock slide dealyed our ride through Big Sur for 4 hours. Made some friends while waiting for the road to clear.  Lunch at Lucia was perfect stop. 
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 06, 2013, 05:32:55 pm
Soounds like a great ride! I usually don't get that far outta town.I think probably the farthest I've been was Santa Maria. We did a Norton Club Iron Butt ride that went out that far. Up though Ojai on the 33 to the 166 to Santa Maria, then back down through Buellton and Solvang and Lake Cachuma and by Ojai and Ventura, then down through Mulholland and such. I did 530 miles that day on my GB500! It was a great ride!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on June 06, 2013, 07:33:02 pm
We ride a 2006 Suzuki Boulevard C50 (800c) cruiser.  In the last 3 years, we've been to Colorado Rockies, Sedona AZ, Big Bend TX, Key West Fl, and Colonial Mexico in the Guanajuato and San Miguel De Allende region.  We carry the bike in our truck bed and off load and ride, ride, ride...   
I bought the vintage RE to putter around town for Bike Nights, Vintage Rallys and short group rides with my buddies. 
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on June 06, 2013, 11:29:12 pm
Cannot believe you guys are parading around out there on non-Enfields!  The Guzzi and the Bonnie make sense, but Jack's new ride choice is blowing my mind!  No disrespect at all, those Triumph Triples are maybe the best reviewed sport bikes out there and I've heard nothing but the highest praise from owners.  Congrats on going for it!  Tell Jack to try and keep it under a ton, and to remember that California law states that a motorcycle must be ridden with TWO wheels on the ground.  No easy task on that wheelie-machine.

Do my eyes deceive me or is that in fact the STREET Triple (naked Daytona), as opposed to the bigger Speed Trip?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 07, 2013, 10:31:13 pm
Yes It's the Street Triple 675. He actually got it for less than I paid for the Guzzi.
It's an extreme blast to ride, but I got rid of my last Triumph because of it being too big a blast to ride and the cops seemed to be unappreciative. I had two Triumphs triples that made 50,000 miles. I guess i really liked them both. Jack's could fall into the same category with me! I do have to fear that once Jack gets used to riding it, he will get bored with the other two Bulleteers!
But anyone looking for a naked bike in the 600-750 class, I would heartily recommend it!
Bare
Some Bonnies are still being made in England, I think,. at least, my '96 Scrambler was.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 09, 2013, 10:55:06 pm
Well, Jack couldn't keep it under the ton! I'm sure he tried...bwaa  haa!
He told me he did it on a steep road several miles long that we could barely maintain 55 on the REs. He said he was doing 110 all the way up and that was just easy cruising! the Goose will maintain considerably higher than 55 on that road, too although I doubt that it would be anywhere very near 110. It is nice to have a bike that passing cars isn't an adventure in itself!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on June 09, 2013, 11:17:47 pm
How does the V7 torque feel?  Do you find your self short-shifting a bit when you are putting the go on, or does it seem to pull through to redline pretty well?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 12, 2013, 04:37:47 pm
It's a definite short shifter. It gets pretty buzzy at about 6 grand. The torque peak is in the 3200 RPM range so short shifting isn't a problem. It's got about the same horsepower as any good late '60s, early '70s twin. A Norton Commando will probably blow its doors off! It should hang with the BSAs and Triumphs of the day, though.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on June 13, 2013, 05:49:20 pm
Looking forward to riding with Bare and Jack on our non Royal Enfields tomorrow.
Steve
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 16, 2013, 10:16:35 pm
Friday we went on a big ride. I did 353 miles, but I have to ride farther to our meeting place. We started in Devore, where we all topped up, then went up the Crest though Wrightwood to N4, and As it was a bit cool and Jack and I had on very vented jackets we decided to go down N4 to the desert so we wouldn't have to endure freezing our butts off at 8000 feet. Steve was dressed a bit warmer, but he didn't argue the point. The ride down N4 was fun and I was really getting the feel of the bike as Jack was leading and I was just playing keep up! Going across the desert of Ft Tejon and back up Mt Emma to Angeles Forest wasn't to bad, then we went to Aliso Canyon, Soledad and Sand Canyon, the up Bouquet Canyon, across Spunky Canyon. Jack and Steve stopped in Happy Valley for some gas, then we went on and to Elizabeth Lake and to Lake Hughes up where last week's fire was. We definitely got to see a lot of burned out area although we were kinda on the backside of it. Lake Hughes Road to Lake Casitas was closed so we couldn't investigate any farther west. But the fire was coming down some hills on the South side of Lake Hughes and was within about a mile of the town! We ate at the Rock Inn where I usually get jalapeno poppers, but I went for their Chili Size and that chili was the Best! Then we went out and headed back down to Sand Canyon where I got gas.  I checked the mileage ended up with 59.8 mpg. I was expecting a lot worse as I was riding the Guzzi pretty hard! Jack lead us down through, Little Tujunga where I hung onto his taillight for about half way through, then he started to pull away so I didn't have him to follow and my skirt started blowing up in my face, so I slowed down a little. the heavier, slower steering than what I was used to started wearing on my upper back and shoulders! The Goose works one harder than the Bullet! Course, you get to go a lot faster,too! We rode to Sunland, then back up Lower Big Tujunga with me leading, to Angeles Forest to Mt Emma and back home the way we came.
It was a great ride, but I got home feeling a bit tired and sore, but we'll do it again later this week, I suppose. I get 54.5 on the return trip. It ain't a Bullet, but I guess I can survive with that!
I definitely got the bike broken in!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 17, 2013, 12:32:10 am
Sounds like the Guzzi is treating you good Bare.   I need to get my tires and alternator replaced so I can start taking epic trips again.  I've been limited to in town traveling and short country jaunts for the time being, but hopefully in the next couple weeks I can get those taken care of.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 17, 2013, 01:27:54 am
Sounds like you had fun bare. :)

You mentioned,
"We ate at the Rock Inn where I usually get jalapeno poppers, but I went for their Chili Size and that chili was the Best! Then we went out and headed back down to Sand Canyon where I got gas."

Did they tone down their chili? 
I've heard that after eating one of their Chili Sizes, most people get gas long before reaching Sand Canyon.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 17, 2013, 06:15:18 pm
I don't think it had been toned down, but I never had it before. It was a bit spicy, but in a totally good way. It wasn't draining my sinuses or making me teary eyed. No aftereffects.
It was just GOOOD!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on June 17, 2013, 06:32:59 pm
Hey, how does that Bonnie sound with the Arrow exhausts?  The Scrambler I heard with a 2 into 1 Arrow sounded absolutely fantastic.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 17, 2013, 06:39:24 pm
Rode down to the Century Cycles Father's Day Party in San Pedro. It was pretty disappointing. I didn't see any Enfields there and very little of anything else of interest. It  has kinda turned into a Hardley and Rat Bike deal. There were less than a dozen decent old Brit bikes there. There were a couple of Guzzi Eldorados there, but they left early. I guess they were as impressed as I was. Looks like another one to drop off the list.
I went to a bike night at Knowlwoods in Anaheim Hills Thursday night and they had some interesting stuff there, including a new C5 Military. The Guzzi got it's attention and a couple of guys even thought it as a restored original! A lot more interesting bikes there than at the Century Cycles deal!
Rather than eat at Knowlwoods rather pedestrian food there is a new Indian place down the parking lot a bit. It's set up like most Chinese carryouts with buffet style pan set up, unless you want Tandoori Chicken, which they cook to order. Anyway I had some Chicken Korma and a spinach side dish with a  salad and Garlic Naan. It was quite good, I'm sure there will be more trips there!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 17, 2013, 06:48:57 pm
Quote
Hey, how does that Bonnie sound with the Arrow exhausts?  The Scrambler I heard with a 2 into 1 Arrow sounded absolutely fantastic.

The Arrow stuff sounds great. Too bad it's so damn expensive! It's available for the Guzzi, too, but $1100 or so is too much. The Staintune's sound even better at that price. THey sound just like a Norton Commando on the Guzzi!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on June 18, 2013, 06:35:30 pm
Hey, how does that Bonnie sound with the Arrow exhausts?  The Scrambler I heard with a 2 into 1 Arrow sounded absolutely fantastic.
I love the Arrow Exhaust on the Bonnie and they sound pretty good, yes they are expensive, but hey, I'm Bikesnob.
Steve
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on June 22, 2013, 12:29:26 am
I went for a short run today up the 39 to the end, then East Fork to Glendora Mtn, Glendora Ridge to Mt Baldy, then down Mountain to the 210, 57 and home. 120 miles. The whole point of the ride was to hit the 2000 miles mark on the Goose. And to get some exercise for me and it. Or since last Friday, I've put over 700 miles on it. I think it's broken in! Average mileage 52.5. Best 59.8. Maintenance, other than changing oil and setting the valves, Nada!
Bare
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Post by: 1 Thump on June 24, 2013, 02:18:59 am
Rode home a stablemate for the bad boy bullet, a 2009 Aprilia Mana.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: jartist on June 24, 2013, 05:30:40 am
That mana looks like a sweet bike!  I saw that ad on cl before you posted it and I thought it was a good deal. I like to borrow my girlfriends twist and go scooter and I love how you just coast into a turn and then hammer the throttle through the curve  without worrying about what gear you're in.  I'll bet that aprilia is a blast!
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Post by: 1 Thump on June 24, 2013, 06:03:55 am
That mana looks like a sweet bike!  I saw that ad on cl before you posted it and I thought it was a good deal. I like to borrow my girlfriends twist and go scooter and I love how you just coast into a turn and then hammer the throttle through the curve  without worrying about what gear you're in.  I'll bet that aprilia is a blast!

Its certainly definitely very different. Fast, smooth, and convenient. When I first began researching it I wondered if I would use the shifter paddles. I found the idea very intriguing but on the over two hour ride home I rode in the touring mode, not even the sport mode. There really is no need for those shifter paddles.  It handles very different than the bullet though. .....at speed it has a tendency to self correct a lean..... Its going to take some time getting used to it......and the fact that nobody is going to ever ask me if it s a full restoration.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on July 07, 2013, 11:39:25 pm
I sat here watching Formula  1 and IndyCar races as my bike has a broken spark plug boot and Saturday's promised delivery failed to materialize! I missed my choice of a Guzzi Club meeting at the Rock Store or a Norton Club ride up the Crest. Totally irritating!
What happened to the good old days when you could get a Sparky for 59 cents just about anywhere and be on your way? Now it seems that there are about 400 different spark plug caps on the market for about every different make and model of everything. then different spark plug sizes have to be considered. And there is still some stuff floating around out there with those gawd awful carbon wires!
Bare
I love life and life loves me.
I'm as happy as I can be.
A happier man nowhere exits.
I think I'll go and slash my wrists!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Darvin Jahnke on July 08, 2013, 02:16:51 am
Replaced the plugs in one of the ironheads and took it for a short ride. Runs pretty good.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 08, 2013, 03:53:17 am
I feel your pain Bare  my bike was down for 3 weeks waiting on that damn crank seal.  Finally got the bike resembled today.  Got in a short ride back home and went back out a little later for a longer ride.  An hour into it I got this MASSIVE cramp in my inner right thigh.  I had to pull over in a Burger King like a mad man and jump off and throw it on the center stand and started dancIing like a crack head!  It hurt so bad, I had to relax for about 20 minutes before I could jump back on the bike.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 08, 2013, 05:21:58 am
Glad you got your cramp fixed and thanks for another good reason for having a side stand.

"When your leg cramps up and you need to get off the bike in a hurry, dropping the sidestand so the bike doesn't fall while you get off is a H of a lot better than having to deal with a centerstand. " :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on July 08, 2013, 07:46:08 pm
Being a short, wobbly old man, I couldn't count on being able to get off a bike without a stand. I gotta have a side stand to plant the bike before I get off. I can't get it onto a center while astride it. My legs are too short to do such a maneuver! I like center stands, but when the choice has to be made, I'll go with the side stand. I have a rear wheel stand that takes care of most of the enter stand duties, or a chassis stand if I need the front end off.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Darvin Jahnke on July 09, 2013, 02:26:31 am
Scottie J, Sorry to hear about your cramp but its good to know that I'm not the only one it happens to. I blame mine on old age. But then I blame a lot of things on age,like memory loss,bad hearing,eyesight etc. And I'm only 66.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on July 09, 2013, 03:06:28 am
Gosh, I get cramps now!  What'll I do in ten years when I'm an old fart like you guys?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on July 10, 2013, 06:07:07 pm
Since it's raining and work is quiet, I spent lunch pulling the Carter carb off the 1975 Sportster to rebuild.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Sam Simons on August 06, 2013, 05:37:54 pm
Well,I put one of them on the new trailer I built this past weekend.....
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Post by: boggy on August 06, 2013, 06:15:54 pm
That thing is AWESOME.  I want one.  Dig that RM too.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 06, 2013, 09:41:42 pm
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Gosh, I get cramps now!

A common cause of cramps is being dehydrated. Take water with you on a ride and drink it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on August 08, 2013, 07:40:12 pm
Nice vintage Suzuki
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on August 08, 2013, 08:06:11 pm
A common cause of cramps is being dehydrated. Take water with you on a ride and drink it!
Bare
I understand that, I was a Marine.  This is the kind when you lift your leg to first get on and your hip says "Please don't lift that high".
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 09, 2013, 12:07:51 am
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This is the kind when you lift your leg to first get on and your hip says "Please don't lift that high".

I think that's called Arthur-itis.
Mine does that but it's saying, "you're pants won't bend that far!" These hood jeans are really stiff!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 09, 2013, 12:17:44 am
Jack and I went on a little 200 miler today down into San Diego county on the Triumph  and Goose. Hit a few different roads and ended up at Harrah's Casino when we needed gas. We didn't actually go in, but we were there. It was a nice ride early, but did get a bit warm as we started home in the mid afternoon. It was 95 in Elsinore, but getting home on the cooler side of the LA basin it was down to 80.
I'll post a couple of pics tomorrow.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 09, 2013, 01:45:33 pm
Quick question.....  So, being that I have a Enfield Indian, can't I technically post in this category too?  I do technically own a Indian.  Just a curious thought.    :)  Either way, I need to get things dialed in so I can hit up Lookout Mountain.  My all-time favorite motorcycle road, about 10 miles of back-to-back-to-back switchbacks and twisties.  It's kind of an "underground" motorcycle spot where guys come and do time attacks and see if they can better their last time.  I never actually timed myself, but now that I have this cool app for my phone, not only can I do distance and timer, it will also do route tracking using Google Maps that I can upload to the computer!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on August 09, 2013, 02:35:28 pm
Quick question.....  So, being that I have a Enfield Indian, can't I technically post in this category too?  I do technically own a Indian...  Scottie
I vote no.  You'll upset all the H-Ds and Yamazukis.  Invariable, when parked next to an Enfield or Indian, they puke and won't run.
Dennis
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 09, 2013, 08:33:50 pm
Picture day from our ride yesterday. I look lumpy because I had a newspaper stuffed under my jacket as it was rather cool in the morning. I hadn't found a place to dump it yet. I did that at Harrah's
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on August 09, 2013, 08:49:52 pm
Nice!  Glad to see you two are still at it!  Thanks for the pics...
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Post by: Arizoni on August 10, 2013, 12:16:41 am
Ahh!  The old "newspaper stuck in the jacket" ploy eh?

The biggest problem with that is after removing the newspaper the jacket usually still looks puffed up.  Couldn't be the stuff under the shirt could it?  :-[
I once used the newspaper stuck into my pantslegs to try to keep the below freezing wind from freezing me.  That didn't work either.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 12, 2013, 08:01:45 pm
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Couldn't be the stuff under the shirt could it?

Soitainly Not!
Did go to Malibu yesterday with the BSA and ran some of the great roads over there. Went to a restaurant, Rustic Canyon Grocery and Grill on Sierra Creek and Kanan-Dume. I hadn't been there, it is a couple of miles from the Rock Store. They have a great pulled pork sandwich!
There was a '49 600cc Panther Thumper there. I followed him for awhile as the beast smoked its way done the road. I had to get by as I was getting fumigated. Later it quit with no compression. The way it as smoking I suspect he holed his piston and he ended up on the sweep trailer.
The Enfield belongs to a guy that leads the way on his Enfield quite well. He's tough to keep up with. Rides it well at 78 years old!
And then maybe one percent of the mob at the Rock Store. The place was packed. Didn't see any Enfields there, or other Guzzis for that matter.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on August 12, 2013, 08:15:52 pm
Bare, do you know the owner of that Kawa 300 and do you know how they have been liking it?  From what I've read it's as spirited as the carb'd 250's.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on August 13, 2013, 01:09:16 am
Nice, well used B5!  I see he's modified his side stand for less tilt, but he's also lost his swing arm pivot cover!  I wonder what his luggage-carrying arrangement is like?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 13, 2013, 09:54:34 pm
The swing arm pivot cover had fallen off right there. He put it in his pocket.
I talked to the guy with the Kwacker. He liked it real well! By all I've read they will definitely blow the doors off the 250s, as well they should. I looked at them before I bought the Guzzi, but I just couldn't see myself on a modern bike. Just not what I was looking for. If I wanted that I could've bought a Triumph 675 which will clean the Goose's plow. But wasn't what I was looking for either.  I guess I just like retro bikes even if they run like one! With a few modern conveniences, of course. I've had my old bikes and got tired of remembering what the good old days were really like! On the other hand I've definitely it's a lot more fun to ride a slow bike fast, than a fast bike slow. And you get a lot fewer tickets that way! I just don't feel the need to own 150+ mph motorcycles any more.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 14, 2013, 02:55:44 am
Took the BMW up to the top of Lookout Mountain after work.  I freaking love that road AND the bike!  The absolute funnest road I've ever ridden and it's a spectacular view at the top.  It's the very first mountain directly west of Denver.  From the to you can vote the ENTIRE Denver metro area.  But the ride to the top and back is the best, 6 miles of switchbacks and intermittent sweepers.  I've ridden it at least 40 times.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM00870_zps2bb79711.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM00870_zps2bb79711.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on August 14, 2013, 03:29:53 am
Nice !

 I get the feeling that just one doesn't do the view justice.  Do you have more pics of that ride to post in the photo gallery ?
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Post by: High On Octane on August 14, 2013, 03:40:15 am
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM00868_zps6ab67291.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM00868_zps6ab67291.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on August 14, 2013, 04:00:30 am
Tease.  ;)

 
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Post by: barenekd on August 14, 2013, 02:41:15 pm
Can't be upstaged by a Beemer!
This is also from Lookout, above Lake Elsinore
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 14, 2013, 06:31:37 pm
I'm with you, Bare...
this ain't lake Elsinore but it is my new ride....
          - Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on August 15, 2013, 12:03:21 am
Man, Bare, that thing is clean!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2013, 09:45:00 pm
Mike, that shot of the Valkyrie looks like some places I've seen around the Panamints.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 16, 2013, 01:40:17 am
Bare - There must be a Lookout Mountain in SoCal somewhere?  The one I ride is in Golden, CO.  You can see the Coors Brewery from there, among other things.  I have to be careful riding there at sunset tho, one time I almost hit an elk coming around a switchback and last time there were some deer standing on the side of the road.  Just adds to the excitement I guess.  :D

Man, Bare, that thing is clean!

It'd Better Be!  It's only like 3 months old!  LOL  ;)


Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 16, 2013, 03:07:46 am
Mike, that shot of the Valkyrie looks like some places I've seen around the Panamints.
Bare
that was taken just North of Silverton, Co on RT.550, also known
as "The Million Dollar Highway".
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 16, 2013, 04:02:21 am
Baird - We still need to get together for a ride.  Now that I have the Beemer I feel a little safer traveling out your way.  Buena Vista is exactly halfway between us.   ???

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on August 16, 2013, 04:15:46 am
Baird,
What's that Air Filter in your photo?  Looks cool, is it home made?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on August 16, 2013, 10:25:14 am
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Man, Bare, that thing is clean!

It'd Better Be!  It's only like 3 months old!  LOL  ;)

True, but that's like 3 years to the rest of us!  Well, to me anyway... ;)
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Post by: barenekd on August 16, 2013, 06:18:07 pm
If the truth be known, the picture as taken after I'd had it about 3 days! But it still looks pretty good after 4000 miles!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 16, 2013, 11:26:07 pm
Baird,
What's that Air Filter in your photo?  Looks cool, is it home made?
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do you mean on my online by my name?
That is the 1/2 open K&N, our host used to sell them,
haven't looked, they still might.
         - Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 16, 2013, 11:29:20 pm
Baird - We still need to get together for a ride.  Now that I have the Beemer I feel a little safer traveling out your way.  Buena Vista is exactly halfway between us.   ???
Scottie

well Crap!!  Today is my 4th straight day off, could made sumthing happen.
back to werk tomorrow, I think I have 2 days off next week....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on August 17, 2013, 03:56:31 am

do you mean on my online by my name?
That is the 1/2 open K&N, our host used to sell them,
haven't looked, they still might.
         - Mike


Thanks!
I just ordered a Canister from Ace, so I won't need it, but thought it looked good.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Sam Simons on August 18, 2013, 03:11:08 am
Washed it,then gave it the once over prior to removing all of the  road related pieces in prep for another project......These are neat little bikes,hellova cult following,I found out.
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Post by: barenekd on August 18, 2013, 04:12:58 am
Took the Goose up to the Lookout on Ortega highway with the guys and gals from Newport Italian. Twas a fun ride for the most part except where cages were holding up the show! Too many people on that road on weekends! It was about 100 degrees up there, but lunch and conversation were good so it was an entertaining afternoon!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 19, 2013, 01:47:57 am
Rode to the Mt Evans summit today, and got snowed on when I got to the top.  It was 87F in Denver when I set out at 11am.  It was a really good time.  On the way back down, I rode with a father and son on a pair of new Yamaha 250 supermotos.  We were getting pelted with sleet and snow on the way down from the summit, but we still rode aggressively and had a blast.

And FYI, Mt Evans is the Highest paved rode in the United States.  So Bare, you cannot POSSIBLY 1 up me on this one.  It's physically impossible!!!    ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/MtEvansSummit_zpsdf867505.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/MtEvansSummit_zpsdf867505.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on August 19, 2013, 02:26:07 am
Washed it,then gave it the once over prior to removing all of the  road related pieces in prep for another project......These are neat little bikes,hellova cult following,I found out.

The stuff parked around it is more interesting. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 1 Thump on August 19, 2013, 05:36:50 pm
I almost wrote off the Mana as a straight-line-only ride bike.....until I fixed my rookie moment: Put some air in the tires, and, boy can it lean. It has a nice flat patch in the middle of the rear tire, so new rear tire is in order. 
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Post by: rvcycleguy on August 19, 2013, 06:12:59 pm
Rode to the Mt Evans summit today, and got snowed on when I got to the top.  It was 87F in Denver when I set out at 11am.  It was a really good time.  On the way back down, I rode with a father and son on a pair of new Yamaha 250 supermotos.  We were getting pelted with sleet and snow on the way down from the summit, but we still rode aggressively and had a blast.

And FYI, Mt Evans is the Highest paved rode in the United States.  So Bare, you cannot POSSIBLY 1 up me on this one.  It's physically impossible!!!    ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/MtEvansSummit_zpsdf867505.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/MtEvansSummit_zpsdf867505.jpg.html)

Scottie

I will agree, that downhill run from Mt Evans summit down to Summit Lake and then on down to Echo Lake is a thrill.  Its what engine braking is all about for control.  Don't want to overuse your brakes and then find out you have none for the critical areas.  Had to stop outside of the park gate at the restaurant and gift shop for the " I rode Mt Evans" shirt commemorating the ride. 
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Post by: boggy on August 19, 2013, 06:21:10 pm
I rode with a father and son on a pair of new Yamaha 250 supermotos.
Scottie

Yamaha WR250X supermotos.  Great bikes.  Wheelie machines.  A little pricey but they have premium parts throughout.  Supermotos are good fun if you get a chance to hooligan around on one. Nothing better for urban assaults.  RIP to my DRZ400SM. 

Great pic Scottie.
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Post by: barenekd on August 21, 2013, 02:22:55 am
Just a quickie up to Crystal Lake with a couple of Guzzi group guys without any Guzzis. The restaurant is closed on Tuesday up there so we went over to Mt Baldy for lunch. Great day on on  San Gabriel Cyn, East Fork, Glendora Ridge Rd and Glendora Mtn roads. The poor old Guzzi just will not stay up with Triumph Street Triples and 1100 Beemers. Sure fun trying though!
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on August 21, 2013, 10:44:10 pm
Took a solo run to Newcomb's. Thought there would be some Guzziists headed up that way, but didn't run into any. Nice ride, got a bit warm on the way home. Had to stop by the vintage English Bike shop and pick up a Cat's Face for the Goose. I've got a fender eliminator and it needs a different taillight.
Some a-hole truck driver tried to drown me with a drink he tossed out the window as I was splitting lanes beside him, then honked at me as I finished passing him. I did get a chance to indicate I thought he was #1. Oh, the drink missed!
Bare
 
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GreenMachine on August 21, 2013, 10:54:21 pm
Bare: Seems everyday a adventure out in Sunshine Land..What would u had done if that drinks ruined that beauty of a machine?  Now that would had been a tale of woe... :o
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on August 22, 2013, 12:31:19 am
Some a-hole truck driver tried to drown me with a drink he tossed out the window as I was splitting lanes beside him

I'm riding with my GoPro camera 100% of the time.  If I have an uneventful commute, I just wipe the card.  But if something like that happened, I'd be sending a copy of the footage to the truck's owner (if it was commercial) or right to the Police.  And either way I'd put the video up on youtube with the driver's plate #.
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Post by: Norm on August 25, 2013, 11:04:59 pm
Today I rode 60 miles on the little CBR.  Tight corners are no sweat for a 360# single. 

Water-cooling is nice, my first bike with it.  The counter-balancer really smooth's out the ride for a (small) thumper.  I have to keep it above 3k for normal riding and above 4k for any passing power.  The 10k redline is ridiculous for a single.

The Honda has averaged 83 mpg since new.  I imagine the UCE's average around 70mpg.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 26, 2013, 06:22:22 pm
I looked at the Honda 250 and Kawasaki 300 after I crashed the Bullet. The Kawasaki fit me better than the Honda, but I just couldn't get myself to buy another Oriental bike. Just did'nt ant another of those soulless beasts! Don't get me wrong, they are great bikes, but rarely inspire passion. The Guzzi barely does!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on August 26, 2013, 11:15:21 pm
I looked at the Honda 250 and Kawasaki 300 after I crashed the Bullet. The Kawasaki fit me better than the Honda, but I just couldn't get myself to buy another Oriental bike. Just did'nt ant another of those soulless beasts! Don't get me wrong, they are great bikes, but rarely inspire passion. The Guzzi barely does!
Bare

I've found that the "soul" of a bike is created by my passion for it (like the CBR250R).  Sometimes, soul is strong in a bike which demands continual attention (like a classic Enfield).  Sometimes, soul is created by our mind telling us we are riding a popular or trendy bike (like a Sportster). 

I am attracted to the upcoming Cafe Racer model, or whatever it will be called.  That's why I'm attracted to this fine forum.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 27, 2013, 12:01:31 am
I somehow dodged rush hour traffic to and from work today.  Must have timed it just right.  A nice easy going day at work, PLUS pay day.  ;)  The coming home I scraped my toes for so long coming on a ramp I could smell the rubber burning on my shoe!  Then I hit the ton.  It was a great day!  :D

Scottie
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Post by: barenekd on August 28, 2013, 11:38:34 pm
Went to the Rainbow Oaks in Fallbrook for breakfast with the Euro Moto Breakfast Club made it down there just in time! Here as a good turnout with a wide diversity of Euro bikes. The most interesting one was a '48 Moto Guzzi Falcone complete with a Bologna slicer.  He showed up a bit late and left early while we were all eating, so I couldn't get a picture. another guy, Bill, just back from Bonnevile after setting a record on an 1100 Guzzi of 177 mph. After breakfast, they were going down to Santa Ysabel, but I passed as it was getting hot so I opted for Deluz and Ortega with some little backroads up to my house. It was only 9:30 and already getting into the 90s. It was a too warm ride home. I'm glad I didn't go with them, it would've been at least two more hours and a 100 degree, 100 mile run to the house! As it was, I got home at noon and was well ready to get inside.
Picture from the Rock Store guys a couple of weeks ago.
Bare
 
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Post by: mattsz on August 28, 2013, 11:41:50 pm
Awesome pic, Bare!  But, it's still too clean!  ;)
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Post by: The Garbone on August 29, 2013, 02:02:56 am
Last week on the way home from work something in the throttle linkage went wonky on the sporty.  Works fine but has a less positive return and a bit of play. 
So in the garage it sits as I have been riding the hack.  Much better.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 29, 2013, 05:43:47 am
Sounds like like your throttle cable stretched/frayed.  I'd take a peak at it.

Scottie
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Post by: The Garbone on August 29, 2013, 02:55:41 pm
Very much a possibility.  It has 2 throttle cables,  maybe one broke.  The good thing is if you go to the our local HD dealer and ask for the non chrome parts from the back prices are actually reasonable.      I bought pegs for under $10 when the chrome jobs on the floor were $50+.
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Post by: boggy on August 29, 2013, 03:44:22 pm
Great shot Bare. That Goose looks goood.  So shiny.  Good to see you wearing a full lid.
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Post by: barenekd on August 29, 2013, 05:37:41 pm
I usually always wore a full lid, Except back in the good old days when I usually wore nothing. Fortunately I survived the idiot years.
The full face ones just didn't  just didn't go with the Enfield! Smashed a few of them over the years, too! I can avow that they do save lives. I've already outlived three cats!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 29, 2013, 05:48:37 pm
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But, it's still too clean!

I guess the bike just doesn't show much dirt. I certainly haven't gone out of the way to keep it clean!
Just as an aside, I've deduced that the Enfield was more comfortable than the Goose. After 150 or so miles on the Goose, I tend to develop some aches. Never had any on the Bullet after 350 miles! Might have been tired, but not sore!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Buckeroo on August 30, 2013, 07:36:58 am
I went to lunch on a bike that doesn't create mayo on short trips.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 30, 2013, 02:01:12 pm
Put the Beamer to work yesterday!  This guy in a Volvo next to me kept jumping on the throttle like 4 stop lights in a row.  The last light we were both a 2 lane light for the entrance onto I-70.  He jumps on it again, I just rolled the throttle on and started shifting at 6500 RPMs.  I shift into 4th and check my shoulder right before the last curve, I put about a 100 yard spread between us and never saw him again.  :)   It's not that fast out of the hole, but it sure gets up to the ton no problem.  I haven't had enough road without traffic to see where it actually tops out at.  I'm guessing about 110.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on August 30, 2013, 07:22:55 pm
Yeah, I had a Mustang pulling that crap on me going down Imperial Highway. When we got down to a3 0r 4 mile section of "freeway" I had to show him a little of what a Goose can do. He had a V8 in the Mustang and I was really afraid he'd blow my doors off. But I rolled on just enough to beat him out of the hole and heard him really gunning it, so I rolled an a little more, then nailed it. I didn't have any more problems at the next light! The Goose must be somewhat quicker than I give it credit for!

Hey Gary, how's the boat treating you?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Dave1 on August 30, 2013, 09:35:03 pm
Changed the gearbox oil on my 2004 Bullet 65. Also changed the breather system to Ace's arrangement. Only to discover my bike might have blow-by. Time to take the top end a part.

Took my bike for a nice long ride today. Which was nice.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Ice on August 30, 2013, 09:37:48 pm
Changed the gearbox oil on my 2004 Bullet 65. Also changed the breather system to Ace's arrangement. Only to discover my bike might have blow-by. Time to take the top end a part.

Took my bike for a nice long ride today. Which was nice.

 Does yours have a round or flat dip stick ?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Dave1 on August 30, 2013, 09:48:27 pm
Mine has the flat dipstick. Push and twist. Not the screw in type. I have tried the first click position. But oil comes out. Which then goes down the gearbox casing and on my trials exhaust. I'm guessing that would also indicate blow-by?

Unless, what I call the first click position is in the wrong place?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Garbone on August 31, 2013, 03:43:51 am
Yeah, I had a Mustang pulling that crap on me going down Imperial Highway. When we got down to a3 0r 4 mile section of "freeway" I had to show him a little of what a Goose can do. He had a V8 in the Mustang and I was really afraid he'd blow my doors off. But I rolled on just enough to beat him out of the hole and heard him really gunning it, so I rolled an a little more, then nailed it. I didn't have any more problems at the next light! The Goose must be somewhat quicker than I give it credit for!

Hey Gary, how's the boat treating you?
Bare
Thanks for asking.
Love it, 
We are out of vacation for the year having spent all of it on the boat.  We go out at least every other weekend, mainly in the intercoastal waterway, I am just now getting to the point I am not totally clueless about handling the boat.   We have even taken it out into the Atlantic, the ocean is very big and makes you realize how small a 27 foot boat is.   It is good the wife is back to work because I have 10-footitis.  :P
 
Motorcycles are much less expensive, I just dropped $200 on repairs to my furling jib, next will be replacing some running rigging, installing a solar powered air vent then working on the standing rigging and I also got some dinghy leaks to fix and on and on and on.......
 
Still love my Enfields. I think I found one of the only hobbies that requires more fiddling,  takes some skill to do that.   8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 01, 2013, 02:24:22 am
Got the Beamer all packed up and ready to leave in the morning for the camping trip with my 2 friends.  I ended up using the Bass Pro Shop gift card my wife got me for Xmas and got a 55L heavy duty dry bag (the big blue bag in the pic).  I was able to fit my sleeping bag, pillow and my change of clothes in there.  :D  We're taking an very scenic route that adds an extra hour of drive time making a one way trip about 2 hours 45 minutes and 80.6 miles.  We'll stop at the cafe about 15 miles from where we're camping and eat lunch and then go set up camp.  Then it's ribeyes & potatoes on the open campfire for dinner, venison tenderloin for a late night snack and eggs and sausage for breakfast.  Then we'll pack up and head home around noon.  Not sure which way we'll take back.  Maybe the same way we took back on our last adventure trip.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/PackedUp_zps06d09047.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/PackedUp_zps06d09047.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on September 01, 2013, 09:59:50 am
Scottie, this is turning into a ride report!

Remember, I like pictures...  ;)
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Post by: JVS on September 01, 2013, 01:33:11 pm
Scottie will be representing Australia  :D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 01, 2013, 02:15:17 pm
Scottie will be representing Australia  :D

Funny!  You're NOT the first person to point that sticker out to me!  It just makes me laugh because it's not my bike.....  Yet.  ;)  But I was thinking if I do buy it, I'll just keep slapping new stickers on there until I look like a High Class Alcoholic!  Kind of an inside joke, there are a crap ton of really great micro breweries in Colorado and they ALL have bumper stickers at their respective breweries.  So needless to say, every now and then, you'll see a bike/car plastered with beer stickers.

Man!  Am I excited for this trip!  I've wanted to go camping on a bike since I had my first dirt bike (a '78 Kawi KE125) 22 years ago, when I was 13.  So as cool or pathetic as it may seem, this trip is actually a childhood dream of mine.

Scottie, this is turning into a ride report!

Remember, I like pictures...  ;)

I wish I had a Go Pro so I could record the trip.  I guess I could take my smart phone chest mount and do some video with that.....  It'd be better than nothing.  :)  But you know me, I love taking pics as much as you Matt!  And I'll totally make a ride report when I get back tomorrow afternoon.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 02, 2013, 11:30:33 pm
Just got back from my camping trip on the adventure bikes.  Check it out in Trips/Rides!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Motorcycle%20Camping%20Trip%209-1-13/CampSetUp_zps66e21655.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Motorcycle%20Camping%20Trip%209-1-13/CampSetUp_zps66e21655.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: DanKearney on September 04, 2013, 12:45:16 am
Rode the Ural to work today.  Ural one day, Bullet the next, poor Yamaha gets about once every two weeks.

Waiting for metal panniers and carrier to arrive from Canada.  Taking the Bullet for its first "long" trip in two weeks.

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 04, 2013, 03:16:58 am
Where are you headed on the Enfield too Dan?

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: DanKearney on September 04, 2013, 04:03:30 am
Where are you headed on the Enfield too Dan?

Scottie

Small rally over in Hotchkiss, CO. 19 - 22 Sept.  Again, a BMW rally, but all marques welcome.  Has the grandiose name "Thunder Mountain Rendezvous", but is really low key.   Lots of nice riding in the area.  http://www.bmwriders.net/

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 04, 2013, 11:45:41 pm
Went to the breakfast with the Euro Bike Breakfast Club who meet down in Temecula. It makes a nice morning ride before it gets too hot. They went on a ride after breakfast, but it was already too hot for me and I went home. But it was about 180 miles and I did do some twisties!
Can't wait for this damn heat wave to go away!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 05, 2013, 02:20:39 am
It's been freaking wicked hot here in Denver too.  Weird part is, even tho it's been so hot, it's actually been rather wet too.  I've had to bust out the rain suit like 5 times in the last few weeks.  It's actually been so hot I've been wearing a motocross jersey home because it's just too damn hot for the leather coat.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on September 07, 2013, 03:40:27 am
Dismantled the old Zenith carb and dropped it in a container of biodiesel to soak.  Rebuild in 3 or 4 days.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 07, 2013, 08:35:48 pm
Went out early to the El Camino Show and Swap Meet. It's one of the biggest around, but today is a miserable day to have it! I got there a little after 8AM and it was already too hot. I went straight to the Show area and there were some really nice bikes there. I took a bunch of pictures, then went to the swap meet for awhile. I ventured though about half of it, then went back to get pictures of late comers. Now it had gotten way too hot, so I left at 9:30 and went home! The ride home want too bad as the air temp was still reasonable. But that damn sun was just baking me walking around the tarmac. I hate the CA sun! I love June gloom when it stays cloudy most of the day, but never rains.
A few pics
1. A Honda powered cafe racer
2. A 194 Rocket, a 250 Japanese cope of a Puch Twingle. Note the hand shift.
3. A Cheney 650 Triumph. The nicest Cheney I've seen in years! I built one in '69 with a Triumph 500 in it. Wish I still had that one!
4. Just a nice Norton Fastback
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on September 08, 2013, 01:40:27 am
   Love that CB750, looks like it's one of Steve Carpenters, or at least his parts ?...  I believe he is out there in Southern California ? 

http://www.cb750cafe.com/

  That Fastback is killer.......
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 08, 2013, 03:24:25 am
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Love that CB750, looks like it's one of Steve Carpenters, or at least his parts ?...  I believe he is out there in Southern California ?

I know him nor the guy who owns the bike. It just kinda caught my eye.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Buckeroo on September 12, 2013, 09:23:49 pm
I took a friend down on a Honda Nighthawk 750 to pick up a new Yamaha Tenere.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 13, 2013, 10:40:02 pm
It's been a bit busy couple of weeks. I sold my GB500 to a guy in the Moto Euro Breakfast Club that I go to down by Temecula, our Wednesday morning "get up at O-Dark Thirty" and ride 65 miles for breakfast. But the last few weeks has been too miserably hot to join in the apres Breakfast ride. Actually Wednesday wasn't but the guy who got the GB wanted to pick up some more parts for it, so he followed me home and I only got to do Deluz and Carbon Cyn. But the Goose ended up just short of 5000 miles so I took a roundabout ride to the Guzzi shop and passed the 5000 mark on the way home from there.
Pretty good for about 3-1/2 months of ownership, I thought. I'm finally getting my body used to the beast and riding it much better, which makes me like it better.
In between the little rides and sale, I did do some minor mods on the tail of the bike, a bit of fender elimination. Getting rid of the big hump on the back of the seat and side number panels sure makes the bike easier for my squatty body to get on and off of!
Probably just put a fly screen on the front and dispose of the number plate there, too.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on September 13, 2013, 10:48:39 pm
I sold my GB500

NOOO!  I wanted to buy that thing off of you.  Oh well.  I'll have to find some other 500cc cafe racer.  Goose looks better now without those plates and cowl.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 13, 2013, 11:05:26 pm
Hey bare.
Now that you've sold your GB500 you can take the money and go down to southern Ca and buy that RE cafe bike you've always wanted.

It's got a big dent in the gas tank and a few scrapes on it and it has over 15,000 miles on it but last time I looked it was still for sale.  ;D
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Post by: mattsz on September 14, 2013, 12:48:15 am
And... gotta have that "cat tail", Bare!!!

Lookin' good!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on September 14, 2013, 01:56:37 am
Started a Sportster that's been sitting in a garage for over 30 years.  New oil, rebuilt the carb, and replaced the plugs and points is all I had to do.  Needs a lot of new stuff though.  Now the hard part is to wrangle the owner who let it sit all those years into selling it to me real cheap before he puts it in the garage and lets it sit until he dies.  It's a kick start only and he let it sit 'cause he couldn't kick it over.  I don't think he can do it now either.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 14, 2013, 09:52:54 pm
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It's got a big dent in the gas tank and a few scrapes on it and it has over 15,000 miles on it but last time I looked it was still for sale.  ;D

Yeah, I've seen that one. I did notice the price is going down. But on the other hand I could've gotten it for $900 originally. If I didn't want it then, why would I now? I'm just getting used to the Goose! It's amazing how much muscle tone you lose when you don't ride for a few months! And the new one I wanted still isn't here!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RGT on September 15, 2013, 07:42:46 am
Hey D the D, can we get some info/pics of that Sportster?
I have been plugging away on my XR 1000, fitting the new front end, took one of my engine case halves to a local shop to redo some poor welding that had been done, I was nervous bringing such a job to an unknown shop but though not a jeweler the guy did a solid job that I am confident will hold up. Once I finish with my crank rebuild it should go together nicely.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on September 15, 2013, 04:47:15 pm
Hey D the D, can we get some info/pics of that Sportster?

Nothing to see yet, it's a dirty, rusty mess.  But it is all original so if you need pics of what goes where I can get them.  Current owner is my brother, so I have access to it.  I posted a Youtube Vid of it running.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKsi34hbyY
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RGT on September 16, 2013, 10:20:49 am
That looks like it would be a fun project, I can't wait to hear mine start again, especially to hear the new cams...if you are looking for info the XL Forum(ironhead) is good
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on September 16, 2013, 03:03:05 pm
RGT,
It's looking more and more like work than fun.
I'll check out the XL forum.  Thanks for telling me.
D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 18, 2013, 11:03:54 pm
Since I sold my Gb500 a couple of weeks ago to a fellow Euro Bike Breakfast Club member, he rode it to today's breakfast! It's looking very good! And running quite nicely. I didn't have my camera with me, so no pics. He took it on the club ride through the Avocado fields and it worked very well for him. I'm glad it found such a good home.
As for me and the ride today, it was cold and cloudy getting down to the restaurant, and I had put on a warmer jacket, but it still wasn't quite there. One of these days I'm going to have the right jacket for the weather. It stays one step ahead of me! The problem with the weather is that it will 60o at 6AM and 90o at 10AM. it's hard to get attire that can span both temps when you don't have any place to put a liner or something!
At any rate the ride was great and I got onto a bunch of roads I haven't been on in probably 15 years! It was a nice review! They've repaved a lot of them! It's a great place to ride. Lotsa ups and down and twisties running through the woods on two lane roads. Fortunately light traffic is the usual offering, cops are rare, and there are some beautiful houses down there. If you look off into the woods sometimes you can see illegal eyeballs peering at you from behind the trees! I did over 200 miles today and was home by 1 pm. I hit 5500 miles on the Guzzi today! 4 months old today.
Oh, Yeah, Installed an LED tailight in the Cat's Face
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 21, 2013, 07:27:45 pm
Did a little 150 miler to the Rock Store to meet meet some Guzziisti for lunch. The area was very overcast and as I went over the mountains on Piuma, I was in the clouds and getting a lot of drizzle. Saw the first other V7Racer out in the wild! These things are about as scarce as Bullets! The temps were wonderful. It was a great day!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 21, 2013, 10:13:00 pm
+1
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on September 23, 2013, 12:10:56 am
The CBR250R got an 80 mile ride on the last day of summer, in the sun and dry.  84mpg for the ride and for the first 1500 miles.

Today it is raining.  Welcome, Autumn!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on September 23, 2013, 06:25:11 pm
Look at the size of that pumpkin!  The CBR looks great.  I sat on a CB500F last week, and now have seen and sat on all 3 new Honda 500s.  I was leaning towards the R, and the X was super comfortable but the F really impressed me.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 23, 2013, 09:01:25 pm
And what are you coming to Cantafordia with? The Hondas are nice bikes I looked at them when I bought the Goose. The Goose was just much more of what I was looking for. he Kawasaki 300 really fit me better than the Hondas though.
Gotta go watch the Anerica's Cup races today. NBCSports. These last few days have been great .the Americans are winning and catching the New Zealanders who are sitting on match point for the last 4 days. The Americans have to win 5 races in a row to beat them. The boats are fantastic. 72' Catamarans wit 140 foot mast The "sail' is bigger than a 747 wing! These things will do over 50mph. Fascinating races!
The Goose sits today.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on September 23, 2013, 09:19:17 pm
The AVL will be coming with me and hopefully get a massive amount of tlc.  I want to make it a nice, lean and clean street-scrambling machine ideal for tearing up some SoCal back roads.  I've only ever owned temperamental motorcycles except for my DRZ which ran so perfect the thieves couldn't resist.

A Honda 500 sounds pretty boring... but boring might be what I need for a while.  I've read great things about them.  47hp, even torque to red line, abs for $6k.  I'm going to wait and see what new rides come out of the EICMA 2013 show... there's a Ducati Scrambler rumor.  And who knows... that damn Continental just looks so gooooooood.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 23, 2013, 09:41:54 pm
No character or soul. Japanese bikes don't have any. Very few of them anyway. The GB500 had some, but don't try to compare them with an English thumper, they don't thump!
Bare 
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: 1 Thump on September 23, 2013, 10:24:00 pm
No character or soul. Japanese bikes don't have any. Very few of them anyway. The GB500 had some, but don't try to compare them with an English thumper, they don't thump!
Bare 

Oh c'mon Bare. They do have a sould. Its just not that wicked.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: D the D on September 23, 2013, 10:41:21 pm
No character or soul. Japanese bikes don't have any. Very few of them anyway. The GB500 had some, but don't try to compare them with an English thumper, they don't thump!
Bare

Just when I've been looking at a Yamaha Bolt.  Probably much closer to a Sportster (talk about soul-less) than an Enfield though.  Haven't done a test ride and may not find a dealer local that will let me.  No, there are not Yamaha events within a day's drive of here.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 23, 2013, 10:57:15 pm
I'm back. The Americans won the first Cup race by 33 seconds. The second race was postponed because the first race start was delayed about 45 minutes to wait for wind to fill in the course. It is now 8-6. The Americans have to win the next three races to win the Cup.
Ok, some, the Gb500 had some. Probably the best Asian bikes I had were the '76 Yamaha Fazer and the '97 Yamaha ThunderAce. Those two definitely captured my soul! The Yamaha Vision I kept around for a long time and put 75,000 miles on the thing. Probably was just a good fairly reliable beast, but not particularly soul stirring. The SR 500 was a fun thumper, but failed in comparison to the English thumpers I'd owned. Those 20 pound flywheels are the difference. The Japanese stuff is just too revvy. Wrong feel. Yes, they will outperform anything English, but leave the soul behind! The 650 Suzuki is probably the best thumper they make that feels like a thumper! The Japanese thumpers I have owned were the SR250, SR500, TT500, XR250R, and GB500. The English ones were the 250 and 500 Matchless, BSA Goldstar, 500MX, 441 and Indian Velocette. The RE was the last thumper. My real favorites were the Matchlesses
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on September 24, 2013, 12:57:48 am
No character or soul. Japanese bikes don't have any. Very few of them anyway. The GB500 had some, but don't try to compare them with an English thumper, they don't thump!
Bare

no bare, my honda don't thump...
it may not even have soul...
BUT it does have a lot of Spirit!
        - Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on September 24, 2013, 06:46:33 pm
The only Honda I've owned was my first bike, the VFR500 Interceptor and I positively loved it.  Sometimes getting from point A to B in a kick ass way is good enough.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: RGT on September 25, 2013, 06:19:06 am
had to do some case grinding to fit the new cams in my XR engine, it gets pretty close to the pinion shaft bearing with these 3/4 mild cams, they have an extra .080 lift(at the valve) but I can only imagine with some of the race cams available that you must have to cut down to the bearing.

I rode my sisters Virago for a while, it was around 600cc if I remember correctly and it was no where near as enjoyable as my Bullet, though it did go well on the highway and was comfortable while doing it. I have a little Honda C110('69?) that I have had for 18 years or so and it can sit for several years and with only adding gas start first kick and though too underpowered for the speeds we drive today it is a fun bike. I taught my daughter how to ride on it this past summer and it did not seem any worse for the wear and abuse she inflicted on it while learning how to use a clutch and shift while riding around the yard.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 25, 2013, 08:21:48 pm
Removed the number plates from the Goose and added a Dart flyscreen. It's much quieter than the old flyscreen/number plate.
Then the headlight crapped out. Gotta figure that one out. I think it's the headlight relay. Now I have to find it and hope it's not under the gas tank. Why is it that every time I have to pull a tank, it's full of gas. And in the case of the goose, it's got about 5.5 gallons in it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on September 25, 2013, 10:26:04 pm
Hey Bare, She's looking good, hope to ride with you real soon.
Steve
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 25, 2013, 11:23:28 pm
.........Why is it that every time I have to pull a tank, it's full of gas. And in the case of the goose, it's got about 5.5 gallons in it!
Bare

LOL  Tell me about it!    ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 26, 2013, 12:35:04 am
bare:
You did check the bulb, didn't you?  ::)
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Post by: barenekd on September 27, 2013, 08:29:38 pm
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You did check the bulb, didn't you?  ::)

Soitainy, the first thing I checked. No power to it though. Checked thefuses. Started working my way back and no power to the dimmer switch, but the Flasher button is working. Actually all the lights are working except the headlight. So I'm suspecting a relay that's somewhere under the tank and I get ready to pull the tank. That damn thing has 5.5 gallons in it along with the fact that I really don't know what's really involved with detaching the electrics and fuse line from this, and I don't really feel like jacking with it and 33 pounds of gas! So I figured, wait until tomorrow morning when it's cooler. Yesterday morning, I went out to finish removing it, then I decided to call the shop and see when they could do it. I made an appointment for Tuesday figuring I could ride it down there  with a rubber band holding the flasher button down. I put the bike all back together and went into catch a little TV.
Then a revelation hit me.
Every time I would turn the key on the light wouldn't come on. This bike turns the light off when you hit the starter. I'd turned the key on many times looking for the problem, but it never occurred to me to start it. I went out into the garage and hit the starter button. It started and a few seconds later the lights came on! I guess the circuitry, when you hit the starter button, cuts the juice to the light and it won't switch back. I guess it takes a shot from the alternator to turn it back on! I think when the problem I had the ignition on to aim the headlight and I accidentally hit the starter button which turned the lights off, but it wasn't enough to start. So when I turned the key on again it hadn't gotten the signal to relight the lights!
Which all this reminds me, I need to cancel a service appointment!
I guess we can all suffer from a terminal case of dumbass occasionally!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on September 28, 2013, 12:21:05 am
It is good that you figured out the lighting glitch.  Now, how do you like the Dart flyscreen?  They do a nice job on most bikes in smoothing out the airflow to make for a more pleasurable longer ride.
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Post by: barenekd on September 28, 2013, 10:43:16 pm
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Now, how do you like the Dart flyscreen?  They do a nice job on most bikes in smoothing out the airflow to make for a more pleasurable longer ride.

I gave it a 220 mile test today. It works fine. It's actually quieter than the stock one! Today affirmed my position that the Enfield has a more comfortable seat. My butt was getting a bit sore today. Went down to North San Diego County and rode a bunch of roads that I don't do often. Came back up through the avocado fields again on different roads than I usually ride. The hit Ortega and and a couple of pickups moved over for me and I had a wide open run nearly to the bottom heading west! It was a great ride!
Bare 
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Post by: D the D on October 03, 2013, 07:06:01 am
Ran a 1.5" hole saw with 10" extension down the interior of the Bolt's exhaust pipe.  Much better sound.  She was thumpy only at idle and quieted out as I increased speed.  Now it's more bass and louder.  This will do until I decide what to replace it with.  Best candidate so far is V&H duals that cost over $500, so maybe this winter.
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Post by: boggy on October 03, 2013, 04:49:11 pm
How do you like your Bolt so far?  Let me know if you already did a review on it somewhere.
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Post by: barenekd on October 03, 2013, 07:58:28 pm
Yesterday, I rode down to Rainbow for the weekly Moto Euro Breakfast Club meeting and and went out and played with them after breakfast. The group consisted of Beemers, Aprilias, Ducatis, MVs, Triumphs, and such. We went to Palomar, then down to the S2 and dropped down into the desert then back up the 78 to Julian. We stopped there for a  bit of lunch. We went to San Ysidro for gas, then I broke off and headed home on the 79 as they were going farther south.
It's tough keeping up with a bunch of guys on liter bikes with my little 50 hp beast, but I got there. I did get to chase a guy on an old 800 BMW and we were matched up pretty well. It was a fun day, and and the weather remained fairly cool. I did 290 miles.
Bare
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Post by: D the D on October 03, 2013, 09:23:35 pm
Sounds like it was fun Bare.

Didn't post a review on the Bolt. There's plenty of those on Youtube and stuff.
I love it. Handles really well, accelerates with a jump at any speed if you want to.  It just pulls and pulls and pulls with gobs of low end torque that doesn't go away as it revs up.  So far no one has been able out drag me or pull away unless I wanted them to, though I'm sure there are plenty of bikes that can.  The power is incomparable to the Enfield, but it's a whole different genre of music.  I hate to say it here, but it also handles much better in the curvy stuff than my old Enfield did.  So I miss the Iron Barrel for running errands around town, glad I got the Bolt, wish I had both.  Sportster?  Oh yeah, that's sitting in the shed. It may never see daylight again.
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Post by: barenekd on October 04, 2013, 11:09:32 pm
Rode it to the shop today, just to stop by and see what's up. They've got a lot of Guzzi's on the floor! And the outside service parking is full of all kinds of stuff. I'd say they are pretty busy!
Remember, your dealer should be your best friend!
Bare
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Post by: High On Octane on October 05, 2013, 01:53:56 am
.......Remember, your dealer should be your best friend!
Bare

That is the truth.  ALWAYS be nice to your dealer and treat them with respect.   :)

Scottie
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Post by: barenekd on October 07, 2013, 01:59:56 am
Well, I went up to Azusa to meet up with the BSA Owners club for their ride to Mt. Baldy. I
Someone had decided how the roads were doing and if they were open for the ride. It's a good ting they checked, since the roads weren't open because of a high fire danger. So they decided to take Foothill Blvd about20 miles over to the road that was open, but isn't exactly exciting.
So the Three Bulleteers decided to take our fortunes in our own hands and ride across Angeles Crest. We definitely won out in the ride department, but didn't get to enjoy the tales from the Beezer Group.
We had a great ride, the weather was great. It was just a lot of fun. I tacked another 175 miles onto the Goose.
Bare
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Post by: bikesnob on October 07, 2013, 04:40:57 pm
Bare, it was a great ride with you and Jack, hope to do it again real soon, Ill probably go to Ricks Cafe on Sunday, then head up into the hills, come join me if you can.
Steve
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Post by: cyrusb on October 07, 2013, 11:52:53 pm
65 mph
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Post by: D the D on October 08, 2013, 03:43:49 am
Looked at it.  Wanted to fix something, but it doesn't need anything.  Enfield withdrawal is tough, especially at night.
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Post by: barenekd on October 09, 2013, 04:58:02 pm
Gotta go out and clean it up a bit and loctite some screws.
Bare
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Post by: 1 Thump on October 09, 2013, 05:13:53 pm
Looked at it.  Wanted to fix something, but it doesn't need anything.  Enfield withdrawal is tough, especially at night.

Try this:

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2013/10/7/yamaha-star-bolt-scrambler-docs-chops.html
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Post by: boggy on October 09, 2013, 07:29:00 pm
65 mph

 ;D
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Post by: D the D on October 09, 2013, 07:49:30 pm
Try this:

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2013/10/7/yamaha-star-bolt-scrambler-docs-chops.html

Cool!  :) I'm sticking to a bobber theme though.
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Post by: D the D on October 09, 2013, 07:52:46 pm
Road the Bolt in the rain for the first time.  The Bridgestone tires felt glued to the road.  I was almost worried I'd get overconfident before the road grease was washed away, but traffic didn't let me go over 45 anyway.  She'll cruise at 45 in 2nd gear and I'm not used to that yet.  8)
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Post by: AussieDave on October 10, 2013, 03:22:28 am
That's a good looking and practical machine. I like it! Hey D the D keep us informed on your bobber progress will ya? I'd be tempted by one of these if I didn't have the Enfield.
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Post by: boggy on October 10, 2013, 04:26:49 pm
So I miss the Iron Barrel for running errands around town, glad I got the Bolt, wish I had both.

That's awesome you are enjoying it so much.  I'm definitely getting another bike within the next year, but I cannot part ways with my AVL.
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Post by: D the D on October 10, 2013, 05:04:02 pm
Yeah Guys, I'm loving it and hating the rain.
If RE didn't announce a parallel twin for 2015 I was planning to get a Bolt or Sportster 48 next year for the highway.  I was planning to keep the Bullet for my local errands.  2 bikes with their own purposes.  The Fates had different plans so I went Bolt early.   Missing the ammo cans and the freedom to go across fields and rough stuff.
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Post by: barenekd on October 10, 2013, 11:50:08 pm
Just took a little ride over to British Customs and a romp through Carbon Canyon and a little side trip to SoCal Triumph to check on their Enfield supply. They had three Military C5s on the floor. A short 85 mile ride.
Bare
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Post by: D the D on October 16, 2013, 01:29:45 am
Blacked out the shiny side covers and exhaust shields on the Bolt after work today.  Sorry about inside pics.  It gets dark so early now.
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Post by: D the D on October 19, 2013, 03:42:17 am
Followed a buddy to the HD dealer to run chase as he test rode a Sportster 48.  I'm not a Harley basher, but...  neither of us was impressed.  The fit and finish is excellent and it looks really cool!  But that's about it.  The 1200cc isn't as torquey feeling as my Bolt 950.  But to be fair, the Bolt's torque reaches peak about 400 RPM earlier and yet falls off at about the same RPM/wider band I think.  Other complaints were: his hands went numb in the first 20 minutes from vibes (no, he doesn't death grip or lean on his palms); he bottomed the suspension out numerous times even though they supposedly adjusted the shocks to his 200 lbs; also no ground clearance as it bottomed out the frame on small speed bumps in a parking lot; 6 ft is too tall for this bike and he was cramped up - heck @ 5'8" I felt cramped; it couldn't run away from the Bolt and I actually came from behind and passed him when he tried to run away from me; can't do a reasonable U-turn/handling isn't very good for such a small bike; feels heavy for it's size.

Got home to find my Yamaha back seat and Inner Fender Eliminator Kit at the door.  Installed those tonight so I can carry girl people with me now!  I'll add pics tomorrow.
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Post by: mattsz on October 19, 2013, 11:34:20 am
...I can carry girl people with me now!

What are those?
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Post by: barenekd on October 24, 2013, 12:01:17 am
I got up at the wee hours of o-dark-thirty to take a ride down to Rainbow for the weekly MEBC breakfast. The temps were mid '60s and it was overcast as I started down the road. As I drove away from the house, I felt a couple of drops of water an my face as I hadn't lowered the visor yet. I thought, not a problem, it might get a bit misty or something, but shouldn't be a biggy. All went well until I turned south in Corona and the mist was getting mistier.  It never had gotten very heavy and the only problems was the visor getting dribbled on and cutting visibility a bit. And the headlight was vibrating downward cutting the light's viewing distance ever shorter! As I got out of Corona I noticed the always terrible I-15 traffic was barely crawling along. It was a solid line of traffic as far as I could see. No sweat for me, I'm going south!
Or so I thought! As I continued South, the mist continued to get a little heavier and by the time I was 40 miles from the house with about 25 miles still to the destination, it was time to give up this trek! I got off at Lake Street just North of Lake Elsinore an turned back North on Temescal Canyon, a little road that parallels the freeway back to Corona. Remembering what the traffic looked like on the freeway, the canyon looked like a better deal. It's really not much of a challenge, but it is a little twistier than the freeway and not lighted, and with the headlight not stating quite where it belonged and the mist being a more like a light rain, the visibility was suffering a bit.  A car came up kinda behind me, but really wasn't going any faster than I was, but seeing as how I as slowing down a bit more than usual to get around some of the turns, I let him by, which made things a lot easier for me as I could easily follow him and see where he was going!
The rain mostly quit when I got back to Corona and the traffic was running fairly well as I got within a couple of miles from the ramp to the 91, so I jumped back on the ramp and split lanes down to the 91. Then the traffic was parked again, as usual for that time of day, so I got off at the next exit and came around the back way to Carbon Canyon to the house. It was misting off and on on that route bet never got too bad. Carbon Canyon was a bitch to begin with as that's where all the stray traffic from the overloaded 91 goes. but I made fairly decent time as I made a few passes that might've been frowned on by the local Gendarmerie. But it probably saved me 15 minutes over a 10 mile route!
Well, missed my breakfast, but didn't get particularly wet, the flyscreen did a good job of keeping it off me! I'll have to give it a shot next week.
Bare
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Post by: D the D on October 24, 2013, 12:45:06 am
What are those?

They're kind of like a boss except that they smell better and instead of giving you money for doing what they say, doing what they say costs you money.   :)
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Post by: AussieDave on October 24, 2013, 11:54:52 pm
 Hey Bare , letting the car go first to light the way is a good trick! I often do this when riding at night in the country. I find it really helps in low vis conditions, especially when being blinded by oncoming. Sometimes it gets very difficult to see the centre mark and the shoulder.
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Post by: barenekd on October 25, 2013, 06:56:09 pm
Yup, works well. I do it a lot in the mountains at night. I may not be able to go as fast as I would during the day, but I'll get there. And I'll generally go a bit faster then if I were riding it alone! Don't really care much for riding in the dark, especially in the twistie stuff. If there is some moonshine, that's a different story.
That line should raise some interesting comments!
Bare



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Post by: D the D on October 25, 2013, 07:50:03 pm
Ha ha. I hope nobody rides with moonshine though it's nice to see by moonlight.  ;D
A car ahead helps avoid the Uh Ohs! on curves or when deer and wildlife are hanging about the edges of the roads. 
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Post by: barenekd on October 31, 2013, 06:59:37 pm
Got up at 0-dark-30 again yesterday morning for the weekly trek to the MEBC breakfast. The weather forecast was cool for the day. I grabbed some long johns and a slightly heavier jacket and sweatshirt, and tootle on down to Rainbow. Twas a bit chilly heading down there and my teeth were chattering when I got off the bike. But once inside the restaurant the chill disappeared quickly.
After breakfast with some discussion, we decided to go down the 79 to Santa Ysabel and go back on the 76 to Palomar, up on the East Grade and down on the South Grade. We made an unplanned turn when we got to Sage Road, one that I haven't been on in  several years. It had been repaved recently and was a great improvement in smoothness, if not adventure, as we rode to and turned on Wilson Valley. the last time I was there, that was a dirt road, but its nicely paved and a great fun twisty with lots of roller coastering!
At the end of that we were on the 341 which I have been on recently, so no surprises there, and back to the 79. We went down the 79 to the Glider port in Warner Springs and stopped for a break, then decided to go to Borrego Springs instead of Palomar. the ride down there was punctuated by a scenic stop on S22 that offers a great view of the desert. Forgot my camera!
Then on down to Borrego Springs for a rest stop there. It was then down S3 to the 78 and back up to Julian. Just another great band of twisties going back the mountain working over the new tire I had installed last week. The wanker stripes were pretty well abused.
We stopped for Lunch in Julian, the started back down toward Santa Ysabel where some of the guys were splitting off to go down the 78. The group I was in  was going to cut across Mesa Grande to the 76, so I followed them up the 79, they missed the turnoff and just continued up to the 76 and turned. I remained on the 79 and headed home.
Farther up the road, a buck came bounding out of the woods to cross the road. He wasn't close enough to be a threat to me, but that's the first deer I've ever seen on that road. Nice rack!
The rest of the ride home was pretty uneventful, but it was my first over 300 mile ride on the Guzzi and it was great. The weather all day as beautiful, a bit cool in the higher elevations where most of the ride was except for the drop down into the desert where it was just very nice, mid 70s.
It was so nice not to have to run home before it got into the 90s and 100s. I wasn't even particularly tired as I am when it's hot.
It was a really fantastic day!
Sunday, the Norton Club Hanson Dam ride, the biggie of the year and the forecast is very similar! Hopefully, will be a great day!
Bare
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Post by: bikesnob on October 31, 2013, 07:43:17 pm
Hey Bare hope to see you on Sunday, looking forward to the Norton Club Ride.
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Post by: barenekd on November 04, 2013, 11:54:04 pm
Went to the Hansen Dam ride yesterday. There must've been 1000 bikes there! It was a fanastic turnout. the ride was fun, too. It's just a short trip through Little Tujunga, over to Aliso Cyn, Angeles Forest,and down Lower Big Tujunga and back to Hansen Dam, about 75 miles. It's farther for me to get to the Dam and home than the ride. My total mileage was 200 miles. There were some UCEs there and several old twins. For several hundred pictures, go to scnoc, Southern California Norton Owners Club and look for the picture links. There are several on there. This is one show that is definitely more about the bikes than the ride!  Except the bikes that are getting judged for show have to participate in the ride. Not very many true antiques any more. It's a Brit bike show that and there is a lot of nice stuff there.
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on November 07, 2013, 07:38:13 pm
Yesterday, took a ride down to Rainbow for the weekly MEBC meeting. After breakfast we rode around the Avocado fields for about 50 miles worth. No repeats of the roads down there. It was a great ride!with my trip down and back including Ortega Highway, no traffic to hold me up, Live Oak and Santiago Canyons, the whole ride was 200 miles, and I got home before all the heat set in! It was great day!
Bare
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Post by: D the D on November 07, 2013, 07:48:00 pm
Heat set in?  Wish I was having that problem.
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Post by: High On Octane on November 09, 2013, 01:35:41 pm
Heat set in?  Wish I was having that problem.

Word.  I took The Blackhawk to the bar last night for an old co-workers birthday party.  I was thrilled it was still about 45*F after the sun went down!  Cali does sound like fun, but I don't think I could ever afford the living expenses.  Maybe I'll just make a trip out one of these days for the sole purpose of riding up and down the west coast line.  :)

Scottie
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Post by: barenekd on November 09, 2013, 06:18:21 pm
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Cali does sound like fun, but I don't think I could ever afford the living expenses.
We don't call it Cantafordia for nothing!
As for the weather here, It's about 48 in the morning when I got down to the breakfast club, but for the ride after, it's been getting up into the mid 80s. Unfortunately that's a bit hot for the early morning costume! And I don't have any luggage space on the bike to get rid of long johns and sweatshirts or jacket liners! So I want to get home kinda early to beat the heat! Forecast for next week's breakfast club is the same! The weather pattern has been cool weekends and hot midweeks. I'm ready for cool all the time!
Bare   
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Post by: Buckeroo on November 13, 2013, 02:55:38 am
I got to take a 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 on a weekend ride for 750 miles.  The two things I really liked was the unified braking system/ABS and the traction control.  I got that big puppy in some wet grass on the side of the highway and I was able to ride away instead of having to pick it up.  The unified braking brought that beast from 95 mph down to a stop very quickly.  Riding that bike at 90 feels like the Enfield at 50.  I liked the ability to do dirt roads with confidence. Riding conservatively got me in the low 60's mpg.   I was pretty impressed with the giant trail bike.
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Post by: barenekd on November 13, 2013, 10:04:35 pm
Ah, the Wednesday morning Breakfast Club. I got up a the usual crack of dawn, put on te heavy sweatshirt and long johns and made my way to Rainbow staring into the sun all  they way, and forgot my shades to boot! It was a little warmer than usual so I wasn't freezing when I got down there. About a dozen guys today. The guy who bought my GB500 said he sold it because his back couldn't handle the riding position. When we got done with breakfast about 9:30, it was rather apparent that it was going to be warm today, so I begged off the ride without really finding out where they were going other than I knew I wasn't heading for my place. So I took off to headed home through the avocado fields, you didn't expect me not to take an interesting route, did you? It was a nide ride but thetemp was creeping up and I decided to go across Ortega hwy and all was going well after I got by 3 or four guys who were strolling along in their cages. then I ran into a road block and had to wait for about 15 minutes or so for the"follow me" truck to escort us about 5 miles down the mountain as they were mowing the edge of the road. I talked to the flagman while we were waiting and discussed the Guzzi he'd never heard of, and the fact that it was getting awfully hot standing there in the sun. At least, I got in front of the pack behind the truck so when we reach the end of the escort zone, I got dibs on taking off and leaving the rest of them. It was a fast ride to the bottom with no interference. but the rest of the ride home was just hot. It as 90 when I got home about 12:30, but I got 250 miles in.
Not a bad day of riding. But it sure felt good getting all the riding gear off! Wouldn't ya know it, it's supposed to cool down into the 60s for the weekend. It's 93 out there now!
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on November 22, 2013, 07:48:33 pm
Since it's so slow here, I might as will give a ride report from last Wednesday.
The forecast for Wednesday was rain showers in the late afternoon. It was a the day of the weekly MEBC,so I left at the crack of dawn on a quite cool overcast, mostly, morning, so I got to ride to Rainbow without the sun in my face. The sun did try to peek through a couple of slots in the clouds, but not enough to be blinding. I had to split lanes about the last 8 miles or so because of some problem on the freeway down by Escondido.
It wasn't a bad ride, temp wise, but when I got to the restaurant and out of the freeway traffic and just standing around, I got pretty cold! Anyway, when we went in, I warmed up fairly quickly.
After breakfast a few of us decided to go on a ride down through the Escondido. I did stay with the group into some unknown to me roads bypassing the town, then we stopped for a short breather. I was in an area I wasn't particularly familiar, but not any fear of being lost as I was aware of the roads surrounding out position. I know I'd run into some road I knew any way I went.  The guys took off while I was fumbling around trying to find my shades. After I got going I didn't see which way they went at a fork in the road. I went the wrong way, but it took me a few miles to figure out where I was. They were going on around a route I know but then going to the BMW dealer which I didn't know where it was.
Bacause of the forecast, I jumped on the freeway and headed back north for a few miles, then jumped off onto some back roads, then over to Fallbrook. The rest of the route as the standard Deluz, up to Ortega Hwy, Santiago Cyn and home. Ortega hwy was great, very little traffic, maybe three cages and everyone let me by in short order. 
As for the weather, I saw a few drops on my visor as I got closer to home, but nothing really materialized until I got home. I didn't have to get out the condom for my seat. That suede thing isn't built for rain!
I got home without getting wet although about an hour later it did start raining. So basically, it was a great 256 mile ride
Bare
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Post by: Norm on November 23, 2013, 03:32:32 pm
Last week I got a slightly broken in Corbin seat for 'lil thumper.  It weighs almost three times the stock 1.7# seat.  It is typical Corbin very firm, but unlike my previous Corbin seat on another bike, this one is very comfortable and will make longer rides less fatiguing.
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Post by: barenekd on November 28, 2013, 06:16:32 pm
Same ol, Same ol! Yesterday EMBC. 270 miles on San Diego County roads. Great weather, nice ride. Avoided the high altitude stuff because it was cold up there.
Bare
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Post by: Land O Aches on November 28, 2013, 07:32:11 pm
Put the old Honda Trail 90 on the bumper rack, hauled it up to Performance Welding. Eric's gonna tweak the intake manifold so it'll mount a newer carb...

Lando
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Post by: MotoJ on December 03, 2013, 04:56:07 pm
Finally got my '56 IMZ M-72 sidevalve running again Thanksgiving weekend, after replacing a twisted crank. This bike makes my iron barrel seem like a Ducati.

The 2x4 side-stand is my own invention. Available for purchase for your own rides, at a reasonable price.
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Post by: barenekd on December 03, 2013, 08:21:35 pm
Veddy Interrresting!
Cool bike.
Bare
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Post by: Arizoni on December 03, 2013, 10:05:43 pm
That's a really neat old bike! :)

Somehow I can hear voices saying, "Ve haf not copied the Enemy's BMW!"   Ve inwented this fine motorcycle right here in Glorious Mother Russia, comrade."
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Post by: MotoJ on December 03, 2013, 11:46:42 pm
Thanks guys.

I can hear that voice, Arizoni. Also:
In glorious Russia, bike kick you!
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Post by: D the D on December 04, 2013, 06:06:21 am
Really cool!
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Post by: barenekd on December 07, 2013, 08:00:10 pm
Planned on going to the IMS show Friday evening, meantime, I'm waiting for a set of Zard silencers for the Guzzi to arrive by Fedex. About 2pm, they show up. Plenty of time to get them on before I want to leave. I get the left stocker off in short order, but it's got a seal on it that I need to get the spacing right on the new muffler. Trying to get it out, I demolish the thing. They usually come out quite easily. I guess I must've overtorqued it the last time I took it off, What to do, it's too late to get a newy, but wait, I have some aluminum tape to fill the gap, so I wrap the tape around the pipe and try to slip the new silencer on. It won't go, too much tape. This thing doesn't need the spacer! So I cut the tape off and and get the new pipe on with a light application of the big orange hammer! It's bolts up OK, so, after a bunch of wasted time, I'm off to the other side. It's a bit more of a pain to get off because it hasn't been off. The left one has to come off to get the axle out to change tires. The new pipe goes on easily enough, but the bracket won' line up to get a bolt though it on the inside of the bracket like the other side. I loosen up a crossover pipe so the exhaust pipes can be moved closer together. A little more Orange hammer work.
I fiddle and push and pound to get the bracket to line up, then note that it is becoming a monstrous task, so I contemplate making the bolt hole bigger which will take time, then decide to just put the bracket on the outside of the hanger. That works. Everything situated and tied down, I still have to unpack a helmet that UPS delivered ten minutes after the pipes arrived.
I bought a new silver HJC with the sunshade and wanted to check it out, too. So an hour or so after I intended to, I finally got to leave for the show.
The pipes still have the db blockers so are even a bit quieter than the stockers. They will be removed today! 
The helmet seems to be slightly noisier than my old HJC, and it ventilates better. But the reason I got it was the built in sunshade. Heading west to Long Beach in the late afternoon proved to be a great test ride for it. It worked very well! I got the silver one to be cooler in the summer. I read something here recently that white helmets were ten degrees cooler internally than black one in hot weather. Most of my other helmets are black or other dark colors. I abhor white, so I compromised for the silver.
In another thread I mention the show, which I did enjoy, but the ride over and back really made the day. It was a bit chilly, but totally refreshing. Just a great evening to be on a bike!
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on December 09, 2013, 02:04:10 am
I rode the Norton Club Ride up to Julian today. There were about 20 participants on Nortons (3), several Triumphs, Hinckley and Meriden, some Beemers, a couple of Hardleys and a Guzzi. The weather was in the 40s for the most with 41 at Julian,and I finished up at home with about 55 degrees. But that was because of the midafternoon downhill run for 4200' to my house at 250'. It was a fun ride, though, and everybody enjoyed it. It was almost exactly the same weather as last year's Julian run. I rode 250 miles. Pic with new silencers
It did give me a chance to run the Sards without the db killers. I thought It might be too loud, but everyone said they thought it really sounded good and didn't feel it needed to be quietened any. So I guess I'll run them as is. There is a bit of racket from popping and such when off throttle, but it doesn't really bother me much. I put some 89 Octane gas in it last night, and it passed the trial run in flying colors. Not a peep of pinging. The mileage was very average and about what I would have expected on this ride with a lot of fast interstate thrown in.
It was good day and all the bits and pieces seem to be coming together.
Bare
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Post by: High On Octane on December 09, 2013, 07:19:19 pm
That Guzzi is looking real fine Bare!    :D

Scottie
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Post by: D the D on December 09, 2013, 08:11:43 pm
Looked at the Bolt, looked at the ice outside, shook my head and thought; "Nope, not today.  My name ain't Scottie J."  ;)
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Post by: D the D on December 09, 2013, 08:13:14 pm
Finally got my '56 IMZ M-72 sidevalve running again Thanksgiving weekend, after replacing a twisted crank. This bike makes my iron barrel seem like a Ducati.

The 2x4 side-stand is my own invention. Available for purchase for your own rides, at a reasonable price.

How much to ship one of them fancy side-stand to Maryland?  Can you make it adjustable?   :o
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Post by: DanB on December 10, 2013, 03:31:45 am
Aftermarket 'adjustment' kit. 9.95. Order now and get a free binding system( twine)

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Post by: D the D on December 10, 2013, 03:36:42 am
Aftermarket 'adjustment' kit. 9.95. Order now and get a free binding system( twine)

Thanks!  I'll wait for the Missus to visit her mother so I can sneak it into the garage.  I hope she won't notice.
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Post by: MotoJ on December 10, 2013, 08:35:33 pm
How much to ship one of them fancy side-stand to Maryland?  Can you make it adjustable?   :o

Already in Maryland, just north of Baltimore. If I leave the bike out too long, it will disappear, and you can just pick up the side-stand free!
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Post by: D the D on December 10, 2013, 08:43:14 pm
Already in Maryland, just north of Baltimore. If I leave the bike out too long, it will disappear, and you can just pick up the side-stand free!

I'll be right up.  Just let me hook up my trailer.  See ya in about an hour and 15!
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Post by: tooseevee on December 11, 2013, 08:49:30 pm
New tail/brake light/plate bracket & repositioned blinkers on my '08 Classic.
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Post by: Bumboo on December 22, 2013, 10:48:53 pm
70 degrees plus in Hampton Roads, Virginia this weekend.   Pillion lady and I make it Williamsburg yesterday on the BMW LT, to Smithfield today on VTX 1800, and I got a laps in on the old '64 Puch 250 (Sears/Allstate).  If this is global warming I'm all for it!
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Post by: tooseevee on December 22, 2013, 11:15:05 pm
New tail/brake light/plate bracket & repositioned blinkers on my '08 Classic.

         Looks like I misread (or didn't read at all) the subject line.
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Post by: barenekd on December 23, 2013, 12:09:16 am
Looked at my bike in the garage. I was thinking of going riding but it was 43o and 89% humidity. It was cold out there. And none of the usual suspects were riding either, apparently. It took a long time to warm up. Worked on a book.
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on December 28, 2013, 10:38:54 pm
Bikesnob and I went out for a little 250 miler yesterday in wildly changing temps. I started out on a 48o morning and met him in Devore where the wind as blowing about 30mph and warming a bit. We went on up to Wrightwood where there was quite  a bit of snow on the ground and the temps were lower as we got out of the warm Santa Ana winds. We continued to N4 and decided it was going to get cooler if we stayed on on Angeles Crest so we dropped down N4 to the high desert, where it warmed up to 63o as we went down, then reaching Ft Tejon road and traveling over to Mt Emma, It dropped back down to 50o as we were out of the Santa Anas again. Going back up the mountain to Angeles Forest, it warmed up again. It was getting late enough so the riding from then on was quite comfortable...kinda. We went ever to check out the Aqua Dulce airport because Steve used to live in that neighborhood and his dad had a plane there. It's a nice airport, but there wasn't anything tied down outside there. I guess it blows too hard there to keep anything tied down outside! We then went to Little Tujunga and rode that. It's a great little twisty rode. A guy on a 600 sport bike tagged along behind us. I expected him to pass us, but he never did. A few miles from the end we caught a water truck that was washing down the road and he held us up for a few miles. Once by him we went down and caught the 210 freeway for about three miles to get to Sunland where we were going to get on Lower Big Tujunga. The guy who was following su must've gone down Foothill, because as we were going up Tujunga, he caught us again and followed us to Angeles Forest. We stopped and started stripping as much off as we could as it was getting quite warm. The guy on the sport went by us there. WE continued on down to Angeles Crest and down the hill into La Canada. Now it was hot, approaching 90o, so beating it back home was a 50 mile bitch! A lot of lane splitting which makes it worse from the heat of the cars, but we both survived it and will live to fight it another day. That being the Norton Club New Years Eve ride from Pasadena to Newcomb's!
Bare
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Post by: bikesnob on December 29, 2013, 02:12:29 pm
It was a great day out riding with Bare, bikes were running good,but the best part is riding with a friend............Priceless.
Steve
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Post by: 350CC.com on January 13, 2014, 04:37:00 am
Greetings from India :)
We had a short rally, 176 Royal Enfields plus number of bikes were gathered for brotherhood!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.635408363189292.1073741835.100001604023999&type=1&l=269912c6b0 (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.635408363189292.1073741835.100001604023999&type=1&l=269912c6b0)
 
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Post by: mattsz on January 13, 2014, 12:08:45 pm
Awesome!  Some of my observations of that gallery:

Good selection of REs at the beginning and end of the collection, but lots of other makes, too.  Lots of Harleys...

basically no evidence at all of any of our stereotype biker costumes or get-ups.

"brotherhood" indeed - I only spotted two women in 125 photos!

Thanks for sharing those photos!
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Post by: mattsz on January 13, 2014, 12:19:23 pm
Strange, but I couldn't get a certain portion of my last reply to post.  I wanted to add, somewhere in the middle of my list:

Just like a rally here in the US: stock bikes and custom jobs from the sublime to the ridiculous!
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Post by: DanKearney on January 14, 2014, 12:32:44 am
Windy, Icy, and cold up here today.  Whistfully glanced at the Bull while jumping in the Subaru this morning. . .


Cheers,


Dan K.
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Post by: High On Octane on January 14, 2014, 01:31:25 am
Windy, Icy, and cold up here today.  Whistfully glanced at the Bull while jumping in the Subaru this morning. . .


Cheers,


Dan K.

Don't forget who to talk to when you need that Subaru worked on.  ;)
Scottie
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Post by: Land O Aches on January 14, 2014, 02:40:19 am
Ordered some OEM fuel line from Dr. ATV, the Trygon stuff is to fat to fit through the holes under the tank. The new manifold Eric made looks great, can't wait to get all the parts in one place so I can fire this old Honda CT200 up...
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Post by: DanKearney on January 14, 2014, 04:40:55 am
Don't forget who to talk to when you need that Subaru worked on.  ;)
Scottie


Damn thing's too dependable.  169,000 miles so far.  You've got my business when something I can't deal with comes along.  I swapped out the starter last month myself.  Easy-peasy on this motor.


Cheers,


Dan K.
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Post by: High On Octane on January 14, 2014, 04:42:34 am
They're definitely not hard to work on when you have the tools.  Just don't forget about the timing area around 210K.
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Post by: Bumboo on January 15, 2014, 04:06:47 am
Broke out the '77 Vespa P125X over the weekend to get ready for the 14 Annual Freeze Your Balls Off Scooter Rally held in Durham, NC in a week.  They get some nice classic bikes there too and a very eclectic but cordial bunch of scooterists from juvenile to AARP; with wife and I getting the discount for the latter.  Scooter rallies I found are an acquired taste.  For me, It helps to get in the mood beforehand by watching Quadrophenia and desensitizing myself to Ska music.  But oh the sound of a hundred Vespas and Lambrettas swarming......Putt....Putt....Putt....Putt...       
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Post by: High On Octane on January 15, 2014, 11:58:14 am
I have to know.....  How cold does it actually get for this scooter rally?   ???
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Post by: Bumboo on January 16, 2014, 03:10:33 am
Scottie,  The rally starts about midnight on Friday w/ a ride to local brewery...last year about 26 degrees F but it warmed to about 45 degrees for the Saturday events and ride. About the same this year according to the weatherguessers.  Some readers of the forum would consider that tropical!   
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Post by: barenekd on January 16, 2014, 06:03:54 pm
Went to the weekly MEBC club get together yesterday. The Santa Ana winds were blowing. It was 75 degrees just before the sun came up while I was riding down the 91. I turned South on the I-15 and got out of the wind. The temps then plummeted to 48o in Temecula.
After breakfast we rode around some of the close in twisties and went over to a guy's house to look at his '27 Scott, a two stroke 500cc twin that remained in production until 1950. Silk took over production that lasted until about 1965.
The gearbox was off which leaves the rear of the crankcase open. It was an interesting motorcycle. A big flywheel between the cylinders and a sprocket beside the flywheel that drives the gearbox. It has oil injection, obviously the Japanese didn't invent this item!
Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me, so no pics!
The next ride my bike will pass 10,000 miles!
Bare
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Post by: Norm on January 27, 2014, 12:24:50 am
For the first time in two months I got the Honda CBR250R "lil thumper" out for a ride.  The temps were in the 40's, so I now remember why I had heated grips on my previous motorcycle.

The 40 mile ride was great, and the fill-up showed 84mpg. 

Spring warmth can't come too soon!
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Post by: barenekd on January 28, 2014, 08:37:26 pm
Quote
For the first time in two months I got the Honda CBR250R "lil thumper" out for a ride.

Two months. I would've died! I damn near did last year when I was off bikes for four months waiting for my Continental GT! Haven't been off for more than a week or so since then. Still haven't ridden a Continental, though!
Bare
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Post by: boggy on February 14, 2014, 03:54:17 pm
Finally picked up a second ride.  Few years ago my DRZ400SM was stolen, and now that I've moved across country I grabbed another one.  It's a 2006 with only 1500 miles on it.  For those that don't know, the SM indicates a "super moto" version:  Street tires, upside down forks, bigger brakes... It's got a few mods that are common on these bikes including an opened up airbox and full exhaust that with some jetting make it real snappy and responsive.  It sounds really good too.  The previous owner swapped the stock light with a Kawa light so it looks probably a little too transformer for some of you goats.  I took it for a few dozen mile shake down and then straight to a shop.  I found some guys near me that were very cool and I felt great about bringing them some business.  They will change all fluids, check the chain, go through the carb, the suspension... I basically want a tip top running second bike that just works.  My reward for owning an AVL with an attitude problem.  The Bullet is going to get some much needed TLC.  I'll have to talk to ACE at some point about a project. 

Bare: give me a few weeks of local riding to get to know the machine (I have to get used to these big brakes again!) and I'll definitely head up your way to see if this thumper can hang with the Goose. 

Here's a pic (need to peel that fork sticker).  These DRZ-SMs are kinda legendary for being a blast to ride.  I'm really psyched.
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Post by: barenekd on February 14, 2014, 11:37:58 pm
I'd need a ladder to get on that thing!
Bare
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Post by: GreenMachine on February 15, 2014, 04:03:16 pm
Boggy: After seeing your baby, I jumped over to the Suzuki website...They are really nice bikes and affordable too..Sounds like u got the deal u been waiting for on the 06 model.  A bit tall in the saddle for the short horns but I bet they handle great and get good gas mileage... Good luck with it  ;D
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Post by: boggy on February 17, 2014, 03:39:04 pm
I'm only 5'8".  The seat is a tall 35" but super skinny.  I can put the balls of my feet on the ground but like a dirt bike, I tend to one-foot it.  I'm still a youngish man so I can hurl the leg over for now.  I could see some uneven terrain, say, at a downhill stop being tricky if I wasn't paying attention. 

New ones were more than I was looking to spend but yeah, I like the idea of a used one with just over a thousand miles for thousands less.  And this one looked so clean.

The shop still has it.  I'm still getting used to these "California-weeks.  They tend to last 10-14 days.  ::)
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Post by: GreenMachine on February 17, 2014, 04:11:55 pm
Got to ride a yamaha yz 250 a few times last year and they do sell the XT street version. I figure it's the same bike with different tires/headlight and indicators..Not sure if the suspension is different....The bike owner stated it he had to do it over again he would had started with the 400 cc model vs the 250 ( he's over 200 lbs) ...I've never ridden one set up for street usage but I would think they would be very nimble and plenty of power for local riding and the most important - fun...
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Post by: boggy on February 17, 2014, 06:40:56 pm
These super-motos are heaps of fun on the street.  I think the size is perfect for getting around and having a bit of fun.  They turn in very quick and are super nimble.  The weight is listed at 320 so it's light too.  It'll do a short stint on the highway but with no 6th gear I don't plan on traveling far unless it's back roads.  Lots of videos of these bikes keeping up with sport bikes through the curves and lots more videos of guys behaving pretty badly which I think will be a bit of fun too.  I think it's going to be a fun bike to explore my neck of SoCal with.

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Post by: rvcycleguy on February 17, 2014, 11:01:47 pm
Great day riding.  A little more than 100 miles over the course of the day.  Met a group of riders for breakfast and then made our way to Galveston Bay. This vintage bike likes to go farther than the last ride.  Running very well and finally reliable.  Had a few gremlins limiting my range last year but feel good about each outing now. Long stretches at 55 mph and slightly more for short stints.  Last pushrod adjustment has held for a few months of riding.  Throttle cable issues have cleared up. Good throttle response.  Neutralizer lever is my friend.  One of the best features.
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Post by: barenekd on February 22, 2014, 12:36:59 am
Steve and I got together this morning for a little putt down to the avocado fields, just messing around. We went down via Santiago Cyn, Live Oak and Ortega Hwy. spent most of the day following traffic on those roads! I took him down to explore the place, but I suspect he didn't have a clue where he was as there are a lot of roads down there. but then all he had to do as follow me and wonder if I was lost or not. I don't get lost down there, but there are times I don't know exactly where I am, but I know the way out! It was a great day though, about 60owhen we started and finally ended up in the 80s.
The Goose and T100 both performed as expected and made a great day of it all. I did about 200 miles while Steve had to add another 40-50 as he lives farther away.
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Post by: barenekd on February 23, 2014, 07:35:29 pm
Cleaned the BMC air filter. Fixed a loose taillight connection. Practiced picking it up when it fell on the garage floor! Don't ask me how. At least, I can pick this one up!
Bare
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Post by: High On Octane on February 24, 2014, 01:05:11 pm
Cleaned the BMC air filter. Fixed a loose taillight connection. Practiced picking it up when it fell on the garage floor! Don't ask me how. At least, I can pick this one up!
Bare

How funny!  I dropped the Blackhawk yesterday pulling it out of the garage trying to put it back on the center stand.  Damn near took me with trying to save it!

Scottie J
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Post by: bikesnob on February 24, 2014, 05:03:03 pm
Steve and I got together this morning for a little putt down to the avocado fields, just messing around. We went down via Santiago Cyn, Live Oak and Ortega Hwy. spent most of the day following traffic on those roads! I took him down to explore the place, but I suspect he didn't have a clue where he was as there are a lot of roads down there. but then all he had to do as follow me and wonder if I was lost or not. I don't get lost down there, but there are times I don't know exactly where I am, but I know the way out! It was a great day though, about 60owhen we started and finally ended up in the 80s.
The Goose and T100 both performed as expected and made a great day of it all. I did about 200 miles while Steve had to add another 40-50 as he lives farther away.
Had a great time riding with Bare, always do, yes I had know idea where we were in the Avacodo fields, but I knew Bare wouldn't get us lost.
Steve
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Post by: Sam Simons on February 24, 2014, 06:50:59 pm
I'm on the down hill side of setting up a TW200 as a play bike and loaner for some of my chums that (erroneously) believe that 4 wheels are more fun than 2...... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: boggy on February 24, 2014, 09:45:28 pm
Those TW's look like awesome fun Sam.  I want to try one out. 

Well, Bare wasn't overselling these roads.  I just did De Luz Rd this past weekend on the DRZ and it was the best time I've had on 2 wheels.  Starts off in canyons and dips down through a forest.  No stop signs... just curve after curve after curve.  I could not believe how the road just kept going.  It was incredible.

Only had 3 cars in front of me there and back, and 2 moved aside.  The DRZ was an absolute blast to ride.  At ~300 pounds it gets ups to speed and brakes really quickly.  I took it easy on they way out, getting to know the bike and roads, and tore it up on the way back.

I knew it was nice scenery around me too but I was pretty focused on road.  The DRZ tank range is terrible.  Hit reserve at around 100 miles.  45 miles per gallon with some aggressive riding but there's a reason they sell larger, aftermarket tanks.  Other than that, the bike performed amazingly.

Here's just 10 minutes of what turned out to be a 3 hour, 100 mile day in sunny SoCal with temperatures ranging around perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg_9Jtugl7M

Note my "gps" system.  Also, I will be changing those skull-bars as soon as I can.  I like skulls, but not on my handlebars.  I don't need the reminder.
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Post by: barenekd on February 25, 2014, 06:26:11 pm
At about 11:20, at the "Y" you shoulda gone right (DeLuz Murrietta) instead of left. Then you start getting into the really good parts! Narrower roads with tighter turns and really in the woods! If you stay on DeLuz Murrietta, which changes back to Deluz, it will take you up to Rancho California, which will take you back down into Temecula and the I-15. There is an incredible amount of riding down there and don't even really ever need to repeat. yourself!
There are a of of reads that still end up as deadends or dirt. That's part of the fun of running around down there, you never know where you'll end up!  After doing it for 20 some years, you can find your way around most of the time.
Bare
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Post by: heloego on February 25, 2014, 07:06:32 pm
Got a chance to see some of the secondary roads in SC last December.
Drove up to Jamul and figured "What a great place to have a bike!"
Plenty of dynamite roads and scenery here, though.  :)
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Post by: boggy on February 25, 2014, 08:59:17 pm
Yeah - I actually turned around on that dirt road and went back to the Y and did go up that way.  The dirt was more sand, and those tires are pure sport bike tires so I felt like I was on ice.  Otherwise I would have kept going.  I wasn't sure which was the right way as my phone wasn't getting any reception on De Luz.

But you are right, up that Y split were more incredible roads and some nice orange groves.  I did end up in Temecula and took a 10 minute break but I was losing sun quickly.  Boy that winding, steep road above Temecula gave me a bit of vertigo when I first saw down into the valley. 

There seemed like there were lots of side streets with great riding possibilities.  I'm glad I know about De Luz Rd now, and that's just my first venture out in SoCal.  8)
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Post by: High On Octane on February 26, 2014, 12:30:52 am
boggy - You should check out the Shinko 705 dual sport tires for that DRZ.  I run them on the Blackhawk and also had them on that '01 F650GS and I really like them.  They do excellent on any type of asphalt conditions, do exceptionally well on dirt roads and trails and even hold up that sandy stuff pretty well.  Best part is that you can get both tires and tubes for about $150.  And for the record, this particular tire was in fact designed for supermoto bikes and fit right at home on a DRZ.    ;)  I've road 40-60 miles worth a dirt on one ride and held speeds at 30mph no problems at all.  I've actually hit 50mph several times on the Blackhawk in dirt with these and they hold up great.  I highly recommend them.    :)

http://www.bikebandit.com/shinko-705-motorcycle-tire

Scottie J
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Post by: boggy on February 26, 2014, 01:43:11 am
Cool.  I like the look of those.  The Avon Distanzia tires are a popular choice with a similar tread, but these Shinkos look good.  I definitely want the priority to be for the road, wet or dry, but I certainly want to be able to handle dirt roads.  I saw too many of them.

Thanks Scottie.
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Post by: High On Octane on February 26, 2014, 04:16:18 am
As far as wet handling on those tires, I could cruise that F650GS at 75 mph in heavy rain and never lost traction.   ;)

Scottie J
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Post by: barenekd on February 26, 2014, 11:57:18 pm
That dirt road off Deluz ends a short way down from the Y. They are a lot of those down there that don't really go anywhere. There used to be a lot more dirt ones down there, but it seems like most of them I remember from the 90s have been paved. That's Rancho California that goes down into Temecula. It does have some great views! there are  some other hill inside that have other spectacular views. That is really a beautiful place to ride. And there's never much traffic!
I went down to North San Diego county this morning and played around on some the the roads south of the 76 that run on both sides of the 15, Old Castle, Lilac, West Lilac, Gopher, Couser, and Rice Canyon on the Northside of the 76, east of the 15. It's all great riding down there. After I finished down there, I headed home thought Deluz country, than across Ortega and home. I did 235 miles and need another 100 to make 11,000 on the Goose.
I wish I lived closer! May be doing that soon!
Bare
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Post by: boggy on February 27, 2014, 01:05:28 am
We drove through Gopher Canyon a few months back headed to a bamboo grower's site out there.  I definitely will be returning on 2 wheels.  I just did a quick 40 miles in a rare after work ride that didn't involve commuting.  I was west of you Bare, on Sleeping Indian and N.River road.  Mostly farms - really nice up there.  I'm trying to find a nice 1 hour loop that I can sneak in here and there.  Great detox for after work.
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Post by: barenekd on February 28, 2014, 06:05:50 pm
I don't knnow how long it takes you to get to the end of Gopher Cyn just after it crosses the 15, but turn right there and go to the light and turn left onto Old Castle.  Continue to Lilac and turn left. THere is one left hander up there that will get you attention as it's arecucig camber and it tightens up quite a bit. Thought I as going over the side one time up there. ROtunately the bike hand a lot more lean that it could handle! But I was right at the edge!
Be careful out there! At any rate a Yellow Deli will show up then go a 1/2 mile or so to Couser Cyn. on your left. Take that up to the 76 and turn left, go to the next right and go up Rice Cyn. That's the one I crashed my Bullet on. Anyway, it ends at a sharp left hand turn, then you'll go down to a couple of stop signs. Go straight through, the road curves slight after the second one. It takes yu down to the old 395, Turn left and go to the next stop sign (Mission) and turn left and across the freeway. this road will take you to Fallbrook and by the DeLuz entrance. You can stay on Mission and go back down to the 76 and home.
HTre are lot of options over there, but I ride this particular loop quite often, when I come up from Escondido, but I go up into the Deluz complex on my way home. I usually get gas at the Fallbrook Shell.
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on March 05, 2014, 09:04:13 pm
We did little River road and cruised around that west side stuff a bit last week. Nice riding, but a lot more traffic than the east side.
I went down to the ME Breakfast Club get together this morning. There was a very light turnout and the few who were going riding were heading down to Escondido and Vista. I decided to head north so I went over to Deluz and get started there. There was a lot of dirt and several spots that water were running across the road especially in the hollers in the woods toward the North end in Riverside county. The rain really got that part! Then I started to go over Ortega highway and they were working on it and had this "follow me" truck leading the mob back and for the through a section on the east side of the Lookout. There were a bunch of cars ahead of me already stopped when I got up there and I really couldn't find a semi legal way to get by them and I sure as hell wasn't going to go across Ortega behind a dozen or so cagers. Believe me, that's no fun and passing zones are rare.
OS I went back down and took a not much better ride up the15. traffic was a mess there, too. Then I got to the beginning of Carbon Canyon and the Goose started running on one Cylinder, similar to what it did back when I first got it and the spark plug connector failed. I haven't checked it out yet, later today. I'll let it cool off! At least it got me home!
Bare
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Post by: mattsz on March 05, 2014, 09:55:35 pm
Three cheers for two cylinders!
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Post by: Tomrog on March 06, 2014, 12:13:16 am
LOL!  Umm actually Prof I shouldn't laugh.  Had my R1100RSL towed home the other day, something is amiss with the clutch.  The clutch lever just suddenly got HARD to pull.  Anyway, today, as soon as the kids are done with homework, Im going out to amputate the tail end of my BMW.  Cause that's what you have to do to get at the clutch.  We shall see... 
Gotta luv the Guzzi though, my first bike was a Stornello (125 guzzi Scrambler).  Fun ride. 
I am looking for a Royal Enfield.  So if anyone in the great state of Washington has one they would like sell let me know.  Have fun all! :)
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Post by: barenekd on March 13, 2014, 11:01:53 pm
Went on the weekly ME breakfast ride yesterday and wished I had an Enfield! After breakfast, they decided to go up to Palomar and then someone said they were going to take the Cole Harrison Grade, which is a dirt road that goes up from the West side. I've never been on it before. Some of the group said they'd stick with South Grade, the standard twisty way up there. Well, here I am following who I thought was everybody, and when they got to Cole Harrison, they turned left to go up the road. I didn't see anyone going straight! Oh, what to do. Oh, well, I'm here, might as well give it a shot! So, I'm last and following a guy who's kinda dropping back from the pack, but he's going as fast as I need to be. We went about a third of the way up when he stopped and said he as turning around. I figure I made it this far, I may as well continue. I caught up with the gang about half way up where they had stopped for a break. then I stayed with a couple of guys who had bikes that were more my size!
Now, ya gotta understand that I haven't been on a rugged dirt road in close to twenty years. This road has all the obstacles you need, mostly loose dirt, potholes, washouts, torn up bits of pavement, very tight turns usually going steeply uphill and way off camber. And the most stutter bumps I think I've ever seen! Actually most of the road was stutter bumps.
The Goose wasn't too bad for the most part considering it's a short barred cafe racer. Except for the stutter bumps. The suspension is way too stiff for that, and was really rattling my teeth out! But I managed to blast my self out of some deep enough trenches to fall off in, really digging into the way back machine to recall what I as supposed to be doing in these situations. Kinda like riding a bicycle, with twenty five years of practice, I guess some of it has to stick. I was definitely relieved to get to Mother's without falling off, and really had fun doing it. It would've been a lot easier on an Enfield, though. My Enfield suspension would've handled it better!
Boggy, while you out playing around, give this one a shot. You'd enjoy it on the Suzuki! Just go down the 76. It's down by Pauma. It doesn't take much special on tires. My Sport Demons handled it quite well. It's no Triple Diamond by any stretch.
Bare
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Post by: GreenMachine on March 15, 2014, 02:50:07 pm
Bare: Sounds like you had a great unexpected ride this go around...I'm trying to picture this part: 
The suspension is way too stiff for that, and was really rattling my teeth out!   ;D
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Post by: barenekd on March 15, 2014, 07:20:08 pm
Have you ever ridden on corrugated dirt for several miles, about 3" deep and maybe a foot apart. Stutter bumps we call them, because that's what you do riding them.
Bare
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Post by: High On Octane on March 16, 2014, 11:39:21 am
There's a lot of washboard roads out where I go camping.  The Blackhawk does alright on that stuff, probably do a lot better if I rebuilt the forks.  LOL  My wife's Hyundai Accent isn't so maneuverable on it tho.  The few time we've taken her car camping, I had to slow down to about 5mph on that washboard stuff or else you swear the doors are going to rattle right off of the car!  My Subaru owns that shit tho.  ;)

Scottie J
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Post by: barenekd on March 17, 2014, 01:28:49 am
Actually got about a dozen Guzzis in one spot for a ride this morning. That many Guzzis in one spot around here is a giant rally!
We met in Corona and went out Cajalco to Hemet and down Sage Road to the 74, then back up the 371 to the 74 then over to Idlewild for lunch. I got to meet a bunch of people that I know from the Guzzi forums. It was a beautiful day until we got down to Banning and it was hotter'n hell down there. It was in the 90s riding home.
It was a nice ride with the group, but wouldn't exactly put in in the Epic category. No bikes broke, nobody fell off, didn't go by anybody else's crash, Traffic was generally tolerable. It was just a good ride as most of them are! I did about 215 miles.
Oh, I forgot, some scumbag stole my cat face taillight in the restaurant parking lot! Asshole!
Bare
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Post by: mattsz on March 17, 2014, 09:06:37 am
 
...some scumbag stole my cat face taillight in the restaurant parking lot!

>:(

F℧©kers!

I hope there's a special place in hell for these guys!  (Yeah, you!  And you, the guy that stole Jack's bike - you know who you are!  The karma train is comin'!)

(EDIT: let's try this link again...)

Here's part of the "Hell" panel from Hieronymus Bosch's famous "The Garden of Earthly Delights".  See that guy in the lower right with the flute up his tail - for all eternity?  I'm hoping that's the guy that stole your tail liight.  (BTW, please pay no attention to the hurdy-gurdy, which obviously plays a pivotal role torturing the denizens of hell.  Heh heh...  :-X )

(http://www.picassoprints.com/product-images/AMACAARQ-P688009.jpg)
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Post by: boggy on March 17, 2014, 04:38:29 pm
That is bullshit about your cat-light.  Especially with so many bikes around. 

I did your previous suggestion, Bare, and hit up those roads between Fallbrook and Bonsall.  Started on Gopher Canyon, headed through Old Castle.  That big, sweeping corner on Old Castle is something else.  Quite a few cars there, but rarely any after Old Castle. 

The plan was to take Lilac to West Lilac, but Lilac was so damn nice that I just kept going until it turned into a dirt road.  Really twisty, some great views, and lots of elevation changes.  One minute you are up on a mountain side, the next you are diving down through the woods.  Great road for a warm, high 70 degree day.  At the bottom I turned back.  On my way to West Lilac I check on a peddle biker with flat and noticed the sign for Courser Canyon.  Holy moly, what a road!  Heading from Lilac, it was really scary descending that mountain for the first time - that last bit with the switch backs.  Outside lane with just a white line and a tiny patch of dirt between me and a whole bunch of space and gravity.  GEESH - You make a mistake there and it's so long sucker.  The road psyched me out and my riding wasn't very fluid but it was a thrill.  I kept imagining a car going wide and bumping me off. 

Turned around down in the valley and headed back up Courser, back onto Lilac, and on through West Lilac.  Little red squirrels started playing Frogger and I saw one that lost.  Fortunately none got in the way.  Found a little woopty-doo grass/dirt patch along a hilly farm, parallel to the road that was fun on the DRZ for a short stint.  Crossed the 76, took Olive Hill Road back to Sleeping Indian and then back down to the coast.  Only 80 miles!  But all those curves and a few stops to soak up the scenery and rest my butt from that 2x4 of a seat. 

Endless curves, nice mountain views, beautiful valleys, very few cars, perfectly warm day... what more could anyone on two wheels as for.  All that, and I surfed the day before and the day after.  Not too shabby for March. 

GoPro note: I tried the "narrow setting" which is just a normal camera view.  It didn't work on the chest mount.  Just a few hours of my gas cap and speedo.  I'll have to try it on the helmet or possibly a  handlebar mount.  Here's an iphone panoramic shot of the valley below Courser.  The house behind me was so picture perfect, it could have been in the Shire.
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Post by: tooseevee on March 17, 2014, 04:56:17 pm


GoPro note: I tried the "narrow setting" which is just a normal camera view.  It didn't work on the chest mount.  Just a few hours of my gas cap and speedo.  I'll have to try it on the helmet or possibly a  handlebar mount.  Here's an iphone panoramic shot of the valley below Courser.  The house behind me was so picture perfect, it could have been in the Shire.

           If it was possible & I could choose, I think I'd spend another life in Bilbo's Shire. Might be fun. Of course, I'd want all memory of motorized vehicles erased ;)(http://)
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Post by: barenekd on March 17, 2014, 10:57:07 pm
Boggy, if you stay on the dirt part of Lilac. It'll take you back up to the 76. It's a lot better road than Nate Harrison!
You've gotten maybe 25% to a third of the great roads down there. It is absolutely fantastic riding all over the place. I guess that's why go down there about every week. I haven't been on the Crest or in Malibu since before the first of the year! On the other hand the winters up in the high country can be a coolish!
Bare
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 18, 2014, 02:06:42 am
I started tearing the rear end out of my Kawasaki Vulcan 750. It's time for the 10,000 mile final drive spline lube. It's about an 8 hour job, so I generally spread it out over 3-4 days. If the Enfield is still doing fine in another year, I may just sell the Vulcan. I have so many orthopedic problems I think my long distance riding days are about over anyway.
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Post by: Arizoni on March 18, 2014, 05:24:59 am
bare
Sorry to hear about your catlight.

Somebody must have had the worlds biggest gonads. 
I mean, there's no way I can imagine some dude walking up to somebody else's bike in a restaurant parking lot with a bunch of other bikes parked around and getting out some tools or a pocket knife and removing a tail light.

If I tried that, at least 3 guys would see what I was doing and pound big knots on my head (or worse).

Any chance your Guzzi vibrates like a RE and shook the screws out while you were riding along?
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Post by: Blltrdr on March 24, 2014, 03:00:14 am
This weekend I dropped the motor out of my Kawasaki ZG1200 Voyager. I bought the bike a few years back and had been listening to a rattling noise coming from the engine since I bought it. Well after many hours on the AVA forum asking questions about this noise and checking this and that and then spending another few hours consulting the forum Voyager guru over the phone the consensus of the cause of the rattle was a broken starter chain tensioner. So yanked the motor, split the case with fingers crossed and low and behold the tensioner truly had taken a dump. A small actuator spring was sticking out the top of the tensioner. But wait one minute, not so fast, a couple minutes of fiddle f*ckin with the tensioner and it works perfect. So I asked myself, "Self should I reuse this old tensioner that works perfectly now that I have fiddle f*cked it back together and save $100 or should I pop for a brand new one?" Well the $100 was quickly spent after just one thought of contemplating another case splitting weekend. So 3 days and $220 later my problem will be fixed for good. Savings for doing this myself, about $1500+. Anyway there aren't many mechanics out there that will touch a Voyager and few Kawasaki shops that have many mechanics that have ever touched one either. I can always count on myself to do the work and to do it correctly, not taking shortcuts to save a few bucks. OK alright already, I did take one shortcut. Made a tool to remove the flywheel because I'm to cheap to buy a impact wrench. Well my birthday is coming up soon so I will have something on the list for my wife to buy. She actually gave me some money for Christmas to do this repair so I guess I will have to consider keeping her around for a while.
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Post by: barenekd on March 24, 2014, 05:22:32 pm
The catlight was definitely swiped. I had just checked the screws the day before. They were fine. Someone definitely wanted it! In fact, it was still there when I went into the restaurant. I would have noticed it if it had been gone. and I know it was there at the last stop we make My Jacket was laying on the bike and was still there. I have pictures to prove that. So I lost $25.00 in the deal. I went down to my local Triumph vintage shop and got another tone the next day. And no, the Guzzi does not shake like the Enfield. It is very smooth. A very light buzz at certain RPMs. The mirrors are always quite clear.
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on March 24, 2014, 05:39:39 pm
I went down to Temecula for what as supposed to be a BSA club ride yesterday. No one showed up so I was forced to take my own ride. I went on down to Fallbrook and over to Deluz, one of my favorite roads and headed back north on it. There was a fair amount of traffic heading South, but in the 20 miles to the North end of the route, I ran into no traffic at all. Southbound must've been 2 dozen cages , a couple of Sheriff's cruisers, and three Hardleys. The road still had a lot of dirty spots and a couple of spots where water was running over the road, but generally was a great ride!
I went on up to Ortega and headed west. There was a lot of traffic headed east, but I only caught 4 cages all the way across the good part of the road until about 4 miles from my turnoff when I got behind several cages, but it doesn't really matter there. the good stuff as behind me. The original 4 cages actually pulled over for me so didn't cause me any loss of time at all! the road was very clean. It was a great ride overall. so if the Beezer guys ever showed, I hope they had as good a ride as I did.
I got the EFI remapped a couple of days ago and it ran great. It wasn't bad anyway, but the new map just really smoothed the throttle response. It was kinda like changing to an NGK plug on the Enfields. You don't really think there's anything wrong with it until you do it!
Bare
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Post by: Blltrdr on March 24, 2014, 07:03:04 pm
That's some good riding out that way. I lived in Hemet back in the mid 80's and know that Temecula area well. Sold my KZ650C just before I moved there so I was left to tear up those roads with my '67 Goat.
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Post by: barenekd on March 25, 2014, 08:52:29 pm
A lot of the roads have changed a lot since the 80s when they used to be kinda gravelly paved are really nicely paved nowadays, Like Sage Road. That is a really nice, now. A lot of the roads that used to be dirt down in the avocado fields by Temecula/Fallbrook are paved now. Fantastic riding out in them thar hills!
Bare
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 26, 2014, 12:36:53 pm
This weekend I dropped the motor out of my Kawasaki ZG1200 Voyager. I bought the bike a few years back and had been listening to a rattling noise coming from the engine since I bought it. Well after many hours on the AVA forum asking questions about this noise and checking this and that and then spending another few hours consulting the forum Voyager guru over the phone the consensus of the cause of the rattle was a broken starter chain tensioner. So yanked the motor, split the case with fingers crossed and low and behold the tensioner truly had taken a dump. A small actuator spring was sticking out the top of the tensioner. But wait one minute, not so fast, a couple minutes of fiddle f*ckin with the tensioner and it works perfect. So I asked myself, "Self should I reuse this old tensioner that works perfectly now that I have fiddle f*cked it back together and save $100 or should I pop for a brand new one?" Well the $100 was quickly spent after just one thought of contemplating another case splitting weekend. So 3 days and $220 later my problem will be fixed for good. Savings for doing this myself, about $1500+. Anyway there aren't many mechanics out there that will touch a Voyager and few Kawasaki shops that have many mechanics that have ever touched one either. I can always count on myself to do the work and to do it correctly, not taking shortcuts to save a few bucks. OK alright already, I did take one shortcut. Made a tool to remove the flywheel because I'm to cheap to buy a impact wrench. Well my birthday is coming up soon so I will have something on the list for my wife to buy. She actually gave me some money for Christmas to do this repair so I guess I will have to consider keeping her around for a while.

Check the cam chain tensioner on that Voyager too. My Vulcan 750 has 2 cam chain tensioners, and both had started to fail by 15,000 miles. I replaced them with new oem parts, which only lasted 10,000 miles. Then I replaced them with aftermarket manual tensioners, the bike now has 89,000 miles on it, no more problems. Kawasaki made that bike for 22 years, and never did fix the problem, so a lot of engines failed due to broken cam chains.
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Post by: Blltrdr on March 26, 2014, 03:15:58 pm
Check the cam chain tensioner on that Voyager too. My Vulcan 750 has 2 cam chain tensioners, and both had started to fail by 15,000 miles. I replaced them with new oem parts, which only lasted 10,000 miles. Then I replaced them with aftermarket manual tensioners, the bike now has 89,000 miles on it, no more problems. Kawasaki made that bike for 22 years, and never did fix the problem, so a lot of engines failed due to broken cam chains.

I don't think the Voyager XII had that issue. The issue it did have early on was the igniter wasn't designed correctly and along with a weak starter chain and starter chain tensioner problems arose. If the owner tried to start the bike with a weak battery the starter chain could break. Kawasaki remedied this problem by redesigning and improving all the parts and by warranting all the work for all the bikes who's chains broke. My issue with the broken starter chain tensioner is very uncommon. These bikes are engineered like tanks, they're also designed in a way that makes them very easy to work on.
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Post by: barenekd on March 26, 2014, 06:12:57 pm
Was going to go down to Temecula this morning, but it was raining! Oh, well, catch up with some racing on the tube. Still haven't watched race 2 of the World Superbike from last weekend.
Bare
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Post by: Norm on March 27, 2014, 03:47:20 am
This week I put a tank protector on the CBR250R.  It works to stop my gear from making scratches on the tank, and also makes the tank look nicer, at least to my eyes.  A 75 mile ride in Spring weather was what the doctor ordered, with smooth 65mph speeds at times.  The 84mpg is just a bonus. 

The new (to me) Corbin seat is pretty nice.
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Post by: barenekd on March 30, 2014, 04:22:18 am
I took a ride down to Carlsbad to Hennessey's for a repast with the Breakfast club. After last night's earthquake or 3 I needed to go for a ride. Breakfast was good and I got to talk to friends for awhile but no one was really going for a ride, s I headed back up and stopped by a couple of bike shops to see friends then headed on home to watch the F1 qualifying, I got some of the mess in the garage cleaned up then sat down to watch TV and low and behold, and other earthquake hit me in the butt!
 I just picked the phone, when I rang and my wife was wondering if I had felt any earthquakes today. "Yeah, one just quit!" Anyway, here was another 4.1 to feast on. But it wasn't the one she called aobut. Apparently here friend had told her she felt one earlier in the morning. I wasn't around then, but it couldn't have been much. Anyway just a reminder that I live in Cantifordia!  Meanwhile, the qualifying for F1 was looking more like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
Bare
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Post by: Barnone on March 30, 2014, 04:20:28 pm
Rode my Chinese hard tail out to the ranch to check on the hog traps. No bacon.
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Post by: boggy on March 31, 2014, 04:33:48 pm
I didn't feel the quakes down in North County.  Or maybe I'm just too used to the subway being underfoot back East.

I've had a chance last week to do a few laps of Gopher/Castle/W.Lilac.  I'm trying to figure out a perfect, 1 hour loop for when I'm short on time and just need a fix.  Man, Bare, West Lilac is a blast!  Those switch back sections...

Bonsall, California is beautiful.  Exploring pays off when you are rewarded with these views.  Still can't believe I live here.
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Post by: GreenMachine on March 31, 2014, 10:57:19 pm
Put the battery in the Yamaha  XVS 1100, put air in the tires and took her out for a 30 minute cruise...Beautiful day in Virginia....
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Post by: barenekd on April 01, 2014, 01:05:27 am
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I didn't feel the quakes down in North County.  Or maybe I'm just too used to the subway being underfoot back East.

Yeah, you are pretty far south to be feeling that. North Orange county. You're about 60 miles away. If you'da felt it, we'da been toast!
Bare
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Post by: bob bezin on April 07, 2014, 12:24:15 pm
finally the glacier has receded here in wisconsin and the frost heaved apron on the bike shed receded enough to get my bike out. so my son on his "new"04 triumph datona and i on my bonnie went for a 47 mile ride to visit his buddy.going there  60 +mph. coming back (Alone)45 mph.
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Post by: Barnone on April 07, 2014, 12:28:40 pm
Rode my Ural out to the ranch to finish painting the old cracker house(1920s) that I rebuilt fifteen years ago.
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Post by: barenekd on April 07, 2014, 10:02:38 pm
A bunch of Guzzisti had a great ride yesterday up the Crest, Angeles Forest, back down Lower Big Tujunga, across Little Tujunga, connected with Bouquet Cyn and Spunky Cyn and ended up at the Rock Inn. Never have seen so many bikes there. It was an incredible mob. Pretty much put the usual crowd at the Rock Store to shame. But mostly Hardleys. They were out front trying to see who could out noise who! Took us over an hour to get served lunch, (we were warned!), we came back down Spunky and Bouguet then crossed on Soledad and Aliso to Angeles Forest and down Angeles Crest. We were avoiding the higher altitudes and it worked well. The weather was perfect, the roads were generally in great shape, a few spots of dirt on the road, but not bad.
Since I suggested the route, I got stuck leading most of it. But it was a great ride even though I had to work my butt off to keep anyone from getting bored! 
Bare
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Post by: sven trials on April 07, 2014, 11:57:09 pm
Took a quick spin to visit Jimi, its been a while...
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Post by: rvcycleguy on April 08, 2014, 12:24:16 am
A bunch of Guzzisti had a great ride yesterday up the Crest, Angeles Forest, back down Lower Big Tujunga, across Little Tujunga, connected with Bouquet Cyn and Spunky Cyn and ended up at the Rock Inn. Never have seen so many bikes there. It was an incredible mob. Pretty much put the usual crowd at the Rock Store to shame. But mostly Hardleys. They were out front trying to see who could out noise who! Took us over an hour to get served lunch, (we were warned!), we came back down Spunky and Bouguet then crossed on Soledad and Aliso to Angeles Forest and down Angeles Crest. We were avoiding the higher altitudes and it worked well. The weather was perfect, the roads were generally in great shape, a few spots of dirt on the road, but not bad.
Since I suggested the route, I got stuck leading most of it. But it was a great ride even though I had to work my butt off to keep anyone from getting bored! 
Bare

Ahhhh, the Rock Inn.  I know it well.  Great riding roads out there.  My sister and her family used to live nearby.  Her husband and his band used to play there often.  It was on the circuit for him to include the Country Club in Tehachapi, a dive in Taft and Buck Owens' place in Oildale. 
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Post by: barenekd on April 09, 2014, 09:35:08 pm
I went down to the MEBC meet theis morning and there were 15 or 16 guys there, the biggest turnout probably ever! Even another Guzzi, but I never got a chance to talk to the owner. We left to ride the Deluz/Avocado fields and all went well for awahile.  I was near the rear of the pack when someone in the middle ofthe pack turned off DeLuz. The next few people followed him because I could only see a couple of people in front of me. Well, the lead pack had gone straight. By the time I got turned around everyone had gone a different way, and I never caught up with the main pack. so I puttered down there for awhile, Then went up to Ortega as it was starting to get hot! Like upper 80s. So I just went home on the usual twisties from there. Did manage to get in a couple of hundred though.
Bare
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Post by: baird4444 on April 11, 2014, 05:06:20 pm
we took our 1st good ride of the season here on the western slope. Locals call it "the Gateway Loop", bout 225 miles. It covers everything from a 9,000 ft. pass to a desert canyon.
   Good time had by all - Mike
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Post by: boggy on April 11, 2014, 05:19:18 pm
Where did you find a painting large enough to park in front of, Mike?  That view is incredible.
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Post by: baird4444 on April 12, 2014, 12:28:51 am
That was taken on Dallas Divide which is about 10 miles
west of Ridgway, Co. There was an early snow up there last fall
so we had the spectacular fall colors with a snow white back
round. and then there is the desert canyon part of the day...
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Post by: heloego on April 12, 2014, 01:59:29 pm
Here's what I've been doing ( since Wednesday evening )...

http://krqe.com/
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Post by: bob bezin on April 12, 2014, 05:25:31 pm
i just re painted my 65 triumphs gas tank. my first time with my new hvlp spraygun from harbor freight.a few days ago i did the primer, then the base coat. man it went on perfect! then the clearcoat /pearl very thin stuff ,and it ran. so sanding sanding sanding  .this morning i re -base coated parts of the tank (outside) but now it "s about to storm so here i am.
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Post by: High On Octane on April 13, 2014, 01:17:33 pm
i just re painted my 65 triumphs gas tank. my first time with my new hvlp spraygun from harbor freight.a few days ago i did the primer, then the base coat. man it went on perfect! then the clearcoat /pearl very thin stuff ,and it ran. so sanding sanding sanding  .this morning i re -base coated parts of the tank (outside) but now it "s about to storm so here i am.

Bob - The trick to spraying clear coat is HIGHer air pressure.  You don't want too much air pressure to where you have over spray going everywhere, but you don't want it to go on thick either.  I spray clear at around 30-35psi at the gun.  For spraying base coat and sealer you want to spray at around 25psi at the gun.  Also which HF gun did you purchase?  The $20 guns do NOT spray very well.  They are good for squirting primer and that is about it.  Also, when spraying sealer and base coat you should use a 1.3 tipped gun, clear coat you want to use a 1.4 tipped gun.  Tho if you are using "cheap" clear coat that is "thin" you will be better off using the 1.3 tipped gun.  A 1.4 tipped gun will work for base and sealer as well, but you may want to set your trigger so it is not pulling all the way back/open.

Another trick I can give you is making sure your spray pattern is consistent.  The best way to check this is to spray a piece of cardboard or such.  Don't "spray" the cardboard, but hold the gun still about 6-10" away and just pull the trigger for a second or 2.  What you are looking for is a nice consistent stripe throughout the entire spray mark.  Adjust your spray pattern (the knob that controls the spray from going from a flat to round pattern) so that you have a wide AND consistent pattern.  If you are getting "blotches" at the top or bottom of your pattern, your spray head is clogged and needs to be cleaned.

If you continue to have problems getting a uniform coat, send me a PM with your number and I can talk you through it over the phone.

Scottie J
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Post by: mattsz on April 14, 2014, 12:27:09 am
Bob - I asked a question once about applying a water transfer.  Scottie responded with a similar reply - everything I could possibly need to know for my job, and then some!  To quote another thread, the proof is in the pudding - check out his finish work and you'll see he knows his $hit.

We're lucky to have him, and so many others who have knowledge and skills, so willing to go through such lengths to help us!

Thanks all you guys!!!

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Post by: bob bezin on April 14, 2014, 01:04:20 am
i have the better harbor freight gun with pressure gauge . the problem is me being inexperienced but i think i have a solution..  at my first attempt at clearcoating my runs were on the side panels the top came out beautyfully. horizontal is the way to go. so i will put the tank on a rotissery and only spray horizontally. thanks for the info ( my nozzel is 1.4)
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Post by: Barnone on April 14, 2014, 01:07:03 am
Took a quick spin to visit Jimi, its been a while...
Hey, you got a CCW Heist?

I have a similar bike, the DF250RTB
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Post by: High On Octane on April 14, 2014, 02:05:07 am
Bob - It's a little hard to tell in this pic but I made a stand for my gas tank for about $20.  I just went to Home Depot and bought a 12' 2X6 and some truss braces and screws.  I cut the wood to the needed size pieces and then assembled it together.  For the feet I just took a some 16" pieces and screwed them into the side legs with lag bolts.  Not only did it work phenomenal for painting the tank, but now I always have a place to set my tank when I need to remove it to work on the bike.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/GasTankWithLogoLeft_zpsa89744c9.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/GasTankWithLogoLeft_zpsa89744c9.jpg.html)

Also, a few more tips to remember.  When you are spraying NEVER stop your spray path on the item you are painting.  Always go PAST what you are spraying, this help eliminate your runs.  Keep your gun square to the surface you are spraying, meaning flow with the curves and edges keeping the same distance away and making sure that your gun is always shooting straight at the surface.  And last but not least, utilize a 50-70% overlap, meaning each path with the gun you make should overlap your precious path by 50-70%.  If you are spraying high metallics or pearls, it is also a good idea to do a bridge coat.  This is where you turn up your air pressure and hold the gun about 14-16" away from the surface, and quickly moving the gun up and down AND THEN side to side misting the paint on.  This will help hide any imperfections in your paint and give you a more uniform color/coverage.

Scottie J
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Post by: sven trials on April 14, 2014, 04:34:37 am
Hey, you got a CCW Heist?

I have a similar bike, the DF250RTB

No it's a Kikker,  I thought you have sold the Dang.  Have been watching your post on the chinese site for years it seems.
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Post by: bob bezin on April 14, 2014, 11:25:42 am
thanks scottie i will try the bridge coat .i made a similar stand but a table top model . keeping it around for future tank removal use is  a great idea.
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Post by: Barnone on April 14, 2014, 02:36:13 pm
I sold the 2010 DF and bought a 2012 DF last year. Solid bike if a bit under powered. What engine does the Kikker have?
The DF is a 167FMM (CG250) at 229 cc.

Modified a bicycle trailer by adding pit bike wheels for hauling garbage in the mountains where I will be migrating for the summer.
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Post by: sven trials on April 15, 2014, 01:46:35 am
Hey Bar, The Kikker has a 200cc right now, the new HK3 models come with a 49cc but the wiring and engine mounts can be updated to 250 v-twin or parallel twin like the Honda or a chinese version with twin carbs.  Check out the Kikker site.  I am sure you are thick skinned enough to handle the crew.  They can be rough around the edges but are good hearted in nature.  Lots of vids on youtube like this one   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulqkck7I9To
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Post by: gremlin on April 16, 2014, 06:09:53 pm
not necessarily today  ;) but, over the winter I treated my Triumph to new:

wheel bearings
rotors, pads, & lines
rear shock
fork springs
spark plugs
air filter
AGM battery
LED instrument & panel lights
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Post by: Norm on April 17, 2014, 04:58:31 am
Took the 'lil thumper out for 75 miles, enjoying some sunshine and warmth.  Back home the rear wheel got cleaned and the chain lubed.  I wish the bike had a center stand, so the rear bike stand has to be used for it.
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Post by: barenekd on April 28, 2014, 09:26:36 pm
Did about a 250 miler on the BSA Club Hanson Dam Ride yesterday. It was a beautiful day, just a light tad chilly, but beat the hell out of being too hot. the gang I got behind were mostly riding old Brit Thumpers, Gold Stars, Velocettes, Matchlesses, etc. And they were haulin' ass. I had to worked my butt off to keep up with them in the twisties! They were getting on with the program. Oh, yeah, a MotoGuzzi Falcone was leading the pack! Only a couple of REs at the Dam, a B5 and a '55 Indian 500 Twin. I've ridden with the guy with the B5 before. He's quite quick. But there was a great turnout. At least 4 Vincents were there, or at least that's how many I saw.
The ride went up Lower Big Tujunga to NAgeles Forest to Palmdale/ Elizabeth Lake down to Leona Valley for lunch, then to Francisquito Cyn to Spunky, to Bouquet Cyn and winding back down to Little Tujunga and back to the Dam.
The pic was taken pretty much after everyone had gone home.
Bare
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on May 01, 2014, 04:15:48 am
Put away the XT225 dual sport for the 120 degree summer. Removed the aftermarket plastic gas tank, poured out the gas, washed it out good with soap and water (to prevent ethanol damage) rinsed it and put it back. drained the carb and filled it with Seafoam. Put a battery tender on it, put it in the back of the shed and covered it up.
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 05, 2014, 10:45:40 pm
Rode one of these today ....It was a bit different....If u never rode something similar  ,  u take it easy with this thing on the road....Be prepared to get a real workout..

http://www.aprilia.com/Model/56/SXV+4.5+-+5.5/Overview.aspx
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Post by: scoTTy on May 07, 2014, 02:39:46 am
cut grass.. I use my RE cover to cover the mower..  does this count? ::)
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Post by: bob bezin on May 07, 2014, 08:56:24 pm
took some nice twisty roads to lacrosse to get a gel battery .also ordered a rear view mirror for the srx. man was it windy!
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Post by: Uncle Billy on May 08, 2014, 02:55:00 am
Started renewing the front calipers on my 1984 Honda VF750F Interceptor - the grooves in the calipers which hold the piston seals and dust seals contained some sort of gummy stuff that made the pistons too tight so they wouldn't retract after the brake lever was released.  The rear had the same trouble which is now fixed.  Next is a new front tire, and it's on the road.

Later I removed the new recently installed rear set controls on my 1973 RD250B so I could remount them using Locktite, then installed the right side chamber that replaces the stock exhaust; the left side is next.  Then the bike will be ready for carb jet changes to keep it from running too lean with the chambers and the bird-strainer air cleaners that are also new, and it will be on the road as well.  I had "cafe'd out" this bike 2 years after I bought it new, using aftermarket parts available then but there are much better things available now even though the bike is 41 years old.  I had a full fairing with a headlight bucket in it that looked really nice, but the clip on bars that mounted on the fork legs between the triple clamps made the riding position too hard on my 72 year old back, so I changed them to Yamaha 550 Seca bars (from 1975 or '76) and left the fairing off.  Actually it's about an hour's work to switch it from fairing to no fairing and I'll do that someday just for fun.
(http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2180/718404/21719293/408149831.jpg)
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Post by: baird4444 on May 18, 2014, 05:00:26 pm
Did a 350 mile loop south then west thru Paradox Valley to Utah then Moab. Then north to I-70 west to Fruita and Grand Junction for
the Mike The Headless Chicken Festival, good ride and good day!
             - Mike
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Post by: High On Octane on May 18, 2014, 05:54:47 pm
took some nice twisty roads to lacrosse to get a gel battery .also ordered a rear view mirror for the srx. man was it windy!

What roads were you cruising Bob?  I used to live in the Pepin/Durand area?  Definitely some great riding in the Northwoods.   :)

Scottie J
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Post by: boggy on May 19, 2014, 12:33:21 am
Rode one of these today ....It was a bit different....If u never rode something similar  ,  u take it easy with this thing on the road....Be prepared to get a real workout..

http://www.aprilia.com/Model/56/SXV+4.5+-+5.5/Overview.aspx

Nice bike!  I am loving my Suzuki Supermoto - LOADS of fun.  Great bike for the backroads - but a good deal slower than that Italian with it's 400cc single putting out 40-45 hp.  Very curious how the v-twin rides.  My DRZ is just a few pounds heavier but it really goes/stops quickly.  I imagine the SXV is a beast.  What do you mean, "take it easy?"  ;)

Started renewing the front calipers on my 1984 Honda VF750F Interceptor

My first bike was a VFR500 Interceptor and I loved it.  My buddy had the 750.  Have a weak spot for those red, white and blue rockets.
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Post by: bob bezin on May 19, 2014, 12:43:46 pm
fri night went to the bmw rally in soldiers grove wis. temp 49 f  on the way there.they had a great band . i had to stay and listen.had a hamburger and a good old potosi pail ale.
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Post by: bob bezin on May 25, 2014, 01:37:34 pm
replaced the honda coil that was put on in pierre s.d.  with a triumph coil on the bonneville , and replaced the broken turnsignal .and replaced the broken norton taillight on the commando.
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Post by: Barnone on May 25, 2014, 02:31:22 pm
(http://)Took a load to the recycling center.
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Post by: Norm on May 26, 2014, 10:51:40 pm
Today I rode 60 miles in the 60F weather.  Going uphill against the stiff wind at 66mph makes it apparent I've got about 23HP.  Coming back with the wind makes it seem like there are 40HP.   ;)

The tank got 81mpg and with 2,050 miles, things are pretty smooth.

Newest photo of "Little Raven": 
(http://i.imgur.com/WJYA0zA.jpg)
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Post by: baird4444 on May 27, 2014, 03:14:24 am
I just got back from a 300 mile loop over Red Mountain on the Million Dollar highway to Durango, then to Dolores, then back North over Lizard Head pass to Telluride then home. The goal of the trip was to visit the location where the Firework Stand scene in the movie "JOE DIRT" was filmed.
   I can cross that off my bucket list- Mike
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Post by: barenekd on May 27, 2014, 11:32:14 pm
Made an appointment with Racetech to get my Goose's forks softened up a bit. That thing will beat you to death on stutter bumps which is most of the freeways around here. They're almost as bad as RE forks with the factory sludge in them.
Bare
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Post by: gizzo on May 28, 2014, 07:30:49 am
Went for a spin on my Suzuki bobber, with my wife on her Monster, to have coffee and cake by the sea. It's a great bike and a lot faster than my C GT.
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Post by: High On Octane on May 28, 2014, 12:20:31 pm
I just got back from a 300 mile loop over Red Mountain on the Million Dollar highway to Durango, then to Dolores, then back North over Lizard Head pass to Telluride then home. The goal of the trip was to visit the location where the Firework Stand scene in the movie "JOE DIRT" was filmed.
   I can cross that off my bucket list- Mike

Nice!

I rode my foster bike on Monday, the '01 F650GS.  Nothing crazy, just me and a couple of friends riding thru the foothills.  I forgot how quiet that bike is, I can actually hear my surroundings and other bikes while riding it.  It's a fun and capable bike, but not nearly as fun as the Blackhawk.  :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/SpeedtrapCafe_zps8055f5eb.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/SpeedtrapCafe_zps8055f5eb.jpg.html)

Scottie J
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Post by: barenekd on May 29, 2014, 06:47:29 pm
I went to the MEBC breakfast yesterday and we took a ride to Idyllwild. Great weather, great roads, good time! I fiddled with my rear shocks and the ride was considerably improved. They had been packing down on me because of a lack of adequate compression damping. A bit more camping certainly improved everything in the ride, and kept the rear end up do the front wasn't pushing any more!
Bare
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Post by: boggy on May 29, 2014, 10:38:36 pm
Went for a spin on my Suzuki bobber

That is a nice looking bike, gizzo.  I really like the shape of that engine - and the way that header comes down and wraps around that tear-dropped shape case.  I like the proportions of this build - The fenders, the tires, and the stance all look really sharp.  I like that nothing looks too clean either.  A real, well used street machine.  I like it!
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Post by: gizzo on May 30, 2014, 12:38:53 am
Thanks, boggy. It's nice of you to say so. I like it a lot, too. The patina is staying, I like the grubbiness and protective layer of filth more than overpolished show finish on a bike like this. These bikes can be had for beer money in the states (even brand new), but are rarer than rocking horse shit in australia. They were only available for one year here ('86), took me two years to find the donor for this project. The upside is, no-one else has one, and hardly anyone even knows what it is  8)
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Post by: High On Octane on May 30, 2014, 01:28:29 am
Thanks, boggy. It's nice of you to say so. I like it a lot, too. The patina is staying, I like the grubbiness and protective layer of filth more than overpolished show finish on a bike like this. These bikes can be had for beer money in the states (even brand new), but are rarer than rocking horse shit in australia. They were only available for one year here ('86), took me two years to find the donor for this project. The upside is, no-one else has one, and hardly anyone even knows what it is  8)

That is a nice bike you have and it looks like we have similar tastes.  ;)   I have same philosophy about building something unique and 1 of a kind.  That's why I'm turning my Indian from a bobber to cafe racer.  There's already quite a few Enfield/Indian bobbers out there.  But how many full cafe racer Indians have you seen?!   :D   Besides, I already ride it like it's a race bike so I find it suiting for me.  ;D

Scottie J
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Post by: olhogrider on May 30, 2014, 03:02:11 am
Gizzo, that is one savage beast you've got there! I was looking for one a while back but the right one just didn't come along. My idea was to go the other way. Change the tank to make it look like something like a Royal Enfield. By the time I got one and did all that to it, I would have more $$ invested than a new Royal Enfield. I like the Scrambler kit that RYCA has for them but the Café just looks wrong. The rear tire is too far out back. Yours has just the right proportions. Makes you wish Suzuki would make one like that.
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Post by: HRAB on June 01, 2014, 03:05:19 pm
The local dealer had "Honda Day" complete with demo rides. I signed up to test the NC700, a parallel twin standard ride. Standard ergo's but with the usual contemporary plastics .

It,s a nice ride. light quick and stable.
jim
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Post by: bob bezin on June 10, 2014, 08:43:48 pm
oh  gee  i just bought another bike. a 1980 250 yamaha thumper
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Post by: wingsfan3019 on June 10, 2014, 10:41:07 pm
I rode the Ruckus to work today. She needed some love
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Post by: barenekd on June 16, 2014, 08:59:12 pm
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oh  gee  i just bought another bike. a 1980 250 yamaha thumper

Was it the Exciter? I used to have one of those, Excellent little bike. It would cruise down the freeway, even two up, fast enough to get a speeding ticket. My ex rode it for while, but traded it for a dirt bike.
Bare 
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Post by: barenekd on June 16, 2014, 09:20:56 pm
Saturday, I rode up to Lake Isabella with the "Three Bulleteers" sans the Bullets. I on the Guzzi, Steve on his BMW and Jack on his Street Triple. It was a nice ride, but not too exciting as the roads were generally pretty straight. We were on the 395 most of the way. It was a good test ride to see if I'd eradicated all the Gremlins that I had harassing for the last month or so. seems the big one was slightly loose manifold clamp causing an occasional air leak on the right cylinder. Tightened it up and all is as it should be! So it was a good ride and enjoyable as the weather was great. It was 414 miles for me. I went to the Father's Day party at Century Cycle in San Pedro Sunday after watching the Moto GP race and seeing Rossi ending up second behind Marquez after a great race with Pedroza and Lorenzo duking it out into the last lap. Rossi is now 2nd in the standings.
The turnout was quite good at the Party with some interesting stuff there. I didn't stick around for lunch, but did chat with several old friends. The crowd has certainly in the last few years. It used to be a Brit bike show, but the Brit stuff is getting more and more rare and new machines are replacing them. Harley's are getting more numerous there, too.
I did tack on another 80 miles and went over 14,500 mile on the Guzzi.
Gotta get down to the RE shop this week and try out a Continental GT.
Bare
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Post by: olhogrider on June 17, 2014, 08:05:07 am
Saturday, I rode up to Lake Isabella with the "Three Bulleteers" sans the Bullets. I on the Guzzi, Steve on his BMW and Jack on his Street Triple. It was a nice ride, but not too exciting as the roads were generally pretty straight. We were on the 395 most of the way. It was a good test ride to see if I'd eradicated all the Gremlins that I had harassing for the last month or so. seems the big one was slightly loose manifold clamp causing an occasional air leak on the right cylinder. Tightened it up and all is as it should be! So it was a good ride and enjoyable as the weather was great. It was 414 miles for me. I went to the Father's Day party at Century Cycle in San Pedro Sunday after watching the Moto GP race and seeing Rossi ending up second behind Marquez after a great race with Pedroza and Lorenzo duking it out into the last lap. Rossi is now 2nd in the standings.
The turnout was quite good at the Party with some interesting stuff there. I didn't stick around for lunch, but did chat with several old friends. The crowd has certainly in the last few years. It used to be a Brit bike show, but the Brit stuff is getting more and more rare and new machines are replacing them. Harley's are getting more numerous there, too.
I did tack on another 80 miles and went over 14,500 mile on the Guzzi.
Gotta get down to the RE shop this week and try out a Continental GT.
Bare
I had to work in the morning. Got to Century in the afternoon after watching MotoGP! All the food was gone but the band played on. Tim has that life sized mural of Tom Sykes on his wall and didn't even know who he was until I told him. In a way Tim is responsible for me being back on a Royal Enfield. He tried for months to sell my Stella but when that failed I traded it in at Route 66. Is there another RE shop in the area? I need an oil filter and a destination in the morning.
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Post by: barenekd on June 17, 2014, 06:10:51 pm
Matt Capri's South Bay Triumph in Lomita is probably closest to you.
South Bay Triumph
2300 Pacific Coast Highway Lomita CA 90717
Phone: 310-784-7693 Fax: 310-784-7696

SoCal Triumph is in Brea, 1515 W. Lambert, there's a shop up in the valley in No. Hollywood,5144 Vineland,  and Doug Douglas Triumph in San Bernadino, I-215 and 5th, then turn back south to 4th on "H" St
Bare
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Post by: boggy on June 17, 2014, 07:15:32 pm
That was a pretty great GP race on Sunday (aside from the coverage, which is so painful).  I was really routing for Rossi to hold the lead, but Marc Marquez is just unstoppable.  The only chance anyone stands, is Marquez crashing out, which I thought he may do near end there.  Great effort by Pedrosa as well, including avoiding going down after contact with Marquez's rear tire on the last lap.

Bare, where is the closest RE dealer to you?
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Post by: olhogrider on June 18, 2014, 06:50:29 am
Matt Capri's South Bay Triumph in Lomita is probably closest to you.
South Bay Triumph
2300 Pacific Coast Highway Lomita CA 90717
Phone: 310-784-7693 Fax: 310-784-7696

SoCal Triumph is in Brea, 1515 W. Lambert, there's a shop up in the valley in No. Hollywood,5144 Vineland,  and Doug Douglas Triumph in San Bernadino, I-215 and 5th, then turn back south to 4th on "H" St
Bare

I was out the door by the time you wrote this but thanks anyway. I rode out to Douglas. Nice shop! I got the filter and drooled on several bikes. Then they let me ride a GT! Amazing the difference 35cc makes. I ran it up to 130! The big numbers on the speedo are KPH. It was smooth and powerful. The riding position is as extreme as my old 900SS Ducati. The suspension and brakes are miles ahead of the C5 but I can't take the riding position for very long.
After that I took the 215 to 138 to 2 and back to Glendale for lunch. It was a bit chilly and windy on the Angeles Crest but a fun ride anyway.
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Post by: olhogrider on June 18, 2014, 06:50:52 am
Matt Capri's South Bay Triumph in Lomita is probably closest to you.
South Bay Triumph
2300 Pacific Coast Highway Lomita CA 90717
Phone: 310-784-7693 Fax: 310-784-7696

SoCal Triumph is in Brea, 1515 W. Lambert, there's a shop up in the valley in No. Hollywood,5144 Vineland,  and Doug Douglas Triumph in San Bernadino, I-215 and 5th, then turn back south to 4th on "H" St
Bare

I was out the door by the time you wrote this but thanks anyway. I rode out to Douglas. Nice shop! I got the filter and drooled on several bikes. Then they let me ride a GT! Amazing the difference 35cc makes. I ran it up to 130! The big numbers on the speedo are KPH. It was smooth and powerful. The riding position is as extreme as my old 900SS Ducati. The suspension and brakes are miles ahead of the C5 but I can't take the riding position for very long.
After that I took the 215 to 138 to 2 and back to Glendale for lunch. It was a bit chilly and windy on the Angeles Crest but a fun ride anyway.
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Post by: gizzo on June 18, 2014, 08:43:20 am
I was out the door by the time you wrote this but thanks anyway. I rode out to Douglas. Nice shop! I got the filter and drooled on several bikes. Then they let me ride a GT! Amazing the difference 35cc makes. I ran it up to 130! The big numbers on the speedo are KPH. It was smooth and powerful. The riding position is as extreme as my old 900SS Ducati.

That's interesting. I was out today on my 900 SS lookalike 600 Pantah, and after riding the GT, I felt like I was folded up like a pocket knife. The Pantah has real clip ons and real rearsets and took a bit of getting used to it again. Didn't take too long though. I did miss the GT's turning circle, too. But god, I love the smooth, smooth power.
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Post by: boggy on June 18, 2014, 04:16:17 pm
Have you posted a pic of your Duc, gizzo?  Would love to see it.
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Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2014, 10:55:41 pm
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Bare, where is the closest RE dealer to you?

I live about 4 miles from SoCal Triumph in Brea, but I bought my G5 from Doug Douglas (40 miles) in San Bernaghetto, before Socal was a dealer. I prefer the SB shop even though I've bought other bikes from SoCal. The owner, Tom, at Socal, has been a friend for about 20 years, but the shop is too expensive for my blood, or wallet!
I did test ride a cafe racer out at SB today. See my post in the Continental GT section.
Bare
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Post by: gizzo on June 19, 2014, 03:01:03 am
Here you go, boggy. I posted a pic of the Pantah in Members Rides.
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Post by: boggy on June 19, 2014, 03:48:27 pm
Heck ya! That's the type of ride that got me into motorcycles as a kid.  Look at that fairing!

Awesome bike.
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Post by: bob bezin on June 19, 2014, 05:33:00 pm
sorry i took so long in answering the question about the 250 yamaha . i have been away 10 days on a trip to the east coast where i picked up my fireball from chumma . i am really am not sure. i think the 250 is a exciter. now i"m wondering, should i license it as a vintage (collectable one time license fee)  bike or make a cafe. its kinda small for a racer.no?
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Post by: olhogrider on June 19, 2014, 06:20:15 pm
Cafe that baby! My daughter rides a CBR250r Honda. It is a blast to ride! Last year I bought a SYM Wolf 150. It is a cafe version of the Honda CB125S. I later sold it to my daughter's best friend to learn to ride on. Little bikes are the most fun in the curves. Antique status is based on the year, not the style. It will never be a collector bike. Should be fun!
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Post by: barenekd on June 19, 2014, 09:51:34 pm
It would take a bit of work to get away from that almost cruiser styling, but it could certainly be doable. 250s have been very popular as cafe racers in the 60s and 70s. Most of them were two strokes, but there were a few popular 4-strokes, 1965 RE Continental for one! You can bet the Yamaha will out power the old RE. Not quite sure about the new one, but the one I had was pretty sporty! I really did like the bike. sometimes rode it to work instead of the SR500.
Bare
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Post by: Rich Mintz on July 07, 2014, 01:57:23 pm
My RE is in the shop, but over the weekend I resurrected my 2010 SYM Symba 100cc (a Honda Cub clone, with largely interchangeable parts, made in a factory in Taiwan that used to make Cubs for Honda). It needed a new final drive hub and bearing. Here you can see the old and new parts:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0n3ox7g9xl3rs6c/2014-07-04%2013.48.36.jpg

And on Saturday I rode the bike up to Palisades, NY for the periodic "Bikes and Breakfast" gathering at the Market on highway 9W. Mine is the red and white clown motorbike in the foreground of this photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i18qdeofm0re7vd/2014-07-05%2011.00.33.jpg

It won't win any speed demon awards, but it can hold to 52 mph on the flats even with my fat backside on it, and it's 100% highway legal in New York and New Jersey...


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Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2014, 02:04:17 pm
Wow!  That hub sure is banged to hell for only being 4 years old!  When I first started reading I was thinking "why is he changing the hub already?"  And then I looked at the pic.   :o

Scottie J
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Post by: Rich Mintz on July 07, 2014, 03:08:37 pm
Scottie, I've had a lot of trouble with that hub. The driven sprocket is attached by 4 bolts that run through those channels, and it's separated about half a dozen times in normal use, no matter how much loctite I use and how tightly I attach the lock washers.

Since I seem to be the only one with this problem (the Symba community isn't as active as the RE community, but it's fairly active), I ordered a replacement hub, and sure enough, the channels run straight through. I'm guessing that I ended up in a progressive wear scenario, where running with loosened/wobbly sprocket bolts put extra stress on the channel mouths, which in turn created the opportunity for more bolt wobbling.

(It's also worth noting that I flog this bike, just like I flog my RE. I'm a large person and I ride it hard, on crappy city streets... all according to the philosophy that I bought these vehicles to use, not to keep locked up.)

So far I've done a hundred miles on the new assembly and there's no indication of anything loosening...
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Post by: olhogrider on July 07, 2014, 06:19:41 pm
Sounds like it was just a fluke. I had a SYM Wolf 150 for a while. It was a little gem! I sold it to my daughter's best friend to learn on. The only thing I didn't like was the giant SYM on the gas tank. Powder coat and a set of custom decals took care of that.
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Post by: bob bezin on July 11, 2014, 07:55:52 pm
today my son and i picked up a free kawasaki on off road bike about a 250 cc .the back brake was locked up .the bike had'nt run i n 2 years . the tank is rusty. the spark plug wire connector was broken off . in other words ruff shape . we got it running in about 1/2 hr. now to clean the gas tank , fix the brakes etc. what fun. it even has a title.
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Post by: Sam Simons on July 18, 2014, 11:30:22 pm
Took a few pics of the finished TW200....
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Post by: azcatfan on July 26, 2014, 03:41:51 am
Lots of cool bikes in here  8)

As for me, I got the wife's Night Hawk out of storage and made it roadworthy again:  Cleaned the carb, and a new front tire and tube.  She seemed pretty happy, and now I'll have a riding buddy on the weekends  ;D

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/NH2.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/NH2.jpg.html)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/NH4.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/NH4.jpg.html)
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Post by: bob bezin on July 26, 2014, 01:52:12 pm
i hope you can keep up with her.
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Post by: azcatfan on July 26, 2014, 03:10:35 pm
That little CB250 does pretty well for itself.  With half the displacement its about on par with the RE when I rode it as far as acceleration goes.  I'd guess it is 80 to 100 pounds lighter, and does have a higher top end than the RE going up to 65mph comfortably.
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Post by: bob bezin on July 26, 2014, 08:28:07 pm
i just swapped my wifes little wildfire bike. it's supposed to be like a mustang scooter. but it was too small for me (seat spring wise) because she never did get her licence certified for cycle . i got a suzuki gn400 single.rode it home about 40 miles. runs real good. but pops when i let off on the throttle. when i had that problem on my norton i adjusted the air screw. this bikes carb dos'nt seem to have one. any ideas?
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Post by: baird4444 on July 26, 2014, 09:23:01 pm
sucking air on a leaky rubber intake?
point rubbing block worn, closed gap?

hey, I've seen pics of those things bobed,BoB, great looking rat bike.
          - Mike
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Post by: gizzo on July 27, 2014, 11:44:33 am
Have a look on the carb body for a brass plug. Chances are that if you lever it out with a screwdriver, you'll find an air screw in there you can adjust to fix the popping. That's the case on my Suzuki savage 650 single. They do the same popping thing.
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Post by: bob bezin on July 28, 2014, 08:41:49 pm
thanks guys i'm gonna run right out there and check it out.
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Post by: bob bezin on July 29, 2014, 12:57:47 am
geez no results i guess i'll live with the popping.
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Post by: bob bezin on July 30, 2014, 01:55:19 pm
returned the gn400. it was'n that great.
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Post by: Norm on August 01, 2014, 05:55:51 am
Today I rode 125 miles on the CBR250R 'lil thumper in warm temps from 70 to 80F.  With 2,400 miles now, the motor has loosened up and is quicker and smoother than when new.  60-70mph is stable and smooth.  83mpg for the tank fill up and 83mpg since new.  The higher rpm vibrations are a different beast than what my former UCE ride had.  The numbing effect is noticeable for longer freeway blasts.  I might check out the GT this next week.
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Post by: baird4444 on August 03, 2014, 09:57:05 pm
I took swmbo to Silverton via
Co-550, The Million Dollar Highway.
one of our favorites...
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Post by: azcatfan on August 03, 2014, 10:41:36 pm
Mike, that is a big 'ol bike there!  Very nice B-)


Wifey dear has been tracking the subtle modifications I've been making to my RE and requested some easy upgrades on her Nighthawk.  So I did the turn signals:

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/NighthawkSignals.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/NighthawkSignals.jpg.html)
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Post by: gizzo on August 04, 2014, 08:59:57 am
Charged the battery on my Pantah. woo.
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Post by: Norm on August 05, 2014, 01:06:40 am
I rode the 'lil thumper 108 miles south and east of town and got 85mpg.  At the turn-around point I doused my shirt with water, rung it out, and put it on under the jacket.  THAT made the rest of the ride comfortable, what with 80F+ and ATTGATT.
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Post by: olhogrider on August 06, 2014, 11:42:45 pm
Rode my Morphous for the first time in about a month. A bit slow starting and took a while to warm up but then it was great!
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Post by: Norm on August 10, 2014, 04:50:44 am
Getting tired of the CBR250R's excessive high frequency vibrations and the uncomfortable ride after more than 50 miles, I purchased an '07 Moto Guzzi Breva 750, with only 1,300 miles, for less than $4k.  It is a very comfortable and powerful (for me) motorcycle.  Today's 65 mile ride was a pleasure.  The 'lil' thumper is probably up for sale, for about what this Guzzi cost.  It is nice not to have my hands going tingly and numb after long rides.
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Post by: GreenMachine on August 11, 2014, 04:47:25 pm
Guzzohm: U lucky dog....Bye Bye 250 cc....GM
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Post by: olhogrider on August 13, 2014, 03:20:04 am
Getting tired of the CBR250R's excessive high frequency vibrations and the uncomfortable ride after more than 50 miles, I purchased an '07 Moto Guzzi Breva 750, with only 1,300 miles, for less than $4k.  It is a very comfortable and powerful (for me) motorcycle.  Today's 65 mile ride was a pleasure.  The 'lil' thumper is probably up for sale, for about what this Guzzi cost.  It is nice not to have my hands going tingly and numb after long rides.
Before you dump the Honda you should have it checked out. I rode one from San Francisco to Austin, TX and back in April. My hands have been put to sleep by BMWs and Ducatis but not the Honda CBR250r. It is such a kick in the corners!
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Post by: Norm on August 13, 2014, 05:19:40 am
Before you dump the Honda you should have it checked out. I rode one from San Francisco to Austin, TX and back in April. My hands have been put to sleep by BMWs and Ducatis but not the Honda CBR250r. It is such a kick in the corners!
The hand-numbing is new to me.  The Honda is a nice motorcycle but does not resonate well with me at higher rpm's.  At 65mph it shows 7,000rpm's.  Even with counter-balancer, that's a lot of tingling.  The Guzzi, on the other hand, at 65mph, is around 4k rpm's. 

Even though the CBR250R is faster than my C5 was, the C5's lower rpm vibe was a lot more enjoyable.
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Post by: barenekd on August 13, 2014, 11:51:56 pm
I finally got my Goose running right after a couple of weeks in the shop waiting for a part, an O2 sensor. It had really been a month or so that I got a good ride in and I missed a couple of BSA club rides while I as screwing with the beast.
Today I went down to Temecula for the MEBC breakfast, then a short ride after breakfast of which I only stuck around for half of it as they were heading back South and I didn't want to go that way and headed home. I got in 165 miles and the bike was running like new. I had them put the stock mapping in it and that seems to have cured all its ills!
Good Day!
Bare
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Post by: motorman2whel on August 16, 2014, 07:27:14 am
Wheelies ! . 09 Aprilia RXV450 dualsport  ;D
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Post by: High On Octane on August 16, 2014, 01:33:45 pm
Wheelies ! . 09 Aprilia RXV450 dualsport  ;D

I hope it wasn't in traffic.  I'm all for wheelies and stoppies and what not, but it pisses me off when I see people doing that shit on crowded city streets.

Oh, and people dressed on their motorcycle like they are at the beach.  That makes we want to punch those people in the face.  Morons.
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Post by: boggy on August 18, 2014, 05:18:00 pm
Wheelies ! . 09 Aprilia RXV450 dualsport  ;D

Sweet ride, man... post a pic!
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Post by: barenekd on August 18, 2014, 08:05:44 pm
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I purchased an '07 Moto Guzzi Breva 750, with only 1,300 miles, for less than $4k.

Guzzohm, Welcome (back?) to the Guzzi world. It's a good place to be!
Bare
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Post by: Norm on August 20, 2014, 01:59:43 am
Guzzohm, Welcome (back?) to the Guzzi world. It's a good place to be!
Bare
I once owned a Moto Guzzi Nevada 750.  The cruiser riding position was not good for long rides.
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Post by: olhogrider on August 21, 2014, 05:35:36 am
http://vimeo.com/103971753
Took the Yamaha for a spin around the block today. The poor thing almost never gets ridden anymore. Weird vibes at idle because the camera is bolted to the bike. The rest is kind of fun.
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Post by: barenekd on September 02, 2014, 09:06:17 pm
Sunday, the Three Bulleteers got together for a little spin up around Angeles Crest and lunch at Newcombs. Steve brought his girlfriend and I stayed back with them while Jack and the other Triumph riders took off for a little sportier ride! Newcomb's was really crowded, but we manged to get a table in the box, It took awhile to get the food but it was their usual good stuff, except I wanted Pork Sliders, which are really great there. However, I got the usual line about them not going to be up for a half hour or so. So I missed them again! It was really too hot, warm even at 7000 feet! but I got home about 1:30 so managed to miss most of the heat and still got in 225 miles. Didn't see any Bullets up there, though. Only a couple of other Guzzis.
Bare
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Post by: bikesnob on September 03, 2014, 05:09:27 pm
Bare, it was nice riding with you again, Victoria really enjoyed it, wish it was a little cooler, hope to ride with you real soon.
Steve
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Post by: barenekd on September 03, 2014, 06:33:26 pm
We will so that! Are you doing the Extinguished Gentlemens' Ride?
Bare
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Post by: bikesnob on September 03, 2014, 11:34:17 pm
We will so that! Are you doing the Extinguished Gentlemens' Ride?
Bare
No I wont be doing that ride, the next club ride for me will be the BSA Mount Baldy ride on Oct 5th. 
Steve
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Post by: gizzo on September 04, 2014, 07:42:57 am
Went for a ride on my old Pantah and dragged the LS650 bobber out of hibernation to get it ready for the DGR.
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Post by: Norm on September 05, 2014, 12:46:09 am
On Monday, I put the Dart Flyscreen on the baby Breva and took it for a 70 mile ride.  The air smoothes out nicely around the screen.
(http://i.imgur.com/HsDNJ1T.jpg)
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Post by: Norm on September 07, 2014, 09:50:16 pm
There is something special about a sunny Sunday morning ride, before traffic and come rushing at you. 
I took the Breva for a 50 mile ride, totally relaxed with the pleasant surprise of lots of recent asphalt put down.  The fill up showed 60mpg.
Back home I realigned the headlamp which inadvertently moved up when I put on the flyscreen (note the photo).  Then I attached the Cortech tailbag for practicality and styling.

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Post by: barenekd on September 10, 2014, 11:30:05 pm
+1 on the Dart. I have one on the V7R. It's better than their stock one.
Bare
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Post by: baird4444 on September 24, 2014, 05:20:42 am
I took my favorite wife on a "Fall Color Tour". we had a good day and the Aspens are just starting to glow.
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Post by: bikesnob on September 24, 2014, 10:44:11 pm
I took my favorite wife on a "Fall Color Tour". we had a good day and the Aspens are just starting to glow.
Nice picture
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Post by: Bumboo on September 25, 2014, 01:37:41 am
Returned with favorite wife from 21 day 4200 mile RT to Nova Scotia from VA on Honda VTX 1800 pulling a Time Out motorcycle camper. First time pulling a trailer....different...not good or bad.....just different; but it sure gave us amazing comfort for the long haul.    Rode the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton which is supposed to be one the best m/c roads in the world.  Well, it's certainly a spectacular ride....if only I could have carried the Bullet in the trailer and substituted it on the Cabot Trail for the tractor and hay wagon we were riding.   
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Post by: Scotty Brown on September 25, 2014, 06:13:03 am
Took a very nice 116 mile tour from Laguna Hills to the main divide off Ortega south through Cleveland National Forest to Tejena ranger station and through the new homes built In the area since I was last there.  Road is all paved now but poorly maintained. Returned through Elsinore.  Stopped at the local watering hole "Hells Kitchen" and had some fun with the other riders.  They kept asking what was that square black box hanging down the fork leg. ( California charcoal filter required here ) I had some fun with them and very seriously told them that it was the Nitrous Oxide box and it give me enough horsepower to pass almost anything on the road.  Great day and love the C5........
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Post by: mattsz on September 25, 2014, 07:21:10 pm
Returned with favorite wife from 21 day 4200 mile RT to Nova Scotia from VA...

I think I might have seen you guys... were you in Bangor, Maine, on or around Wednesday the 17th?  First at the grocery store near the mall, then immediately after at Harbor Freight Tools?
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Post by: barenekd on September 25, 2014, 10:28:25 pm
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Took a very nice 116 mile tour from Laguna Hills to the main divide off Ortega south through Cleveland National Forest to Tejena ranger station and through the new homes built In the area since I was last there.  Road is all paved now but poorly maintained. Returned through Elsinore.  Stopped at the local watering hole "Hells Kitchen" and had some fun with the other riders.  They kept asking what was that square black box hanging down the fork leg. ( California charcoal filter required here ) I had some fun with them and very seriously told them that it was the Nitrous Oxide box and it give me enough horsepower to pass almost anything on the road.  Great day and love the C5........

One of my favorite riding spots, but usually go a bit farther south to DeLuz, but get there by riding usually Clinton Keith and Grand.
I haven't done Killen, is it paved all the way? Dirt and my cafe racers aren't the greatest of buddies!
Bare
Bare
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Post by: Scotty Brown on September 26, 2014, 01:21:26 am
The road is paved but very poorly maintained with lots of pot holes and dirt over the pavement.  I was riding between ten and twenty miles per hour most of the way.  Not recommended for cafe racers if you enjoy comfort.  I have no idea why I posted this on a non-enfield site-- Brain fade I guess.
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Post by: Bumboo on September 26, 2014, 03:21:38 am
Well we were in Bangor in early late Aug or, maybe, early Sept and visited the Harbor Freight as well as grocery store I'm sure.   It was a very friendly town and we were impressed by the miles and miles of American flags that lined the highway in route to the Canadian crossing.   We saw two REs in Maine: one in Arcadia National Park and another near Southwest Harbor.  I didn't get a chance to talk to either rider but the guy near Bar Harbor had a lot of bugs in his teeth.  I think he'd just ridden to the top of Caddy Mountain.   Best, MAM
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Post by: gizzo on September 26, 2014, 08:21:31 am
Washed my fabulous Pantah cafe/tourer and badass Suzuki Savage bobber for this weekend's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. Huzzah and tally ho!  :D
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Post by: barenekd on September 26, 2014, 10:32:41 pm
Well, I did tackle the Nate Harrison Grade up to Palomar on the Guzzi.
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on October 13, 2014, 01:29:58 am
Tool the Guzzi across the Crest yesterday. I haven't been up there in a couple of months because it's been too damn hot. It was a great ride and even a bit chilly above 7000'. Stopped at Newcomb's for awhile. Lots of people there. Even coming down into Pasadena wasn't too bad and the ride home was only about 85o. Great ride on a great day!
Bare
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Post by: i.candide on October 13, 2014, 04:22:02 pm
Found a buyer for my GL1100. So took it to Justin's Cycle for carb rebuild and new fork seals. The son-in-law is modifying and using my Sporty. Says he's going to buy it.

Now in the market for a first generation KLR650 as my alternate ride.
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Post by: 1 Thump on November 24, 2014, 11:54:55 pm
Listed mine for sale....

Its a 2009 Aprilia Mana with about 3800 miles.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/4774664722.html
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Post by: gizzo on December 07, 2014, 10:47:55 pm
Yesterday I went for a ride with my friends. They're on Suzuki SV1000, Kwak VN800 and new KTM Superduke, so I took my old Pantah, which is my bike Most Likely to Keep Up. Usually we are on tight twisty stuff where the Enfield would be fine but yesterday was 300 miles on open high speed roads. Was a great fun ride, lots of swapping between bikes and The Superduke is genuinely frightening. 180hp is quite a lot. Was interesting to notice that the fuelling on that one is not brilliant, either. Kind of surged along at about a 1 second cycle that I found irritating. The owner had never noticed it though. Maybe I'm being too harsh on the GT and it's fuelling issue. The way it romped to 200kph in the blink of an eye, and destroyed the SV1000 in rollons, was not irritating  ;D.
Some fun scratching in the corners and lunch at a pub by the river made for a perfect day's riding.
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Post by: motorman2whel on December 08, 2014, 05:34:29 am
Painting more parts for My grandkids Christmas present, a 79 Honda Z50R I'm restoring.
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Post by: barenekd on December 08, 2014, 06:34:54 pm
I took the Guzzi over to Malibu Friday for a flash, then went over to the Rock Store for lunch and BS sessions, then up the snake and down Latigo, then home for a 160 mile trek and Sunday went to the BSA Club Christmas party via Angeles Crest/Forest to Palmdale, 170 miles. The weather was nice on both rides! Great weekend. I don't think any one came to the party actually rode a Beezer. Don Madden was there on his RE.
Bare
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Post by: motorman2whel on December 09, 2014, 05:56:19 pm
I took the Guzzi over to Malibu Friday for a flash, then went over to the Rock Store for lunch and BS sessions, then up the snake and down Latigo, then home for a 160 mile trek and Sunday went to the BSA Club Christmas party via Angeles Crest/Forest to Palmdale, 170 miles. The weather was nice on both rides! Great weekend. I don't think any one came to the party actually rode a Beezer. Don Madden was there on his RE.
Bare
Very cool day for you. Its been raining here for a week... snow tonight :'(
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Post by: Norm on January 28, 2015, 04:50:59 am
On Sunday I rode 95 glorious miles on the Guzzi, mostly freeway blasting.  Back home I found a nail in the back tire.  How long has that been there?   :o


The bike is at the local cycle tire shop getting new treads.  Seven year old tires, even with only 1800 miles, need to be replaced anyway.
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Post by: barenekd on February 04, 2015, 11:30:37 pm
Fixed a cracked mirror arm and put the air filter back in the Goose.
Bare
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Post by: Blltrdr on February 05, 2015, 01:49:11 am
Well a couple of days ago I became very ill. It was that bug you get when you see a bike you have to buy. I am slowly recovering after the near heart attack waiting for the online auction to come to an end.

This auction house has a very interesting technique to keep things alive and keep people in the game. What they do is list every vehicle no matter what it is together in one group. The auction will keep continuing as long as there is activity on one of the vehicles within 3 minutes to the end of the auction. So if someone bids within the last 3 minutes of the auction close, the time is reset to 15 minutes and you start counting down again. If someone bids again within the last 3 minutes it is reset another 15 minutes. If there is still activity after the first hour it then resets if a bid is made within the last 2 minutes in 15 minute reset intervals and then it will reset at 1 minute for the third hour. Well my bid was the top bid from the original ending of the auction till about 30 minutes into the second extended hour, when the last vehicle had a final bid with no higher bids placed.

Well after the smoke cleared and my heart rhythm went back to normal, I became the proud owner of an '09 HD FLHTPI. In layman's terms, an Electra Glide Police model.

My wife was actually excited about the thought of me buying this big hog. How cool is that! I think I will keep her around a little longer. ;)

Well it has under 16k miles on her. Have been cleaning, charging, inspecting everything. Will have to replace the police lighting that was removed with civilian appropriate lighting.

So this bike has the 103ci twin-cam motor w/6spd gearbox. It has the HO charging system, ABS brakes, oil cooler, air ride solo seat, King Tour Pack with padded backrest for solo riding, heated grips, low mounted driving lights, HD clutch, air ride shocks and run flat tires. 

I will definitely have to do the stage 1 treatment on this EG. A couple seat and tour options. New tour tires, brakes, stereo, gauges/switches and a new windshield designed with a flip up top lip to get the airflow over my head.

Shouldn't break the bank to get her in shape. I can take my time and slowly add what I want. First I have to weed through the zillion parts offered for this model.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: rtillery02 on February 05, 2015, 03:05:37 pm
I'd been struggling with high running temps on my 2002 KS iron barrel after a top end upgrade to an alloy barrel, new piston & head rebuild. I decided to just set it up & ride my C5 till a solution came to mind for my overheating issue, but since it seemed to have a lot more acceleration power with the choke ON,(though it didn't idle well) thought I'd jet UP the carb...again. From 117.5 to 120 to 130 now to a 150...& whadyaknow! I got a 173 deg. runnin temp with enough power to spare. I wouldn't have thought it would've taken that much jet size to run right,  liv-n-lern I guess. Maybe this info will help someone down the road, R.Tillery
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: ace.cafe on February 05, 2015, 03:24:33 pm
I'd been struggling with high running temps on my 2002 KS iron barrel after a top end upgrade to an alloy barrel, new piston & head rebuild. I decided to just set it up & ride my C5 till a solution came to mind for my overheating issue, but since it seemed to have a lot more acceleration power with the choke ON,(though it didn't idle well) thought I'd jet UP the carb...again. From 117.5 to 120 to 130 now to a 150...& whadyaknow! I got a 173 deg. runnin temp with enough power to spare. I wouldn't have thought it would've taken that much jet size to run right,  liv-n-lern I guess. Maybe this info will help someone down the road, R.Tillery
If you need a 150 main jet in a Mikarb, you have an air leak somewhere, or something is wrong with the carb, or an exhaust leak. 130 is almost always the most necessary, even at sea level. If you really need that jet, I would be looking for what's wrong.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 05, 2015, 04:24:08 pm
rode around NYC on my SYM Symba underbones in the aftermath of a week of heavy snow...

https://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/J3zWLctmJUXuZe7
https://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/btIqXC1sO6pEpx6
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: DanB on February 06, 2015, 12:34:50 am
rode around NYC on my SYM Symba underbones in the aftermath of a week of heavy snow...


That is crazy Rich!  Your a stronger person than I am!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 08, 2015, 02:23:41 am
Nice!  That Symba seems to be a trusty lil' scoot.    :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on February 17, 2015, 11:40:13 pm
Yesterday and today I rode two 50-mile rides on my two scoots in mid-50 and sunny weather here in the great NW.  Today, the "lil" thumper CBR250R was flawless and fun with speeds up to 65mph, but more like 40 on the backroads I prefer to ride on.  Yesterday the Guzzi Breva got a similar but faster ride and got 51mpg compared to today's 83mpg on the Honda.  The Honda might be more fun, but the Guzzi is more satisfying.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 18, 2015, 12:24:36 am
Here's what I did: ride my scooter over to visit with this guy: http://instagram.com/p/zON2wjJrv1/
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Uncle Billy on February 21, 2015, 04:05:36 pm
I began building a 1/8 scale model of a Matchless G50 from a Protar kit I bought on eBay from a seller in Finland. I also bought kits of a 1985 Honda VF750F Interceptor, a Yamaha DT-1 Enduro and a 1/12 scale model of Kenny Roberts knee-dragging his Yamaha YZR500 from sellers on eBay because real motorcycles are an idle pipe dream just now when the snow is 2 feet deep and the temperature is in the single digits where it's been for most of a month.  I still have a real '84 Interceptor bought new and currently under a cover in my buried and frozen garage; my then-wife and I had a first-year DT-1 which was our only transportation when I was assigned to the 1957 Comm Group at Hickam AFB, Hawaii and we lived in poverty (unaccompanied E-4 airmen who had their wives with them anyway lived well below the poverty line in Hawaii), 1967 to 1969.  Don't have a Yamaha YZR500 and can't ride like Kenny Roberts did, but the model, all yellow and black and leaned over on my desk is as close as I'll get to knee-dragging anything but the snow blower for a few more months, alas.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on February 21, 2015, 04:47:08 pm
Uncle Billy - have you seen the paper kits from Yamaha?

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,20955.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,20955.0.html)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: boggy on February 21, 2015, 11:25:04 pm
Here's what I did: ride my scooter over to visit with this guy: http://instagram.com/p/zON2wjJrv1/

Why in the world is that motorcycle (a) outdoors and (b) uncovered!?  Might want a warning for that picture: "contains graphic images."
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Uncle Billy on February 22, 2015, 01:31:41 pm
Mattsz: Wow, those would be great fun to build!  Thanks, Matt, for posting the link. 
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: azcatfan on February 22, 2015, 01:46:02 pm
I recently acquired a little bigger bike for some touring and camping.  Taking it out today on a long run to stretch it's legs and see what changes need to be made for comfort before any longer trips.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/NP2.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/NP2.jpg.html)

It's an appliance wrapped in tupperware but should be trouble free for what I plan to do with it B-)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 22, 2015, 02:23:52 pm
So is the VTX like a semi-naked Goldwing then?  Looks like a nice cruiser.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on March 02, 2015, 02:20:41 am
Nice models, wish they had more of the vintage ones.
Been out on the Guzzi on some club rides lately. Went over to Malibu for some EFI Tweaking and ride though our version of the Dragon, Latigo cyn.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 21, 2015, 09:08:11 pm
i just got home from a 35 mile ride from lacrosse .i had new tires put on the srx. it was a bit cool at 43 degrees.but it was great.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on March 22, 2015, 03:15:39 am
Dragged my old DR250 out and went for a spin. Woo!  :D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on March 23, 2015, 05:11:39 am
Rode 54 great miles on the Breva.  New OEM tires have made the handling quite nice. 

It is turning out that I prefer the sound of twin pipes accelerating than thumper tones.  When will RE be bringing out the twin?
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on April 06, 2015, 12:45:12 am
Today I rode the 'lil thumper CBR250R 65 miles in the cool but mostly sunny weather.  The gasoline fill up showed 80 mpg.  Back home, I lubed the chain and put more wax on the gas tank.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Blltrdr on April 06, 2015, 08:38:00 pm
Rewired my Genie garage door opener to work off the momentary siren switch on my Harley police bike (switch rocks left for horn and right for siren). The Genie remote works on 12v so made the mod very easy to accomplish and can be installed in any vehicle using high beam switch or any other switch.

So in the photo of the top side of board I removed the switch then installed jumper wire (red line) on top side and soldered on bottom side. I then attached long red and black wires to the + tang and - tang that the battery clips into soldering the wires to the tang. Before I install the remote in the bat fairing I stripped the ends of the +/- wires and test the opener with the original battery. Wire the black to ground and then the red to the wire from the siren switch. Obviously the voltage can't be constant, the wire from the switch has no voltage till pushed momentarily to apply the 12v for the door to open/close.

Oh before I forget, this mod cost zip. Saved $150 that HD charges for a part that does the exact same thing.

The mod page that gave me the inspiration.
http://www.ohmcheck.com/content.php?165-How-to-add-a-12-volt-garage-door-opener-onto-a-motorcycle (http://www.ohmcheck.com/content.php?165-How-to-add-a-12-volt-garage-door-opener-onto-a-motorcycle)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on April 13, 2015, 08:48:15 pm
My girlfriend and I took our Indian Cheiftain to Wrightwood and had a delicious breakfast, only 110 miles but it was fun.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 18, 2015, 06:40:29 pm
Yesterday the XL200 would not crank over.  It'd sat for a couple weeks unused so I pulled the battery, topped the water level up, put it on the charger over night, put it in the bike this morning and rode to town to pick up a battery terminal for my multitester so as to be able to check out the electricals on the bike. On the way home I killed the bike and it wouldn't start back up - the dreaded "click" instead of "whir" when the start button was pushed.  Pushed it the half block home and parked it, put the battery back on the charger and then found out that the battery connector wasn't the only problem with the multitester.  Went back to town, picked up new multitester, came home and confirmed - bad battery.  :(  AND, to make things even more fun, the car battery chose last night to die as well.   :o  We need a gremlin trap in the garage, it seems... Once the wife gets home I'll take HER bike and start running around to get replacement batteries.  Funny, that little Honda Biz 100 of hers is running the same, original from the factory, sealed battery it came with 10 years ago - knock on wood.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on April 20, 2015, 08:18:58 pm
Saturday morning I rode the BMW to the Halfway House Cafe on Sierra hwy in Canyon Country. Then thru the desert on up to Wrightwood then home, 175 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on April 21, 2015, 06:43:17 am
Today I sold the 'lil thumper Honda CBR250R to a young professional man who just finished his MSF course.  I got a chance to say goodbye to the Honda when I rode it to his place, since he didn't want to run the freeways just yet.  It was a sad farewell, but I'm glad to be down to just one motorcycle, the Moto Guzzi. 


The Honda was a very fun bike to ride, and I think the new owner will learn the craft of riding in a careful manner.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 24, 2015, 05:31:06 pm
I beat the starter on my XL200 with the butt end of a screwdriver.  Then I turned on the gas, pulled the choke, turned on the key, punched the starter button and it started right up!  Nothing like a little love tap to get its attention!  Then I rode it up to the Honda dealer's shop, turned it off and walked in to sign it in.  The tech walked out and... the solenoid just went "click" each time he punched the starter button!  :) So it's now getting some professional help.  I just don't have time to try and sort it myself right now.  He said it should be ready by noon. We'll see!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 24, 2015, 09:46:06 pm
It was raining when I'd planned to go up and pick up the bike, so I waited 'til it "quit".  Of course the weather was just trying to sucker me into a bit of a sprinkle on the way.  Not enough to get soaked, but enough to get my glasses spotted. 

Anyway, parts cost the same as if I'd bought them to install myself.  Labor came in right at $10 U.S. - a bargain in my mind since it would probably have taken me a couple hours (at least) to do it myself.  No shop manual so it's "feel as you go" for me, and I go slow.  Anywho, the kid wheeled it out, fired it up, shut it down, fired it up - yep, the starter's working again.  He showed me the old brushes from the starter, they didn't look too hot after almost a decade of service. Paid the cashier, handed the receipt to the nice girl running the shop counter, put on my helmet and gloves and went for a short spin.  I'm gonna miss this little bike when it's gone, but hopefully it'll be replaced by a Royal Enfield when we get back in country.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 29, 2015, 12:24:58 am
rode my new  2015 indian cream and green vintage chief  home from the dealer about 95 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 29, 2015, 01:06:25 am
I rode my old Yamaha TW200 that I have given to my Son, and let him ride my Enfield.  He is now ruined forever.  Wants an Enfield !  Imagine that !
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on April 29, 2015, 03:52:04 am
rode my new  2015 indian cream and green vintage chief  home from the dealer about 95 miles.
WooHoo BoB....   that's a beauty!!
You are going to have to send out some pics for sure. That will be a nice road bike for Potosi this fall.
     - Mike
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on April 29, 2015, 11:00:02 am
Today I put a new clutch in my old Suzuki savage bobber. Fitted the plates into the basket,basket to mainshaft, nut done up,clutch release and springs in,clutch cover on,remembered I'd forgot to bend the clutch nut lock washer, pulled footpegs back out,clutch cover off ,remove release mechanism,fold washer and do it all again. Silly me. But now,I have a non slipping clutch on my badass scooter so that's nice.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bikesnob on April 29, 2015, 10:38:27 pm
rode my new  2015 indian cream and green vintage chief  home from the dealer about 95 miles.
Wow another Indian owner on the forum, I have a 2015 Chieftain, Springfield blue/ Ivory. My girlfriend and I rode up to Santa Maria from Glendora,Ca last weekend. 430 mile round trip.  We got rained on just out of Santa Barbara up to Santa Maria, we put on our rain suits and stayed dry.  Congrats on the new Indian Bob.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on April 30, 2015, 09:24:01 pm
Did a bunch of riding on the old MG V7R. Cafe Racer 59 Club group ride Saturday to a Car/motorcycle show. I missed most of the rain on that one! The BSA Club Hansen Dam ride on Sunday, 225 miles, beautiful day. Post office today and school for a Photography class I'm dabbling in. I get a DSLR (Canon T5I) a while back and need to get some inspiration to use it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on May 04, 2015, 12:16:28 am
Today's beautiful weather saw me on the MG Breva 750 going 77 miles.  Three killer bees on their 4-cylinder rockets were making the highway very loud.  But they were soon gone.  The Guzzi got 57mpg for the tank, and it was a most enjoyable ride. 


It was a smart choice to sell the CBR250R even though I loved the 'lil thumper.  The Breva is more satisfying to ride.  Also, twin exhausts under hard acceleration have a most pleasing sound.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 06, 2015, 07:31:28 pm
Today (and every Wednesday) our local government has determined that my XL200 shall not be ridden between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. so as to "diminish traffic during rush hours.  BUT I needed to be at a meeting right in the middle of the restricted area at 8:00 a.m..  So I took the "3G Scooter" (Granny's Grocery Getter) and dropped my dearly beloved (the Granny to whom the 3G belongs) to work and took her bike to the meeting.  Afterwards we (the 3G and I) took a ride west toward Cartago, swung back along the alternate route to town and back to the house.  It was mostly WOT once we got out of town. That little Honda Biz100 has some get up and scoot - for a 7 hp (count them ponies!) bike!!!  It's actually kind of fun, quick and agile through traffic and capable of doing clear up to 95 (kmh - WOT - downhill) Once you hit 75-80 you'll find yourself reaching for the non-existent 5th gear. Yep, for highway riding, get another bike.  Still, fun was had, nose was thumbed at asinine regulations that drive the increase in the number of vehicles instead of providing less congestion, and things got done that needed done. 

Oh, and once we got back to town I stopped by and picked up a new set of mirrors.  She's been complaining (occasionally) about the lousy mirrors, but I'd not ridden the bike in a while.  The old ones were starting to fog (lose their reflective coating, I guess).  The replacements are a bit taller and wider in the glass area and don't extend past the grips.  Overall it's a positive change over the old ones.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on May 09, 2015, 10:19:54 pm
80 mile ride in the warm 70's here today.  The Guzzi ran wonderfully and I could have ridden all day, except for the lockjam traffic all over the place after noon.  Should have started earlier.  61mpg for the tank.


Back in the city, some young guy came out from a side street from a stop sign.  He looked to his right but not to his left.  Good thing I was paying attention and anticipating such nonsense, so there was only hard braking and loud encouragement from me to him as he nonchalantly drove away.  We really are invisible out there, even with high beam on, colorful reflective gear, and light colored helmet.


(http://i.imgur.com/G2mAeHb.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: HRAB on May 12, 2015, 12:47:12 am
It has been a while since I've been around. Still putting on lots of miles. Latest is the acquisition of a hack I purchased in Phoenix and rode home to Minneapolis (1700 miles). Heck of a first ride on my first rig.
Jim
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on May 12, 2015, 01:37:10 am
on a wing....
     how much beer can you haul in the chair??
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: HRAB on May 12, 2015, 03:10:00 am
on a wing....
     how much beer can you haul in the chair??
Don't know yet. But I have plans to find out!
jim
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 12, 2015, 12:54:54 pm
It's great to hear from you.   bob
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: HRAB on May 14, 2015, 04:12:12 am
It's great to hear from you.   bob
I have been remiss in keeping up with friends.
I've been riding in the summers, hiding from snow and cold in the winter, and now back home planning a few trips for the coming months. One with the new rig to the black  hills with the USCA, one back to the same area with the ST, and I hope to get out to South Carolina's Barrier Islands. The ST group has a couple of meets in Spring Green, WI, and one at Eagle Cliff Camp near Lanesboro. Last year there was a blue grass music festival at the campground to the east of Eagle Cliff. I had a great afternoon just listening to the music.
I plan to go  again.
Jim
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on May 31, 2015, 03:03:57 pm
Yesterday I put the new Dart Marlin flyscreen on the Guzzi Breva.  It fits any V7 Moto Guzzi, comes from England, and is very well built.  Dart makes a screen for Enfields, too.


The Dart screens do a very good job in smoothing out the air so the rider doesn't get buffeted with wind blasts.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Uncle Billy on July 04, 2015, 06:04:21 pm
After a lot of time spent in the garage I got 2 of my other bikes road-ready, insured and registered.  My 1984 Honda Interceptor bought new had been inoperative and ignored for maybe 10 years, but a few weeks ago, after a lot of work, it was taken for a ride.  It's as steady at a constant 80 MPH as it ever was and feels like its old self.  I also resurrected my Yamaha RD250 also bought new in '73 that hadn't been run for at least 20 years.  I turned in into a cafe racer in 1975 with rearsets, low bars and other mods like the 4-leading-shoe front brake off of a TD2B roadracer (I think) and this spring finally put chambers and a K&N filter on it.  I thought rejetting woes to be a big deal but it wasn't - I bought 2 new carburetors rejetted for those mods to the intake & exhaust and boy! does it ever get nasty at about 6000 rpm!  If you have a Yamaha RD-series to rebuild check out HVC Cycles.  They sell nos and repop parts of high quality for RDs and others; they are 2-stroke specialists, and helpful on the phone too.

What did I do today with my non-Enfield bikes?  I took both of them for a lengthy ride in the country today:

(http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2180/718404/10054975/411461279.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on July 05, 2015, 08:41:10 am
  Hi Uncle Billy --Nothing like an RD in full song --- Enjoy the music !
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on July 05, 2015, 03:03:58 pm
Yesterday I rode the Breva for 86 miles in the AM before the record-breaking temps came later in the here in the too-hot NW USA.  Riding in ATTGATT is more challenging above 80F.  58mpg for the tank fill-up. 



Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Uncle Billy on July 05, 2015, 04:13:35 pm
Scotty, it sounds so different than other bikes that people turn to look at it as we pass by, and then frown at the smoke trail it's leaving.  It has a harder, more harsh sound above about 6 or 7 thousand rpm when the chambers come on line, and turns into a nasty little screamer.  The acceleration that accompanies the sound is fierce!  It would blow my GT off in a heartbeat and it has only 5 major moving parts.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 05, 2015, 05:13:44 pm
I remember my RD 350. Below about 6,000 it couldn't pull the skin off milk, above...you better be holding on tight! But in the rain, I'm from Florida it rains a lot, it was more than a handful as it'd want to "Kick Out" all the time

I wish I still had that little bike though it was great fun.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Norm on July 19, 2015, 10:06:28 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/dp9RiaA.jpg)
I recently had a new battery put into my Ohm e-bike, which doubles the range of OEM battery it replaced, down 25% after three years.


The picture above is from a 42 mile ride that used about 75% of the battery juice, with the motor at boost 3 of 4 to help my pedaling up hills.


Today's "fitness" ride of 23 miles used around 25% of the battery, with the motor at boost 1 of 4 most of the way.


If there weren't so many darn hills around, and if I wasn't on the wrong side of 60, a road bicycle would be my choice for longer rides.  But with ever increasing cage traffic, using a bicycle makes a lot of sense, what with the improvements in bike paths and trails here in the city.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: baird4444 on August 09, 2015, 04:12:36 pm
Took a nice lunch ride thru Telluride and over
Lizard Head Pass to Dolores.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: The Old Coot on August 10, 2015, 12:59:26 am
Been a long week here. Monday I felt bad and Tuesday I ended up in the ER due to respiratory distress. After a few hours on "O"s and breathing therapy I felt much better, a bucket full of drugs and they sent me home. I worked Wed and Thurs and then took off Fri. NOW it gets strange.

I need to run to the store so I roll the RE out and pick up the script and back home.  I wanted Ice Cream so it's the car for this run. After I'm home I decide to run over to a friends house so I pull out the Versys. Full day to say the least by the time I get home I'm felling it.

Saturday And I get a call from a bud who need a favor from me. He fell off the corn crib at his Mom's farm and can I ride his bike home and bring back his truck as he broke his ankle? Now this is going to be a 5 hour ride! But he's bailed ME out so I head over to ride the BMW home...only it's NOT a BMW but a BRAND new Goldwing! What a beast! over 1/2 a ton of bigger than I've ever ridden monster bike. BUT once I got over it and hit the road it felt OK, yea it's still heavy BUT it didn't feel like a Moose. And on the open highway it's the Bees Knees. Set the Cruse Control, motor the windshield up and turn on the tunes and just drone down the road at 75 in a quiet bubble of comfort. Unlike anything I have.

Today I rode the RE for about 75 miles out in the country nice and slow just taking it in and enjoying the simple Thump Thump Thump and cool day. Just what I bought it for.

BUT all good things come to an end and I had to head back to get chores done and to fight with the computers that just upgraded to Windows 10, that at least went fairly painlessly.   
       
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: barenekd on September 02, 2015, 08:12:32 pm
Haven't ridden the Guzzi since Monday, just a short run to the dentist. It's been too hot to get any serious stuff in, but the bike is closing in on 20,000 miles!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: krusty on September 02, 2015, 09:40:24 pm
Rode to work, got cold, rode home, got wet!
Another good old British summer.
Krusty
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 29, 2015, 01:33:04 am
Got the wife's Biz 100 running.  We'd stored it while up north so I took the time to give it a good going over.  The factory battery failed after only 10 years.  What's the world coming to?  ;)  Replaced the air filter foam, was glad to see Honda shipped it pre-oiled. Replaced the original fuel line with one brought from the U.S., had to take the fairing off just to get at it.  Changed the oil for good measure.  So it's back together with a new battery, a bit of gas in the tank, the rear fairing on and it fired right up. Got the front fairing back on and it's ready for the gas/mechanical evaluation tomorrow so we can run it again. 

My XL  200, on the other hand, decided to give me fits.  Changed the oil, ensured the new (four months ago) battery was charged full after setting (disconnected) for four months. Replaced the fuel line with a piece of the same stuff brought down for the Biz 100.   Put about 2/3 of a gallon of gas in and it fired right up.  Now it's bogging when I accelerate. Must have something in the jet.   >:( Started to take the carb off to check it, but it's dark and I'm tired.   We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 27, 2015, 02:19:07 am
I took the dear wife's little Honda Biz 100 down to the grocery store to pick up some supplies for tomorrow's lunch.  She's got a basket on the front and luggage on the back to carry groceries.  I call it "Grandma's Grocery Getter" - although Grandpa was the one riding it today. 
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on November 30, 2015, 01:15:15 am
It was actually yesterday, but I finally got my 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 completely back together and took a 250 mile ride on it. I took the engine out to replace the stator almost a year ago, and it was sitting in what used to be my living room for almost a year. Just as I got the engine out, riding season arrived, and I let it sit while I rode my other bikes. I figure I have over 50 hours labor into it. I had forgotten how comfortable and fast it was. I cruised on the freeway for over 100 miles at an indicated 80 mph before needing to stop for gas. It is a v-twin, but feels like an inline four at those speeds. Now to get the old Vespa and XT225 back together, and all my bikes will be in running condition.
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Post by: AmBraCol on December 17, 2015, 01:25:30 pm
Last night I brought the XL200 "home" for what will hopefully be the last time.  A bit later today I'll be riding it over to a friend's place where we'll put a big "For Sale" sign on it and see what happens.  I hate to let it go, but such is life.  Not enough room in the garage, plus we need the money for other projects. :(  On the other hand, I'm reminded why I'm so tickled with the purchase of the Royal Enfield Rumbler 500.  That XL200 frame is way too small for me, and it's a mystery how I managed to rack up that many  miles on such an uncomfortable bike.
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Post by: heloego on December 18, 2015, 03:31:28 pm
Mystery solved...
You're too hard core to let that little thing stop you.  ;)
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Post by: AmBraCol on January 29, 2016, 12:02:51 am
I rode the XL200 into town and turned it over to the young man that bought it from me.  Hated to let it go, but don't have adequate parking space for three bikes (The Rumbler, my wife's scooter and the XL) so on the block it went.  May it serve him as well as it did me.
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Post by: AmBraCol on February 05, 2016, 02:26:44 pm
What's the world coming to?  The headlight on my wife's Biz100 only lasted 11 years.  Had to change it out yesterday, it only worked on high.  Meanwhile, the rear light bulb was burned out on both the tail light and brake light - second time I've had to change that in 11  years. 

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Post by: PerazziMx14 on February 09, 2016, 09:41:52 pm
I got my 5 Guzzi's, 2 DR605's and Ducati 900ss/cr a early Valentine gift. I brought home a new leftover 2012 chrome/black C5 yesterday, if that counts?
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Post by: The Old Coot on February 09, 2016, 11:28:56 pm
I brought home a new leftover 2012 chrome/black C5 yesterday, if that counts?

Certainly a good start. And congrats glad to see another Enfielder around.

Plus remember if there are no pictures it didn't happen so get snapin'!  ;)
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Post by: AmBraCol on February 13, 2016, 03:01:14 pm
My wife's little Biz100 has been idling rather fast lately.  It's bugged me, but not enough to do anything about it.  This morning while I was warming up the engine and she was still not downstairs the opportunity was taken to grab a screwdriver and adjust the idle screw on the carburetor.  Sounds much better now.  It's probably time for me to take it for a ride around the neighborhood to see what else needs adjusted.
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Post by: Arizoni on February 13, 2016, 10:22:25 pm
Good idea.

It's easy for a person who drives something to overlook things that get slowly worse over time.

A person getting into something that he/she hasn't driven for a long time will instantly see or feel something that isn't right.

When they point it out to the regular driver they get a response like, "Oh.  Yah.  It's been doing that for a long time.  I figured it was just getting old or something."
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Post by: AmBraCol on February 14, 2016, 01:20:02 am
Exactly.  AND it's hard to remember what needs checking on something you're not regularly riding.  Even tire pressure, if I don't remind her to get it filled, it doesn't get done.  I'm guessing the brakes need a bit of tweaking and it's time for me to check her chain.  Need to go in and see what a new lower chain guard goes for, the old one broke a tab and it'd probably cost as much to replace it as to get the old one welded.  It's been a good bike, not given much trouble at all over the past 11 years.
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Post by: Narada on March 17, 2016, 03:30:22 am
Can't wait any longer for the RE twin.  Began the process tonight to buy a 2015 Triumph T-100, Orange / Black. 

It will look very nice with my 2015 RE C5, Chrome / Maroon.  Maybe I'll trade it in for an RE twin when they come out in a year or two. 
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Post by: krusty on March 17, 2016, 08:12:40 am
I put a spacer under the chain guard on the 250 Retrostar, to stop the chain rattling against it. I new I was likely to have some issues with the little Chinese bike, but so far this is the only niggle.
Hey for half the price of a Honda, I can be niggled!
Krusty
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Post by: heloego on March 17, 2016, 04:10:37 pm
Pic of the bike?
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Post by: krusty on March 17, 2016, 05:05:55 pm
It's Wifey's bike, She is a little short of leg, so I changed the rear shocks and I modified them further by removing the assister springs and making the alloy spring seats to take up the free play. It goes well enough for a 250 and rides much like her old Sportster, just a bit lighter feeling. Not intendedto be a dig at Harley, but definite praise for Sinnis.
Krusty
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Post by: krusty on March 17, 2016, 05:20:03 pm
Maybe I should elaborate on that last statement in case I start something terrible!
The Harley was a 883 Superlow. It had very short travel rear shocks and a fairly steep fork rake(for a cruiser). The bikes general proportions and riding position are not a million miles from the 250. So other than the extra grunt the 883 motor delivered they feel similar.
Both bikes even cruise comfortably in the same 50-60mph range.
The wife can get her feet down about the same as well.
I should also add the 250 cost less than the depreciation on the Harley over 3 years. £2,300 on the road.
Krusty
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 17, 2016, 08:49:05 pm
Sweet looking bike. Wish there was something similar available here.
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Post by: krusty on March 17, 2016, 09:04:54 pm
AmBraCol, the bike is built by Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle Co, they supply Suzuki with the engine in the TU250. The Retrostar uses that same engine. We can't get the TU250 in the UK. I think it is available in the USA though.
Krusty

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Post by: AmBraCol on March 17, 2016, 10:06:17 pm
Krusty,

I live between the Equator and the Canal.  Suzuki no longer builds a 250 here and QuinQui doesn't bring them in either.  Royal Enfield is well on the road to taking over that market here as no one else seems to want to compete.  I like their bikes, but their 350 is too heavy for the HP available in my opinion. That bike looks like it's a great balance between weight and power for a smaller statured rider (like my wife).
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Post by: krusty on March 17, 2016, 10:24:00 pm
Paul, I forgot how international this forum is!
A real shame you haven’t got the same range of bikes to choose from as other locations.
Is shipping a bike from the States an option or is it too costly?
My knowledge of geography and current affairs is sketchy at best.
Krusty
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 18, 2016, 02:40:30 am
Paul, I forgot how international this forum is!
A real shame you haven’t got the same range of bikes to choose from as other locations.
Is shipping a bike from the States an option or is it too costly?
My knowledge of geography and current affairs is sketchy at best.
Krusty

Nope on the bike shipping.  By the time one pays transportation and importation taxes one is paying the same or more than a comparable model down here - if there is a comparable model.  And then one has no access to parts.  That's why I was tickled to find out the new arrangements Royal Enfield had made to import bikes more affordably than before.  They now sell the least expensive 500 CC bike in the country, well below the next one which would be the Suzuki GS500, and WAAAAY below the rest of the pack.  The Rumbler we picked up isn't the cheapest, but the small difference in price made me opt for the newer technology in the gauge cluster and lights.  Still, that little Sinnis is a sweet looking ride!  It's quite reminiscent of the little GN125 I used to have.  That was a good bike  - for a smaller rider.  Still, it took me up and over the Andes many times, whining the whole way, pegged out at 10,000 RPM or slightly less. The XL200 that replaced it was better in the power department, but  too cramped.  The Rumbler has given me a much better riding experience, plenty of power for climbing the mountains and a comfortable ride.  My longest trip so far was 12 hours including stops, from way out in the Eastern Plains, over the Eastern Range of the Andes, across the Magdalena River valley, over the Central Range and home.
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Post by: malky on March 18, 2016, 08:06:07 am
It's Wifey's bike, She is a little short of leg, so I changed the rear shocks and I modified them further by removing the assister springs and making the alloy spring seats to take up the free play. It goes well enough for a 250 and rides much like her old Sportster, just a bit lighter feeling. Not intendedto be a dig at Harley, but definite praise for Sinnis.
Krusty
It would be most interesting to get the occasional update on this bike, quality, durability, and reliability as the miles pile on. :)
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Post by: krusty on March 18, 2016, 07:51:12 pm
Hi Malky, Yes I will try to give updates on the 250. They may be slow coming and a little sporadic, the wife is strictly a fair weather rider and does maybe 1k miles a year at best!
This was the reason the Harley went. This is a much more affordable proposition for such an infrequent rider.
Krusty
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Post by: krusty on March 18, 2016, 08:02:53 pm
Hi AmBraCol, That sounds like a sweet trip. I'd not seen or heard of the Rumbler until I came across it on a YouTube video. Looks a nice bike and ripe for modifying.
Funny you should mention the GN125, that was the wife's 1st bike. She loved that little bike, I even used it for work now and then.
We paid £900 for it and sold it 5 maybe 6 years later for £800. Cheap biking at it's very best.
Krusty
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 18, 2016, 09:33:26 pm
If  you found a YouTube video of the Rumbler, there's a good chance it's one of mine.  8) There's a lot on the Thunderbird (Indian market version), but for some reason the export version (Rumbler) hasn't gotten much coverage.  So far I'm tickled pink with it. That little GN125 has a LOT going for it. It's still (in my opinion) the best of class, not that there's many 125cc "Cruiser" bikes on the market.  Now Suzuki Colombia has brought out a 150 that's a bit more "Cruiser", but they jacked the price up higher than the "improvements" warrant and I've not seen many on the street.  The GN125's are everywhere.  Got mine from the widow of a friend of mine.  It only had 60 km on it.  He was a novice and somehow killed himself the first out of town ride he took on it.  The bike had a bit of damage, but not too bad.  I gave her the value of the bike minus the repairs needed and fixed it up as time and funds allowed.  Put around 25,000 km on it before moving it on in favor of the XL200.
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Post by: AmBraCol on April 02, 2016, 04:42:34 am
Yesterday I had to take the Chevy to pick up my wife from work and go visit some folks.  Afterwards I dropped her off to pick up the Biz100 and we headed home.  Noticing her tail light wasn't working I pulled up next to her to let her know, but she'd forgotten to turn on the headlight.  In the meantime there was a whirring sound.  Oops!  Her mechanic hasn't been doing his job.  Chain was loose and dry.   :-[ So this morning I broke out the lube and wrenches and took care of it.  Sounds much better now...
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 20, 2016, 10:37:33 pm
yes, I can see this thread's been quiet for a while. But seeing as I thought I'd add rather than create new, picked this '98 GPZ500S up yesterday to play with that's stood still for 4 years. Hope Flash (RE) doesn't take offence with his spanners and sockets being used on something else lol.

pre polish pic.

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Post by: heloego on August 21, 2016, 03:22:15 am
Whoa! Not much space to work, much less sling a cat.  :o
Ok, so I'll quit bitchin' about running out of space in my garage.  ;)

Still waiting for the humidity to drop so I can clear coat some parts, but I did loosely assemble the rear of the ElectraX to get an initial set for chain tension using the old chain.
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Post by: Narada on August 21, 2016, 06:57:55 am
That place is a palace compared to my small shed with two bikes in it!

I bumped saddle bags pulling in the other day, and my Bonneville tipped over, hit my C5 knocking it down like a domino and sent me flying out the door! :o

I'm hoping to enlarge my shed soon meanwhile, it's a tight squeeze. :P
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Post by: The Old Coot on August 21, 2016, 01:08:46 pm
Not what I did to a bike but what I did to work on the bikes...I made a work bench. I used 2x4s for the frame and the top is a butcher block made from 1x2s. The bench is 4' x 2' and 3' tall. I also tossed in a couple of shelves that are 18" deep,  5/8" plywood tops. Now I want to make a riser back and hang a 3' tube light and pegboard for light tools and a bench vise on one end, not sure what side yet. So far I have about $40.00 in it but the light, pegboard and polyurethane I'm buying today to finish it will likely cost that much. Still cheaper than anything I saw and heavier built than I could buy.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 21, 2016, 08:59:40 pm
lol, It would be better if I made better use of the space tbh.

There's a bench behind the GPZ, although the rabbit lives in his hutch on top of it currently.

Yes it would be nice to have twice the space but think myself lucky I have that to work in compared to some who may not. Plus the extra space would only house more junk from house to garage lol.

Anyway, 1st purchases are rear pads, they fell apart, and a new battery. Uses same battery as the Enfield (bonus) so will order a Motobatt and then decide which bike to use it on.

Now, if the Enfield can use 10w40 for UK then that will save money on two different types of oil. Or if a 10w 50 is suitable for the RE then I'll use that.
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Post by: mevocgt on August 22, 2016, 02:26:23 am
I just got back from a week of riding my ST1300 on the back roads of MD, VA, WV, OH, KY, TN,  and NC.  We covered around 2,000 miles over seven days, without riding on Interstates.  It was a blast...
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Post by: Narada on August 22, 2016, 04:12:06 pm
Rode 200 miles round trip, up the Washington coast, from Seattle to Belingham (almost Canada) all back roads, on my T-100.  Kept up admirably with the two HD Road Kings I was riding with.  I bet there were at least 100 other Harleys and Japanese Harley copies coming and going. Did not see one British bike (other than my own) the whole ride. 
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Post by: Narada on August 22, 2016, 05:02:20 pm
And we'll armed.  I'm still a fairly new rider, but it seems whenever I'm around my HD friends, at some point the subject of who has what kind of gun in their pocket comes up.

I do like to ride alone most of the time, then I'm free to explore where ever I want to. I appreciate being shown new places to go, but It's kind of a drag following others around all day.   :( 

It really seems there is an important element of individuality and independence that I enjoy and it adds to the experience a greater sense of gratification at the end of the day, knowing that I went where and how I wanted to.
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Post by: mevocgt on August 22, 2016, 06:51:04 pm
The trip I took was with two friends I take an almost anual trip down to Deals gap with.  There are usually different people who get invited and sometimes don't get invited and show up anyway.  We would typically rent a cabin for a week, and basecamp it from there.  Last year 3 uninvited asshats showed up, and made a bad week out of the trip.  As well, our old friend and mentor to motorcycle riding passed away while we were gone.  So Wet blanket it was.  We left a day early and wandered home and the three of us decided that that was more fun, and planned for this year's trip to just be aimless wondering. 

My regular riding routine is similar to what you describe as your regular ride, Firecaptp7. 
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Post by: Scotty Brown on August 29, 2016, 04:05:46 am
Installed Pirelli tires on my Moto Guzzi to go with the new Hagon shocks.  Road about 100 miles to scrub in the new paws and set the spring tension on the shocks.  Having lots of fun with the Italian Tart but will never replace the
nostalgia of having an Enfield.  Explains why I MUST have two bikes.  One as a destination machine and one as a time machine.
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Post by: Narada on November 21, 2016, 08:31:25 pm
I took my 2015 Triumph T-100 out for a rain ride on the Mountain Loop Highway in the north cascades. I was warm and dry in my rain gear and had a blast. Didn't see one Harley all day, LOL!!!

I learned the hard way nor to do u-turns with bars turned in loose traction from a dead stop!  Bike needs repair, I need ibuprophen!

Am thinking of getting Metzler Tourance tires.  Does anyone know if they're good with sidecars?
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Post by: Scotty Brown on November 22, 2016, 12:29:24 am
Undressed my Italian Tart and made her nakedby removing the fairing and fork gators and installing higher bars, a round headlight and new forks.  Also rebuild the brakes.  Great improvement.  Fun bike but does not deliver the pure pleasure of riding my C5.
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Post by: AmBraCol on February 16, 2017, 11:42:51 pm
Can't ride the Rumbler today (stupid laws), but had to get to town for a dental appointment (yipee!) so borrowed my wife's bike, the illustrious Honda Biz 100 she's been riding for the past 12 years.  It's a glorious 7 hp beast of a bike.  Lots of fun, just don't forget the weird shift pattern.  Only mis-shifted three times today... It's pretty decent for in town traffic filtering. If it only had a regular clutch (instead of the semi-automatic clutch on the shifter), normal shift pattern and twice the ponies it'd be a LOT of fun.   ;D
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Post by: Scotty Brown on February 17, 2017, 01:12:54 am
Addressing issues on my Guzzi --- Removed and re-adjusted the shifting linkage.  Found that the splines for the lever were off by one.  Now shifts MUCH easier.  Also welded a new stop for the kick stand spring so it doesn't flip up when getting on.  I will have to remember to check for up before riding now.  adjusted the fly screen and went for a nice ride.  It will never be an Enfield but still lots of fun and a bunch faster.
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Post by: gizzo on February 17, 2017, 10:21:13 am
Got my old Ducati out of the shed  and went for a spin around the 'burbs. I forget what a nice motorbike it is sometimes.
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Post by: barenekd on February 17, 2017, 06:03:29 pm
looked at the Guzzi sitting in the garage as the rain falls outside!
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Post by: Scotty Brown on March 10, 2017, 02:05:38 am

Took the Moto Guzzi out for some exercise.  Nice little 145 mile loop in beautiful weather.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on April 06, 2017, 06:20:49 pm
Feeling alone on these postings.  Went over to the dark side yesterday and rode a Yamaha 650 V Star cruiser on a nice 60 mile jaunt.  First time on a cruiser for any distance.  Not bad but felt a bit awkward with the steering and peg position.  Great torquey engine and smooth up to 70 MPH.  I can see now why so many riders like them, however I never felt completely in control.  Much prefer the conventional riding position  with the ability to react quickly.  Will NEVER give up the Enfield because of the sheer joy of riding one.
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Post by: gizzo on April 06, 2017, 11:06:17 pm
you find you get used to the sitting position after a while then all feels normal. then, if you're a decent rider, you can pile into corners on a cruiser as fast as most other riders. the seating position kills my lower back after the first hour though. I prefer the cafe racer crouch for long days.
my other bike, I looked at it in the shed when I went to get my longboard out. 
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Post by: High On Octane on April 15, 2017, 05:28:02 am
Just finished up the carb rebuild on my...  uuhhhmmmm... Boss's YZ450.  (So, I'm buying this bike from my boss.  But wife said no bikes, so, it's a big secret.)   :o

My boss bought this 2005 YZ450F with an Athena big bore kit from a guy about a month ago.  He asked me if I wanted it, and I said yes, so working out an easy going payment plan.  Anyway, took it to the track the last 2 weekends and it had a horrible stall and restart problem.  So I tore down the carb last week and discovered the accelerator pump diaphragm was badly deteriorated.  So I ordered up an a/p diaphragm kit and gasket kit, and finally finished up after work tonight.  Took a few kicks and fiddling, but got it started and has much better throttle response.  Didn't actually ride it yet, but will be going out to the track with a good friend hopefully on Sunday.
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Post by: mattsz on April 15, 2017, 11:32:33 am
Doesn't your wife know that dirtbikes don't count?
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 15, 2017, 08:36:52 pm
Fitted a tail tidy so now the tyre will hit the wall first instead of the numberplate if I back it in too far into its parking space.
Although now that I've decreased the length of the bike by about 4" I shouldn't be making contact with the wall at all  :)
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Post by: Narada on April 20, 2017, 08:52:34 pm
Bought a used stock Triumph Thruxton exhaust system for my Scrambler.  :o

As I understand it, the right silencer will need to be relieved a bit with my hydraulic press to fit under Scrambler rear master cylinder.

I believe the left silencer will fit fine, as well as the pipe which is said to be 2" longer than Bonnie pipe with a steeper angle to the bend up at end of pipe.  Silencers are shorter than Bonnie silencers. 

This will replace the high exhaust I now have to reduce leg heat, prevent rain pants melting, and get pipe out from under my leg for improved counter balance during sidecar cornering. I'll know more when I get into the job and see for myself.  I almost got it for free so I can't lose. It's a bit of an experiment, but I think it will work and that I will like it. 8)

Any thoughts on how this might affect the map? I am removing (and saving for later) an Arrow 2 into 1 system which came with the Scrambler so I'm sure the map is presently set up for that. :P
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Post by: High On Octane on April 23, 2017, 04:20:16 am
Over the last 2 weeks: I've rebuilt my carb with a new accelerator pump diaphragm.  Replaced a rear tube due to a pinch flat while trail riding last weekend.  Added some new Yamaha stickers,
 Replaced my radiator cap with a high performance cap.  And repacked my muffler and replaced the rivets on the hangar with nuts and bolts because the rivets kept shearing off.  She seems to be running like a champ now. 

Going out to the track tomorrow with my friend, co-worker and his wife, and the boss and his wife.  Bringing out my portable gas grill and going to grill out some burgers and dogs mid day with some water, soda and ice cold beer.  I must say, I am loving my new job.  Don't remember if I mentioned or not, but my shop sponsors Jewell Motocross and we get to ride for free any time we want.  So that's awesome.

Also, my boss ratted me out about the dirt bike being mine today at our Police Pancake Breakfast this morning.  And amazing, she didn't even say anything to me about it.  She probably put 2 and 2 together and said to herself "you irresponsible child."   ;D

Anyway, here's a couple pics of the beast.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0421171011_zpsd2p2pcey.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0421171011_zpsd2p2pcey.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0421171010_zpsyxwtrmo5.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0421171010_zpsyxwtrmo5.jpg.html)
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Post by: mattsz on April 23, 2017, 10:02:09 am
Lookin' good!

Also, my boss ratted me out about the dirt bike being mine today at our Police Pancake Breakfast this morning.  And amazing, she didn't even say anything to me about it.  She probably put 2 and 2 together and said to herself "you irresponsible child."   ;D

It's probably better this way...  ;)

So glad you're loving your new job, Scottie!
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Post by: heloego on April 23, 2017, 12:26:13 pm
+1, Scotty! The bike, the job, and the wife not killing you? Who could ask for anything more?  ;D
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Post by: High On Octane on April 23, 2017, 01:59:08 pm
+1, Scotty! The bike, the job, and the wife not killing you? Who could ask for anything more?  ;D

A little more money wouldn't hurt.  Haha
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Post by: Narada on April 27, 2017, 08:10:20 pm
Ordered all mounting hardware for used Thruxton exhaust installation on Scrambler rig. Now to wait for parts to arrive.  I don't want to disable my rig until I am ready to attempt installation.  Sidestand, and or centerstand may have been a concern with how they interact with exhaust but they have been removed during sidecar installation.

I have found that the stock (air cooled) Thruxton exhaust passes underneath the stock master cylinder which is at about a 45 degree angle and set further back due to rear sets.

The Scrambler master cylinder is level with the bottom of the frame and a bit below it, a few inches further forward of the Thruxton location with a couple inches behind it (inboard) where it looks like an exhaust pipe could pass through.  The only way I will know how things will fit is to try it and see...  ??? just as soon as my hardware arrives... :P

The Bonneville master cylinder is mounted vertically above the back of rear brake lever, so no exhaust clearance issues.  Also, as far as I can tell by looking, the Thruxton pipes appear identical to my Bonneville T-100 pipes. Silencers are completely different.
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Post by: Guaire on April 28, 2017, 08:34:34 pm
Today I rode to work on my Honda 1982 Nighthawk 450.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on April 30, 2017, 02:55:54 am
Nice day so took my Guzzi for a little spin.  Wore my open face helmet instead of the full coverage not planning any freeway miles.  On my favorite back road,  Ortega, I hit the mother of all hard shell flying beetles at about 70 MPH.  Felt like a left hook from George Forman and damn near knocked me off the bike.  Cut lip and lost tooth, but survived.
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Post by: heloego on April 30, 2017, 01:29:52 pm
And the beetle is probably STILL bragging to his mates!  ;)
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Post by: High On Octane on April 30, 2017, 03:39:24 pm
Well, that certainly doesn't sound like a pleasant experience.  I took a June bug to the chest at about 70mph many years.  Damn, near knocked the wind out of me.

Fixed my coolant leak on the YZ450F.  The O-ring on the water outlet had gone flat, so removed it and cleaned it all up on the wire wheel, and replaced the O-ring with a new OEM one.  Freaking $3.85 my cost for a 14mm O-ring.  Effing dealers.   >:(  Anyway, the coolant that came out was pretty gross looking, so I went ahead and flushed out the entire cooling system and filled her back up with Engine Ice.  This bike is such a beast, I figured she could use all the help she could get in the cooling department.  So, hopefully with the  performance radiator cap and performance coolant she'll run nice and cool now. 

Hopefully in the off-season I'll order up a Boyesen hi-volume water pump and silicone hose kit and finish off the cooling upgrades.  I'd also like to get a Rick's Hot Shot CDI box to get a slight ignition remap and extend the rev limiter.  Also would like to get a FMF Power Bomb header and a new FMF Q4 silencer as mine is beat to shit.
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Post by: heloego on April 30, 2017, 06:21:20 pm
   It never is, and please pardon my attempt at light humor above.
   I've been smacked in the face at speed by a Carpenter Bee when without a helmet... Glad it hit my forehead instead of my eyes!!!! As it is, once the gook was cleaned off I looked like I had a hickey for a week or two.  ::)
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Post by: gizzo on April 30, 2017, 10:00:11 pm
ouch.bugs like stones over there ?  :o
I did a 150km hills ride on my old DR250. spent the day mostly at WOT keeping up with my learner friend on her new RC390. not humiliating at all, because she has a pretty nice arse. the old DR handles like a dog on lino through the twisties, but was pretty good fun.
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Post by: heloego on May 01, 2017, 03:07:03 pm
Sometimes the "rear view" does makes it all worthwhile.  ;)
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Post by: mevocgt on May 01, 2017, 11:40:59 pm
I hung my jacket on the windshield of my ST1300 after taking the GT out for a shakedown...
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Post by: Ice on May 04, 2017, 06:38:38 am
 Took some measurements of the Honda XL to design some racks.
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Post by: gizzo on May 05, 2017, 11:15:25 pm
I threw a battery in my old Pantah and wailed around in the hills for the day with a mate. Damn, I forgot how much fun it is riding something with actual Power  8).
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Post by: Narada on May 10, 2017, 04:22:49 am
I pulled the air injection off of my 2012 Triumph Scrambler Rig and plugged the holes! Removal provides cooler exhaust which stops bluing of pipes.  :) Since I am converting to (used) Thruxton dual exhaust, (write up soon) I do not want to blue my chrome any more than it already is.  ;)

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Post by: High On Octane on May 12, 2017, 02:26:42 pm
Installed a newish front tire on the YZ.  Was peaking thru our used tire pile a couple of weeks ago and found a front tire with only a handful of rides on it.  Still has the rubber feelers all over the sides, and most of the knobbies are still square.  So score there! 

Also moved my left controls around a bit.  The shorty clutch lever is just too long for my liking.  So I moved the clutch lever to the middle position on the bar, between the kill switch and roost guard.  It's a little better, but still hits my ring finger knuckle when going for a 2 finger pull.  Stupid roost guard were preventing me from putting the clutch where I actually wanted it.  So, I may just end up removing them, but I kind of like them on there.  Decisions .

Also, going to have to order up a new rear fender.  Was playing around on my lunch break the other day and flipped her over backwards.  This bike has so much torque it's retarded!  Thinking of ordering a black extra capacity fuel tank, black body/plastic kit for my bike, and powder coating the frame black over the winter.  And then a possible street legal conversion too.  Will probably be moving to Harlingen, Texas next August and would love to go ride South Padre Island.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 12, 2017, 05:17:30 pm
Worked out its rear wheel power to wet weight ratio is just over 600 BHP/tonne  :o
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Post by: gizzo on May 12, 2017, 10:21:50 pm
did a few wheelies on my old dr250
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Post by: mattsz on May 13, 2017, 11:40:38 am
Will probably be moving to Harlingen, Texas next August and would love to go ride South Padre Island.

Texas!?!  Didn't you just score a dream job?  A man's gotta do, I guess.  Will that be in 2018?  And... are there any hills there?
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Post by: High On Octane on May 13, 2017, 01:57:57 pm
Texas!?!  Didn't you just score a dream job?  A man's gotta do, I guess.  Will that be in 2018?  And... are there any hills there?

I do love my job, but I am making little money doing it, and cost of living in Colorado is ridiculous.  One of the local news stations did a study/article a couple weeks back, and right now 2 adults have to be each making $18/hr to live comfortably in the Denver area.  My wife and I aren't even close to that. 

We pay $1400/month for a 960 sqft 2 bed 2 bath apartment that is constantly getting water damage.  (Just finished going thru our 9th incident in 3 years).  That same apartment layout is currently going for $1550/month for new move ins.  We were looking at houses over the weekend and 2 bed 2 bath HOUSES are going for $80-90K with estimated mortgages of less than $500/month.  We even found a 2,100 sqft 4 bed 3 bath on .73 acres for $130K.  Also, my mom and step-dad are getting ready to sell the house in Wisconsin and will be living in Harlingen permanently soon, so will be nice to be close to them.  Plus all the produce is local and fresh and extremely cheap, same with beef.  For instance, my mom recently bought a 25 pound bag of giant onions for $15.  Onions are about $2 a pound here and are never fresh.  And let's not forget ocean fishing any day of the week!

So, yes, we will be moving somewhere much more affordable to live.  But, I am sticking out at the current motorcycle shop to continue growing my knowledge and experience, and will try to find work in Texas at another motorcycle shop or dealer.
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Post by: Narada on May 13, 2017, 04:00:25 pm
I spent hours trying to find 1-5/8” silencer clamps that would fit for my ongoing (almost done) Thruxton to Scrambler exhaust swap.  :P

I had purchased new clamps from the Triumph dealer. They were stainless steel clamps and fasteners.  After waiting about 10 days, they arrived.  I tightened the silencer clamps up on each side, and mounted the support brackets at the rear peg locations. Feeling quite satisfied with my work, I grabbed a silencer and gave it a shake to verify a quality installation, and was very surprised that they both were loose at the clamp locations. Upon further investigation I realized that the threads on both of the stainless steel clamps had galled and there was no way to save them.  :(

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I called Triumph and they were happy to file a warranty claim (for clamps?!?!) and once that is approved, order me two more which would probably arrive about 10 days after that!  >:(

Even my cat could not believe it.

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This got me thinking, being a car guy all my life… you can get muffler clamps at any auto parts store, they used to even be available at gas stations, back when they had repair shops.  It seemed to me that clamps should be readily available somewhere in the motorcycle world so I set about finding some locally which I could just pick up on my way home from work.   ::)

I called every motorcycle business I could think of, Japanese, British, dirt bike, street bike… no one carries motorcycle silencer clamps that can be obtained by size.  All anyone knows anymore is to go by make and model, then check part numbers. The few clamps that were found had to be ordered.  I could have ordered over the internet but didn’t want to wait for delivery.  Amazon prime could put them on my porch in two days, but what the hell happened to just buying a damn clamp!  ???

Finally, I called a small European classic bike shop, and they recommended an old European sports car shop with a bunch of old guys working there, and they had a bin full of nice 1-5/8 stainless steel clamps with regular steel fasteners (which I was told would prevent galling) right on the shelf in their regular inventory.  The price..? $8.00 for the pair!  And these looked like a much stronger design than the Triumph ones too.  I haven’t had time to install them yet, but will put a little anti-seize on the threads when I do, just for good measure.  8)

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Post by: Otto_Ing on June 05, 2017, 07:18:12 pm
Keep dreaming of it... the SS900 from 2002 is cheap, if my friend who is a frame builder makes me a frame like this, than I get Walt Siegls tank...and and and  ::)
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Post by: Guaire on June 06, 2017, 01:13:59 am
Nice clamps.
  Changed oil on the Nighthawk 450.
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Post by: gizzo on June 27, 2017, 11:23:30 am
Today I put a digital voltmeter in the dash of my old Pantah. about $4 from ebay. Reads about .3v different to my digital multimeter so that's good enough. I've been having some battery issues lately. Seems like the RR is not playing nicely with the lithium battery. So it'll be good to be able to keep an eye on it. I think I'll be forking out for a AGM battery soon though. Went for a ride through the hills on it today with a couple of friends on a KTM RC390 and Kwaka 650 Ninja. Good to see the old bus can still dominate the new guys :)
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Post by: Otto_Ing on June 27, 2017, 12:36:06 pm
Today I put a digital voltmeter in the dash of my old Pantah. about $4 from ebay. Reads about .3v different to my digital multimeter so that's good enough. I've been having some battery issues lately. Seems like the RR is not playing nicely with the lithium battery. So it'll be good to be able to keep an eye on it. I think I'll be forking out for a AGM battery soon though. Went for a ride through the hills on it today with a couple of friends on a KTM RC390 and Kwaka 650 Ninja. Good to see the old bus can still dominate the new guys :)

A fireball has same amount of horses on the wheel as a stock RC390.  ;)
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Post by: mevocgt on June 27, 2017, 03:40:34 pm
Not offf much from the RC cup racebikes either.  Just watched a KTM Redbull cup race at Miller motor park, and they were boasting between 35 and 40 hpb....
  \

Ah, to dream.....
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Post by: Scotty Brown on June 28, 2017, 05:58:12 pm
Took my little 650 Guzzi for a nice ride to visit the new dealer in Costa Mesa.  Good folks.  Then rode the hell out of it for the rest of the afternoon.  Having my C5 and my Guzzi is like having a wife and a mistress --- Both being wonderful.  Today I will exercise the C5.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 28, 2017, 07:43:37 pm
Connected the MT09 to the battery tender (it's been neglected of late) and dropped the oil on the Virago.
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Post by: billyron on July 07, 2017, 10:59:34 am
I just changed the oil in my Guzzi.
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Post by: Narada on July 07, 2017, 02:03:46 pm
Bought an Avon Triple Duty tire for the sidecar on my Scrambler Rig.  It's rated for 75mph! :o
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Post by: Richard230 on July 07, 2017, 02:35:50 pm
I do love my job, but I am making little money doing it, and cost of living in Colorado is ridiculous.  One of the local news stations did a study/article a couple weeks back, and right now 2 adults have to be each making $18/hr to live comfortably in the Denver area.  My wife and I aren't even close to that. 

We pay $1400/month for a 960 sqft 2 bed 2 bath apartment that is constantly getting water damage.  (Just finished going thru our 9th incident in 3 years).  That same apartment layout is currently going for $1550/month for new move ins.  We were looking at houses over the weekend and 2 bed 2 bath HOUSES are going for $80-90K with estimated mortgages of less than $500/month.  We even found a 2,100 sqft 4 bed 3 bath on .73 acres for $130K.  Also, my mom and step-dad are getting ready to sell the house in Wisconsin and will be living in Harlingen permanently soon, so will be nice to be close to them.  Plus all the produce is local and fresh and extremely cheap, same with beef.  For instance, my mom recently bought a 25 pound bag of giant onions for $15.  Onions are about $2 a pound here and are never fresh.  And let's not forget ocean fishing any day of the week!

So, yes, we will be moving somewhere much more affordable to live.  But, I am sticking out at the current motorcycle shop to continue growing my knowledge and experience, and will try to find work in Texas at another motorcycle shop or dealer.

You don't want to go anywhere near the San Francisco Bay Area.  A two-bedroom apartment averages around $3,500 a month.  In some areas south of San Francisco, $1,500,000 will get you a starter home that is ready to fall apart and anyone making under $100,000 a year is considered poor and in need of government help.  My ("ticky-tacky") subdivision tract home, located in a "bedroom community" originally cost $38,000 when it was built in 1971.  Now homes in my area are selling for $1 million and last year a nearby home with a private gated driveway and a swimming pool sold for $1.47 million.  Property taxes are frozen at 2% a year, but even so, these taxes amount to over $12,000 a year for a recently purchased home, when bond issues, special assessments and sewer taxes are included.  It is a mystery to me how anyone can afford to live here if they are moving from another state.   :(
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Post by: heloego on July 07, 2017, 06:01:31 pm
   It also explains why so many folks from CA "discover" a much cheaper cost of living in other states.

   Great for them. Bad for the other states' residents.
   Used to be you could get a nice 1 acre lot with a decent mobile home in western Montana for less than $15,000.
   The Real Estate agents would seriously jack up the price and very quickly noted the the CA residents made no attempt to negotiate, so soon a similar lot/home would sell for $50,000 or more.
   In all fairness, the CA residents were seeing a great deal, but just didn't think about what their "great deal" was doing to the local property values.  ::)
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Post by: Richard230 on July 07, 2017, 10:31:55 pm
   It also explains why so many folks from CA "discover" a much cheaper cost of living in other states.

   Great for them. Bad for the other states' residents.
   Used to be you could get a nice 1 acre lot with a decent mobile home in western Montana for less than $15,000.
   The Real Estate agents would seriously jack up the price and very quickly noted the the CA residents made no attempt to negotiate, so soon a similar lot/home would sell for $50,000 or more.
   In all fairness, the CA residents were seeing a great deal, but just didn't think about what their "great deal" was doing to the local property values.  ::)

The same thing is (and has been) happening in Oregon, Washington and probably the urban areas of Texas, too.  :(
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Post by: Otto_Ing on July 07, 2017, 10:52:28 pm
Happened everywhere, not sure who to blame though. You won't find a dog shed anymore for a reasonable price in the entire Europe.
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Post by: High On Octane on July 08, 2017, 05:29:16 am
That's why Harlingen, TX is appealing.  Most affordable city to live in for several years now.

Anyway, as far as what I did to my bike today?  I looked at it several times and admired how it's still just as it was and I'm at the ER getting my chest Xrayed.  Stupid crash.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 08, 2017, 10:45:09 pm
Wrung its neck in the hope of rekindling a lack of interest and failed, so stopped off on the way home and booked a test ride on a (50mph slower) Triumph twin
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Post by: gizzo on July 09, 2017, 04:17:51 pm
went for a 300km thrash on my old DR250S with a.couple.mates on a klx650 and an old vf750. poor little thing spent most of the day WOT trying to keep up. I was planning on taking my pantah but I left a fuel tap open overnight and the sump got a load of fuel in it. silly me.
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Post by: gizzo on August 31, 2017, 12:00:20 pm
Not today, the other day: Picked up a new to me Yamaha TRX850. Bought it interstate and had it transported over. Luckily, it seems as described or even a bit better. Really clean, straight, Fast and cheap, with a few nice goodies: Gold valves, R6 blue spot calipers, R6 shock. And a rack, bag and heap of spares. I was planning on a cafe conversion for this one but think I'll leave it a bit and do a tour on it first to see whether it's a keeper before I chop it up.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on August 31, 2017, 06:43:53 pm
Had a freeway blaster horn and relay installed on my Guzzi - Get's the attention of the cagers immediately.  Ordered a second for my C5. Phone and texting is prevalent here in California, and only Harleys and Horns seem to wake up the idiots.
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Post by: Richard230 on August 31, 2017, 10:14:11 pm
I tightened up 2 bolts holding the forks to both the upper and lower right side triple clamps and installed a new bolt on the left triple clamp that was completely missing - after paying my Triumph dealer $950 for a complete 36,000 mile service (which included greasing the steering bearings) for my 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100. What really concerned me was that I had ridden the bike like that for 250 miles before I discovered the loose and missing bolts.  :o

Back to performing my own maintenance again.  That way I can make my own mistakes and won't have to charge myself for that privilege. Plus, I will know exactly whom to blame when parts are loose or go missing.  ::)
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 31, 2017, 10:26:15 pm
Taken the GPz 500s off the road as tax and insurance are due. Decided to wait the 9 months when I can then insure it as a classic bike!
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Post by: gizzo on September 01, 2017, 12:59:12 pm
sweet! my old pantah has just become eligible for historic registration, too. $90 a year instead of almost $500.  8)
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Post by: tooseevee on September 01, 2017, 01:10:11 pm
sweet! my old pantah has just become eligible for historic registration, too. $90 a year instead of almost $500.  8)

            Boy, you REAlly get slammed for taxes and registrations, don't you? :o :o :o :o :o ???(http://)   
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Post by: Narada on September 03, 2017, 02:10:08 am
Damn, those taxes are oppressive!

Jess2dogs myself and our misseses are sidecaring the Washington coastal back roads and camping all weekend. 8)

I got my Triumph / DMC and Jess in his Ural. Yee-Haw! :)
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Post by: Narada on September 06, 2017, 05:29:16 pm
Rode the Scrambler rig with Jess and his Ural down the coast from our ocean beach campsite to Astoria Oregon Sunday, crossed a huge bridge over the Columbia River and had lunch.  :)

Got stuck in a parade on the way so we waved and drove very slowly in 97 degree heat.  The evening coastal ride back was spectacular. 8)

Awoke Tuesday to a forest fire smoke filled state for ride home.  Air is brown, sun and moon are red. :o
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Post by: gizzo on September 06, 2017, 09:41:27 pm
            Boy, you REAlly get slammed for taxes and registrations, don't you? :o :o :o :o :o ???(http://)
yep.
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Post by: Yamahawk on September 07, 2017, 01:09:27 pm
Ported out the intakes for YZ85 reed cages on my RD350 race bike cylinders, need a little more room in the top of the intakes yet for the upper reeds...
Charlie
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Post by: gizzo on September 11, 2017, 02:31:56 pm
went for a thrash on my new to me trx850 with a mate on his sv1000. damn the T Rex is good in the bends. it's the first bike I've ever completely gotten rid of chicken strips on the rear tyre. not too shabby on the straights, either. romped to 200 with ease. cheap thrills.
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Post by: Narada on September 11, 2017, 05:10:35 pm
Took the Scrambler rig out to the " Isle of Vashon TT" which is really just a poker run around a rural island with a meet up after. The island was over run with classic bikes of all description.

There were hundreds of classic bikes going every direction at once. I think we were all lost! It was hilarious. I counted 12 sidecars in all. I had the only Triumph hack, and there were no Urals.
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Post by: AmBraCol on September 18, 2017, 01:30:07 pm
Swapped the trunk from the old Biz 100 to the new Wave 110S for my wife.  Then pulled the headlight cowl off the Honda Biz 100 and did some patching up so that it will hold the headlight solidly again.  Changed the oil, using the last of the Mobil oil Honda used to sell for their bikes here.  Next to get her washed and a few pics taken to get her listed for sale.  She's been a good bike, 12 years and only 26,500 km on her, but she's carried my wife to work and back over that time period.  Now to move her on to someone else.  Meanwhile, that new Wave 110S has a bit more power and several nice features that make the upgrade worthwhile.
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Post by: AmBraCol on September 27, 2017, 03:10:16 pm
The new Wave 110S has 165 km on the clock so far.  It's getting much better mileage than the old Biz 100.  But this morning it didn't want to start.  There's a fuel drip so need to take it in for warranty as something's not right in the fuel system.  It seems to flood the carb when stopped overnight.
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Post by: gizzo on September 30, 2017, 07:45:48 am
I been cleaning motorbikes today. Next weekend is a show hosted by the local classic bike club. I'm putting in my Ducati, Suzuki bobber and TRX850. Ironically my Enfield is far too new, but I'm taking that on the club run the same day. My daughter's BF is bringing along his rat cafe CX500. Should be good.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 02, 2017, 07:07:47 pm
Arranged its part exchange against a new Bonneville
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Post by: gizzo on October 02, 2017, 10:07:41 pm
I'd like to exchange the engine part of my Enfield for a Bonneville one...
good luck with the new bike  :)
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Post by: gizzo on October 07, 2017, 12:10:39 pm
Went down to the local Classic Bike Club show. Entered my old Pantah, LS650 bobber and TRX850. The standard of bikes was way too high for mine to stand a chance at a prize but at least I helped swell the ranks and anyway sometimes the less perfect bikes are more interesting. Did the 100km club run through the hills on the Continental GT. I had an interesting conversation with a chap who's done 150,000km on his AVL Electra.
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Post by: High On Octane on October 15, 2017, 04:28:07 pm
Haven't done much but ride the last couple of weeks.  But, I have had to replace a few more things since the beginning of August.  After an awesome weekend of camping out at the MX track with my family the 1st week of August, the exhaust header developed major cracking at the first bend.  I tried to have the shop next door TIG it, but turns out it is titanium, and it wouldn't take any filler rod.  So, I replaced it with a FMF Power Bomb header.

Then, a few weeks ago I had to reseal my water pump as it was pissing coolant out of the weep hole.  Wasn't too bad of a job, and the bearing was still in good shape.  But, was a bit daunting to first think about doing it, because the entire inner clutch cover has to come off, as the impeller shaft is bolted thru the inner cover.  So, the inner cover has to come off, unbolt the impeller shaft, remove the bearing and then both old seals.  Then took the impeller shaft to the wire wheel on the bench grinder to get the years of rubber and oil build up on the center section of the shaft where it rides on the seals.  Then assemble in reverse of course.

Was a little torqued off at first tho.  After I got it reassembled and refilled with oil, the oil started running right out of the bottom of the inner cover.  With no choice but to take it back apart, I discovered the replacement inner cover gasket wasn't stamped correctly, and the lower most mounting bolt hole tore and folded the gasket over on itself.  Threw that gasket in the garbage and put the original gasket back in.  No more leaks, oil or coolant!

With that being said, I finally got my bike all dialed in, and now it's time to rejet for the colder months.   ;D   At least it's not that bad of a job.  Just need to remove the hot start and throttle cables, then loosen the intake clamps, and then I can rotate the carb 90* and get to the jets thru the bowl drain cap.

Good news is that the last 3 times I've ridden, I actually have spent most of my time on the Pro track, and turning out faster and faster lap times.  Last week when I was out, I was finally able to keep up with my friend Jonathan.  Which was awesome, because I was finally able to hit the 70' step-up jump at the end of the track.  I've always been scared of it because I had no idea how fast to hit it.  But, as soon as I was able to keep right up for the entire track, I hit it with confidence, and now have no fear of hitting it!  The tabletop that broke my sternum tho....  Not so much.   ;D
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Post by: Narada on November 01, 2017, 03:07:54 pm
Went for a Halloween hillbilly road ride to the mountain town of Index on my T-100.   Have thermos, will travel! 8)

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Post by: High On Octane on November 02, 2017, 11:30:51 am
Tuesday night I got mad because I kicked and kicked and couldn't get my YZ started for its weekly run.  Yesterday after work, I tried to start it again.....  Started first kick.  I guess it's time to rejet for the winter.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on November 04, 2017, 07:47:12 am
=Gonna put the Guzzi on the block and get a low mile BMW K75 flying brick=
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Post by: ace.cafe on November 04, 2017, 01:03:01 pm
Any particular reason for the change?
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Post by: Scotty Brown on November 05, 2017, 05:02:59 am
Any particular reason for the change?--Yes - Eleven years newer-25,000 less miles, 750 with 76HP vs 650 with 52HP-Fuel injection vs Carburetor- Fairing vs fly screen and lastly I have a 140,000 miles on BMW's so there is a history there.  However, I have loved the Guzzi, the torque, and the character and will miss it.  As for my Enfield, it will ALWAYS be a keeper and the most fun to enjoy of all the brands I have ridden in my 65 years of riding.
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Post by: gizzo on November 06, 2017, 02:15:30 am
I had a K75S some time back. It was really nice. Don't miss it though. It never grew on me.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on November 16, 2017, 05:11:41 am
Today I gave up my beloved Moto Guzzi V65 for a K75RT Bavarian Beauty.  A present from me to me for my eightieth birthday.  I now have my Enfield as a riding horse and the Flying Brick as my touring horse.  Hope to love them both equally. Plan on growing old gracefully.  So far I've nailed it.  Stay safe out there.
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Post by: AmBraCol on November 16, 2017, 06:52:36 pm
While waiting for the parts to arrive to rebuild the Rumbler, the old Honda Biz 100 is getting more of a workout.  Swapped my wife's spare rain gear out of the trunk for my own stuff and went roaring (uh, well, hmmm buzzing?) into town for an eye exam.  It's a fun little scoot, just have to remind myself "Down is up.  Up is down." That's how I TRY to keep from mis-shifting it.  The shift pattern is 1, 2, 3, 4 - all down.  It can provide a brief burst of entertainment when shifting from second to first at the top of the power band...   :o Somehow managed to NOT do that today!  It's only got about 7 hp or so, but for our city traffic it's plenty.
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Post by: High On Octane on November 21, 2017, 01:53:32 pm
Re-jetted the carb on my YZ450F for the colder weather.  Also replaced a couple of missing bolts.  Both bolts were actually rear fender mounts, 1 on the upper left side, and another on the lower right that also holds the air box in place.

My God, this bike is.....  The equivalent to a full grown silverback gorilla throwing a temper tantrum.  Enough torque to pull a tree stump, and throttle response like a Bruce Lee punch.  A few different times I straight up drag raced it across the field next to the shop and I couldn't keep the front wheel down.  Even going into the 3rd I floated the front wheel.  Couldn't even go into 4th as I ran out of field.

1st gear will stand the bike up at any throttle and any speed, with or without the clutch.  2nd gear isn't much different.  Hands down, the absolute raunchiest-nastiest bike I've ever owned.  Granted it took me damn near the whole riding season to get it dialed in.  But, she sure is a 2 wheel rocket ship now!
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Post by: Narada on December 13, 2017, 07:40:57 pm
Pulled O2 sensors off my 2015 T-100, put resister plugs into harness, nice stainless pipe plugs in pipes, tore apart air box and removed induction baffle, replacing inlet snorkel with Bellmouth inlet and installing K&N air filter.    :P

These are standard recomended 865cc Triumph mods with dyno (appointment friday.  :) ) or map downloads.

Should greatly improve stock jerky throttle due to O2 sensors, liberate induction sound to go from unnatural baffelled whimper, to full open un-baffled paralell twin roar.  :o Cfm of induction will be drastically improved as well and exit through existing Cone Engineering Silencers.

Potential 70.91hp and 53.06 lbs ft claimed to be possible to otherwise stock Bonneville. Mine may be a bit less which is fine with me, but I am looking forward to smooth reliable throttle at all times with parallel twin roar!   8)

Perhaps new RE twins may be similarly modified???  ??? ::)
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on December 14, 2017, 04:51:50 pm
It's a safe bet to say the after market will always find a way to boost the power output of a production line motorcycle.

 Those 865 engine figures aren't bad at all :):) 
BHP is similar to the low power 1200 triumph twin engine, but the 1200 torque is probably about 30% higher.  You just need a big bore conversion kit and you're good to go ;)   

Today I put mine on trickle charge and dusted off the Enfield ready for the onslaught of winter :)
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Post by: Narada on December 15, 2017, 12:19:53 am
Hahaha! I've been looking at big bore, big cams, big throttle body... Trying not to get carried away!  :o

Right now, If I were to take the next step I think it would be cams but they are expensive and I should be pretty happy with what I already have after Friday night dyno.  8)  If it weren't for the cost... ::)
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Post by: High On Octane on December 16, 2017, 01:38:01 pm
Hahaha! I've been looking at big bore, big cams, big throttle body... Trying not to get carried away!  :o

Right now, If I were to take the next step I think it would be cams but they are expensive and I should be pretty happy with what I already have after Friday night dyno.  8)  If it weren't for the cost... ::)

Cams alone are the most beneficial engine mod you can do.  It's all about fuel and air flow.  The more your valves let in, the more you're going to get out of it.  Cams will give you more performance than any other mod, besides tearing the motor down and going big bore and/or high compression pistons.  And even then, you will still need the cams to get the most out of a big bore or high compression build.

A couple of weeks ago, I went out for a ride with my mechanic at work on a 2012 H-D Electra Glide Classic.  Bike was loaded except for navigation and cruise.  First time I had been on an actual ride on a full touring bike.  I've always been intimidated by them due to their sheer bulk and size.  But, I was pleasantly surprised that once you're rolling the bike actually balances very well.

I really enjoyed being able to kick my legs out on the highway pegs and lean back into the back rest and just cruise.  Was the first time in many, many years that I rode for over an hour and didn't get a single cramp in my legs.  Granted, coming to a stop took a little bit of preparation bringing a half ton to a stop and getting your feet out to keep yourself upright.  But, going down the interstate at 80mph @ 3,000 RPMs and a 25mph cross-wind that seemed non-existent for me was very joyful.  Really changed my opinion on Harleys.  Damn it.  LOL
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Post by: Narada on December 16, 2017, 05:11:46 pm
Here's the official report;

All stock except, air box baffle removed, restrictive "snorkel" air inlet swapped for a free flowing "bellmouth", K&N air filter, Air Injection and O2 sensors removed, Dyno-tuned. Went from 54.52 hp and 46.61 lbs ft torque, to 64.30 hp and 52.80 lbs ft torque!   :o

(https://s19.postimg.org/4gp4mk5g3/20171215_191709_Burst01.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/567wyx5zj/)


I was humbled that even in a shop with at least 30 hopped up sport bikes, and more than a few exotic full race machines, the owner was really charmed by my little Bonneville. He complimented me on it many times.  :D

(https://s19.postimg.org/60zihqk2b/20170225_163949.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/n1ieqex3j/)

It was late, dark, raining, and very cold by the time we were done so I just put the bike on my truck and drove home.  I may get time to unload it tonight, or might have to wait until tomorrow, either way it should be a sweet ride now. I'm pretty sure I won't be feeling like I need more mods for a while!  8)
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Post by: Richard230 on December 16, 2017, 10:33:34 pm
Performing that work in California would get the shop a $10,000 fine.   :(
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Post by: Narada on December 17, 2017, 02:31:00 am
I did everything but the air injection removal which was done by the dealer before I took delivery. Triumph also charges a "license fee" to enable the ecu to be re-programmed!
 :o
The bike must run cleaner now that it's not choking on intake baffles and strangling on restrictive exhaust!? It's a little louder now too, but has much better tonal qualities!  ;D ;D
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Post by: gizzo on January 05, 2018, 11:25:50 pm
I got up early to go for a spin through the hills before it gets too hot. It's forecast to be 41 deg today. It's 0940 and already 38 deg. But it was nice up in the hills. Going through the valleys was great, they're so cool down there. Took my newly cafe'd TRX850 which I haven't ridden much and am still getting to know. Stopped for breakfast and a chat with other riders at the favourite motorcycle friendly cafe up there. Got a few compliments on the cafe build, so that's nice. Nobody picked it as a TRX850. It's a lot more motorbike than I need and very different to the Continental GT. Easy to get to the edge of the back tyre on this puppy. Now it's too hot for outside so will do some shopping from home. I'm looking for a DRZ400e for a Motard project.
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Post by: Stanley on January 08, 2018, 07:19:07 pm
I just sold my 1991 K75S because it was too smooth, trouble free and comfortable. It would do all I asked of it. My iron barrel is the perfect antidote.
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Post by: gizzo on January 08, 2018, 08:47:45 pm
I just bought a DRZ400 Supermotard.  Because I'm a spoiled brat. It'll be my new track bike. 
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Post by: gizzo on January 25, 2018, 12:45:46 pm
This
https://youtu.be/ruP6EHn8Uik

Daughter's boyfriend took the new motard and we bashed that up and down the hill a few times too. Too much fun. I'm not much of a GoPro hero but one of my mates wanted to stick his to my scooter for a run down the hill.
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Post by: Aus.GT on January 26, 2018, 07:12:49 am
This
https://youtu.be/ruP6EHn8Uik

Daughter's boyfriend took the new motard and we bashed that up and down the hill a few times too. Too much fun. I'm not much of a GoPro hero but one of my mates wanted to stick his to my scooter for a run down the hill.

Looks like a fun road. Where is it.
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Post by: gizzo on January 27, 2018, 10:47:35 am
Adelaide Hills. 
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Post by: High On Octane on January 29, 2018, 01:38:46 pm
Fired up the YZ for its weekly run and transported it to my buddies house to store in his garage.  Hopefully come tax time, I'll be able to start on the street legal conversion.  Need to look into the gearing calculator stuff again and see what it will take to hit the ton.  It has an excessive amount of torque with the current gearing.  It will do wheelies in 4th gear without even touching the clutch.  So I'm thinking I should have no problems going 1 up 3 down.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on February 01, 2018, 02:47:23 am
Had the rusty and pitted engine guards powder-coated in a krinkel black and went for a 75 mile ride -- This K is a wonder and the smoothest I have ever ridden.  Cruise at 80 all day long on the freeways and carves the corners in the twisties with aplomb.  However for pure pleasure the Enfield is still #1--
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Post by: tooseevee on February 01, 2018, 12:59:31 pm
Had the rusty and pitted engine guards powder-coated in a krinkel black and went for a 75 mile ride -- This K is a wonder and the smoothest I have ever ridden.  Cruise at 80 all day long on the freeways and carves the corners in the twisties with aplomb.  However for pure pleasure the Enfield is still #1--     

                It's a BMW, Scotty? The absence of logos and ads plastered all over it has me asking.



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Post by: Guaire on February 01, 2018, 01:52:52 pm
Coming soon - my 1983 R80RT. It has more stickers!
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Post by: gizzo on February 16, 2018, 04:44:34 am
Today I collected my old Ducati Pantah from the electrician's. It's been in for an alternator rewind and it's the first time in 34 years it's been to the electrician. Of course there've been a few electrical gremlins here and there but nothing that couldn't be resolved at home. Here's to another 34 years.
Now just need to do timing belts, brake pads and clutch plates. New chain (but not sprockets). A front tyre perhaps. Then maybe have the exhaust rebuilt....It never ends.

Here it is, resting in the shade before it goes on the school pickup run :)
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Post by: Bill Harris on February 16, 2018, 05:31:52 am
Brought  my 1974 Suzuki RL-250 back to life after a 40 year + sleep.  Hope to do a little vintage trials riding this year with AHRMA.  Hope I remember how after all these years!

Cheers,
Bill
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Post by: gizzo on February 16, 2018, 05:42:01 am
Sweet!  That's beautiful.  I'm looking for a TS125.
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Post by: Guaire on February 17, 2018, 01:30:01 pm
Brought  my 1974 Suzuki RL-250 back to life after a 40 year + sleep.  Hope to do a little vintage trials riding this year with AHRMA.  Hope I remember how after all these years!

Cheers,
Bill

Very nice. Looks more useful than Suzuki’s other 125, the Stinger.
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 18, 2018, 12:49:34 am
Took the wife's Wave 110 in for it's 6,000 km warranty checkup.  It's only got just under 2,100 km on the clock but they insist on a three month checkup nonetheless.  I'm OK with that, her other bike's been trouble free with the same treatment.  That engine should about last forever with that frequent of an oil change.  :-D

Then finally got around to swapping out the front footpeg bar on the old Biz 100.  It got bent a few years ago when a guy fell off the roof at the parking lot right onto her bike.  No insurance so no $$$ for repairs was forthcoming.  She did, however, change the place she parks and now has folks who appreciate her business and take care of her.  Anyway, ever since then the right footpeg was cockeyed and felt weird.  It finally got to me and I sprang the $25 or so for the new bar.  Pulled off the old one, put on the new one, swapped the kickstand from one to the other and the rubber tips also.  Now she feels like she's supposed to.

These little bikes are a hoot around town.  Just have to remember that all four speeds are down.  Semi-auto clutch built into the foot shifter so the drill is WOT , rock accelerator forward while stepping down on the front of the shifter, WOT again. They are surprisingly quick on a level or downhill.  Uphill? Not so much.  There's a noticeable difference between the 100 cc and 110 cc engines.  Don't know what they changed in the past 12 years other than the displacement, but the little 110 has more pep.
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Post by: gizzo on March 18, 2018, 10:00:18 am
Just got back from a 2500km tour of Victorian/NSW high country on my TRX850 cafe racer.  Ran like a champ all week.  A mate had a stator fail on his V Storm so we swapped batteries the rest of the week and made it home.  VStrom flattened batteries,  TReX charged them back up again.  Got about 80 min run time from a charge.  Good fun. Here's a pic of the Rex at an old filling station. I took the same photo a couple years ago of the Enfield
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Post by: Scotty Brown on April 06, 2018, 02:33:58 am
Nice spring morning so decided to take a little ride on my flying brick.  When I returned home I found that I had ridden 208 miles.  Not too bad for an old man---sure like that bike-- The Enfield gets exercised too but not to that extent. 
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Post by: AmBraCol on April 06, 2018, 03:04:26 am
It's the weekly "No Ride" day for the Rumbler so hopped on the spare Biz100 for a quick jaunt to town to run some errands that needed running, then back to town in the afternoon for a doctor's appointment.  It's a gutless wonder, but a blast to run around town on.  Quick and nimble in handling, but a real dog in acceleration.  My wife was riding her Wave 110 and running away from me without even trying.  Of course, she's just over half my weight and and has a couple more ponies in the engine than the bike I was on, but it was a fun ride anyway.  Just have to remember - all gears are down for up and up for down.  Managed to not mess it up today!
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 07, 2018, 08:41:17 pm
Got the GPz 500s back on the road. It's still quick ;)
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Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2018, 08:39:29 pm
Well, I sold the YZ this morning!  My co-worker traded in his custom 2001 Road King last week for an Electra Glide.  So sold the YZ for a down payment on the Road King.  Out test riding it today, and so far really enjoying it.  Will find out tomorrow if I get approved for the financing.
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Post by: ROVERMAN on May 21, 2018, 07:39:04 pm
I watched the rain and wind this past weekend. :-[ :-[ :-[
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 22, 2018, 04:49:02 pm
Yesterday I adjusted the rear chain on my water cooled T120 without having to remove both the silencers 8)
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Post by: High On Octane on June 26, 2018, 01:44:44 am
Saturday after work I installed a new clutch cable on the Road King and it has been a lovely improvement over the failing lined clutch cable that was on there.  Yesterday, road to my best friend's annual bbq and got absolutely soaked on the way there.  Changed into some sweat pants and threw my clothes and jacket in the drier and had a lovely time with the wife and friends.  Today I wiped her down and got the last 3 rainy rides of grime off and road her around running errands all day.  I was pleasantly surprised to find out I was able to fit a roll of 2'x25' chicken wire fence in my saddle bag to finish off the bunny fence around the garden the wife and I planted yesterday.  And also went clothes shopping today and was able to fit 3 pairs of jeans, a pack of underwear and socks and a new pair of shoes in one saddle bag!  Turned out to be a wonderful weekend!
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Post by: gizzo on June 26, 2018, 07:50:59 am
Grafted this USD front end onto the plastic maggot. It's gonna be good to have real working brakes....
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Post by: Stanley on July 05, 2018, 12:00:43 am
I installed a completely new front wheel with new rotors and bearings on my patinated Suzuki SV. What makes this noteworthy?
My tire installer scratched the original wheel and insisted on replacing the entire wheel with new parts!  :)
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Post by: gizzo on July 06, 2018, 11:36:40 am
Far out.  That's good service!
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Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2018, 03:58:53 am
I agree.  That is a shop that truly cares about their reputation.  Good on them.

What did I do today?  I found the rev limiter in 3rd on the final stretch to work, running a couple of minutes behind.  Which was exactly 80mph.  I made sure to look.  Haha!  I'm actually trying to get my friends together to go out to the local drag strip (Bandimere) for a Wednesday Test And Tune.  $35 and make as many passes as you can before they close.  I think it would be fun!
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Post by: Scotty Brown on July 07, 2018, 04:34:59 am
Hey guys,  question? -- Have any of you ever owned or worked on a vs 800 Suzuki Intruder.  I just picked one up that has been sitting for some years.. Cleaning the two carbs was a bit of a chore about five hours of work.  Still cleaning the rusty gas tank.  Have to replace both the clutch and the brake master cylinders. I feel like I am working on a ticking time bomb.  Haven't had it running as yet but it has spark, compression and a good battery and elect. starter.  Any enlightenment would be appreciated.  Fragile or bulletproof ?  Thanks--Scotty
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Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2018, 02:08:40 pm
They are descent enough bikes if maintenance is kept up.  Kind of an expensive nightmare to revive.  5 hours sounds about right for rebuilding the carbs.  Plan on another 2 or 3 to try and get them dialed in and synched.  FWIW I've had 4 in the shop in the last month.  I'm personally not a big fan of Suzuki bikes.  I have had good luck with Yamahas tho.
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Post by: ERC on July 07, 2018, 03:17:03 pm
Scottie is correct. they are a rebuild and set up nightmare. Yamaha is a better choice.  ERC
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Post by: Scotty Brown on July 08, 2018, 06:32:58 pm
Regarding my vs 800 --Thanks for the input guys -- Going on Craigs list right away.  At my age I don't need the aggravation.  As for the Yamaha's which are the best for low riding and long life.  V Stars? 650's of 1100's? -- Also my beloved BMW K 75 is for sale --Too heavy for me.  Thank's  Scotty
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Post by: High On Octane on July 08, 2018, 06:38:43 pm
Regarding my vs 800 --Thanks for the input guys -- Going on Craigs list right away.  At my age I don't need the aggravation.  As for the Yamaha's which are the best for low riding and long life.  V Stars? 650's of 1100's? -- Also my beloved BMW K 75 is for sale --Too heavy for me.  Thank's  Scotty


All the V-Stars are fantastic bikes.  Actually just revived a 2003 XVS650 this morning with my co-worker.  Used an All Balls complete carb kit and running like a champ.  Really didn't need anything else either besides a fuel flush and plugs.
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Post by: gizzo on July 08, 2018, 07:43:41 pm
I used to have a K75 like that.  Nice bike but I got rid of it because it was too much like a car  ;) .
Today I drilled the sump plugs, radiator cap and drain, oil filler and water pump bolts on my DRZ supermoto for lockwire. A new Kart track has been made available to us but they want bikes race prepped which is fair enough.  Only broke 1 drill bit so I'm pretty happy with that.   
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Post by: heloego on July 10, 2018, 02:14:53 am
   Finalized a deal on a 2018 T-100, 14miles, 2-tone Blue/White. I feel I got it for a very fair price (NADA book for my zip code).
   Long story short the previous owner (80+yrs old) doesn't even remember buying the thing after a GREAT night at the tables in Vegas, and already has a Can Am Spider. So-o-o his loss, my gain.  8) Now the missus and I can CRUISE the hack to Montana and back to Albuquerque virtually worry free.  ;D   
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Post by: High On Octane on July 10, 2018, 03:57:34 am
   Finalized a deal on a 2018 T-100, 14miles, 2-tone Blue/White. I feel I got it for a very fair price (NADA book for my zip code).
   Long story short the previous owner (80+yrs old) doesn't even remember buying the thing after a GREAT night at the tables in Vegas, and already has a Can Am Spider. So-o-o his loss, my gain.  8) Now the missus and I can CRUISE the hack to Montana and back to Albuquerque virtually worry free.  ;D   

That's awesome!  Sounds like a good score.
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Post by: heloego on July 10, 2018, 02:39:19 pm
   Got the insurance yesterday. Ouch! For three bikes it jumped to $375/yr. It should drop off a bit oonce I sell the C5, though.   I pick up the bike today, get the tub mount ordered from Kevin, and while I'm waiting for the mount I'll give the bike a proper break-in.    My first test ride was a friends late '16 Street Twin.  The throttle response was pretty scary at first. "Speed by Wire"? No throttle cable and ZERO delay in  response! Did a couple more rides and I'm comfortable with it now.  ;D    Read through the Scheduled Maintenance Check Sheet, and am VERY impressed with how low maintenance these are! My bud with the Street Twin told me that since I like to tinker so much maybe this isn't the bike for me.
   When I reminded him I have the Electra AVL he responded by nodding wisely.  ;)

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Post by: heloego on July 11, 2018, 02:19:15 pm
Picked her up.Rode her for a bit.Took her home and wiped her down!Sweet bike!  ;D 
https://imgur.com/a/HHEpu1x (https://imgur.com/a/HHEpu1x)
G'dammit! Sorry for handing out only a link to pics. Imgur just unveiled a new format and I'm still figuring out (again ::) ) how to post from their site.
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Post by: High On Octane on July 11, 2018, 08:32:38 pm
Installed a shortened rear light bar for my rear turn signals.  Shortens it up about 5 inches and brings the turn signals in closer to fender instead of behind the bags.  Also installed LED turn signal conversions the other day.  Only have the taillight and instrument lights left to convert and everything will be LED.
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Post by: Stanley on July 11, 2018, 10:50:38 pm
Turned a pair of threaded handle bar inserts on the lathe. Someone should sell these things for us bar end mirror folks.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on July 12, 2018, 05:12:28 pm
Sold the VS 800 to a worthy gentleman who has plans for a formidable street sled --He is a happy camper as well as I.  No more aggregation and I can go back to enjoying my Enfield.  I want to thank you guys for the input on the Suzi as it saved me both pain and money.
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Post by: High On Octane on July 14, 2018, 04:33:34 am
No problem Scotty!  That's one of the best parts of forums, extensive knowledge from all abroad.

Today I downloaded a new map for the PC V to correct atrocious backfiring.  It was so bad the other a woman on the sidewalk jumped and hugged her kids, I felt awful.  So I downloaded a new map to correct what I thought was a very rich condition.  After being lots more happy with the new map, I pulled the plugs and discovered a dangerously LEAN condition.  So while Happy with the new map, I'm bringing the Power Commander laptop home with me this weekend and work on tweaking the better map.  I checked the new plugs after a hard ride and still a tad lean, and looks to need a degree or 2 removed from timing.  So Monday will be a day of plug chops until I'm happy.  It will be my first time doing fuel injection tuning completely on my own.  But I'm confident I can nail it.
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Post by: Guaire on July 14, 2018, 01:12:48 pm
Did my first oil/filter change on my 1994 BMW K75. 15w50 Shell Advance, full synthetic. Today I might do the trans oil and the rear drive.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on July 14, 2018, 09:03:06 pm
Hope that you had the proper filter wrench without which can be a real pain.
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Post by: mattsz on July 15, 2018, 05:04:02 pm
Turned a pair of threaded handle bar inserts on the lathe. Someone should sell these things for us bar end mirror folks.

What are you waiting for?  ;)
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Post by: Guaire on July 16, 2018, 12:25:40 am
Hope that you had the proper filter wrench without which can be a real pain.
  Got one to fit at the auto parts store. A strap wrench would not be usable up in that space.
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Post by: High On Octane on July 23, 2018, 09:46:18 pm
Got the Road King plated today, only $55 and a 25 minute wait.  Not too horrible for a trip to the DMV.
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Post by: gizzo on July 24, 2018, 01:02:33 pm
Painted the frame and bits of the Plastic Maggot cafe project.
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Post by: Guaire on July 24, 2018, 01:33:28 pm
Painted the frame and bits of the Plastic Maggot cafe project.

I want a plastic maggot! Oh the austerity of not having one. We went from stupid humid to rain world here. I’m wishing I could ride something.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 05, 2018, 03:27:23 am
Last night I installed my hell shifter and new shift lever feet to match my highway pegs.  Also went to retorque my handlebars and one of the bolts spun.   >:(  So, picked up a helicoil last night but it was late.  So this morning I installed the helicoil and upon reassembly discovered the handle bars were tearing in the center where the opening for the internal wires come out.  Couldn't afford anything fancy as I just ordered, and tomorrow will be installing, a S&S High performance oil pump and cam plate kit.  (Let's just say I really hope my wife doesn't find out how much I actually spent.)  So, I just ended up ordering some basic Burly 14" Narrow Apes.  Should have those Wednesday.  Once those are installed I should be able to take some long rides without puking oil everywhere.  Good times!
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Post by: gizzo on August 05, 2018, 11:51:13 pm
Got the maggot cafe racer back on it's wheels.  Front end needed a bit of faffing about with the stem: lengthened the stem and welded and machined bearing journals to take stock Honda bearings. Fits well now.  On the upside,  the steering stops and lock brackets are in the right place with no mods needed  8)
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Post by: heloego on August 07, 2018, 02:29:05 pm
Looking great so far! Nice little stand you have, too! Looks adaptable to several different frames.
This morning ordered up a couple of large trunk bags for the hack. One for the Bonnie, and one for the Cozy. Plenty of room for the long trips, and has expandable zippered sides so the tent will fit nicely! And will go well with the Saddlemen bags I already have.  ;D
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Saddlemen-TS3200-Deluxe-Sport-Tailbag-3516-0037/192267968905?epid=171243459&hash=item2cc4106189%3Ag%3AekYAAOSwZs1ZhY9T%3Asc%3AUPSGround%2187120%21US%21-1&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Saddlemen+TS3200&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Saddlemen-TS3200-Deluxe-Sport-Tailbag-3516-0037/192267968905?epid=171243459&hash=item2cc4106189%3Ag%3AekYAAOSwZs1ZhY9T%3Asc%3AUPSGround%2187120%21US%21-1&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Saddlemen+TS3200&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0)
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Post by: tooseevee on August 07, 2018, 04:46:43 pm
Looking great so far! Nice little stand you have, too! Looks adaptable to several different frames.
This morning ordered up a couple of large trunk bags for the hack. One for the Bonnie, and one for the Cozy. Plenty of room for the long trips, and has expandable zippered sides so the tent will fit nicely! And will go well with the Saddlemen bags I already have.  ;D
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Saddlemen-TS3200-Deluxe-Sport-Tailbag-3516-0037/192267968905?epid=171243459&hash=item2cc4106189%3Ag%3AekYAAOSwZs1ZhY9T%3Asc%3AUPSGround%2187120%21US%21-1&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Saddlemen+TS3200&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Saddlemen-TS3200-Deluxe-Sport-Tailbag-3516-0037/192267968905?epid=171243459&hash=item2cc4106189%3Ag%3AekYAAOSwZs1ZhY9T%3Asc%3AUPSGround%2187120%21US%21-1&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Saddlemen+TS3200&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0)

            That's a nice bag. Wish I needed a couple of those, but don't go nowhere no mo'. Just too painful and I'd never get out of Rhode Island  :) :) and it's barely 50 miles long  ;)(http://) It's F-ing HOT here and I'm F-ing useless.
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Post by: heloego on August 07, 2018, 05:39:51 pm
You? Useless?Gimme a break.
Who else is going to keep resetting the Air Conditioning circuit breaker?  ;) 
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Post by: Arizoni on August 07, 2018, 06:05:37 pm
Useless?  No way !!

Hell, your one of our few AVL experts around here.
And, your the only one I know of around here that really knows how to clean the coffee pot.
 ;D ;D 8)

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Post by: tooseevee on August 07, 2018, 07:54:42 pm
Useless?  No way !!

Hell, your one of our few AVL experts around here.
And, your the only one I know of around here that really knows how to clean the coffee pot.
 ;D ;D 8)

           Ha ;D ;D CLR works great. On that skuzzy shower head, too  :)

           Heloego - my AC is a cold 2 minute shower every couple hours and walking around wet on my 2nd floor deck frightening the horses :o I can't do real AC; it freezes me up like an old turtle on a flat rock in December  :( :((http://)
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Post by: mattsz on August 07, 2018, 09:41:56 pm
Wish I needed a couple of those...

 ;D Love this!

I've known that feeling many times...
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Post by: High On Octane on August 07, 2018, 10:52:29 pm
Yesterday I finished off my S&S oil pump and cam plate install.  Was quite the intimidating job, but finished it all on my own by reading the instructions and watching YouTube of course.  I plan on taking the highway home tonight and see if she still pukes oil cruising over 70mph.  I'm guessing I should be good to go now based on my findings inside the cam chest.  The inner chain tensioner pad was almost non-existent and the outer pad exploded upon release of tension.  With that being said, the motor was on the verge of catastrophic failure.  Good thing I tore her down when I did.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 08, 2018, 04:34:31 am
A few pics from the oil pump project.  You can see in the second pic that the tensioner shoe was almost completely gone.  All that fancy billet aluminum and I can only see it in this pic.
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Post by: gizzo on August 08, 2018, 01:48:11 pm
I though those motors were supposed to run til the end of time? Good catch, lucky save.
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Post by: gizzo on August 08, 2018, 01:53:31 pm
Looking great so far! Nice little stand you have, too! Looks adaptable to several different frames.

Thanks. The stand is very handy. It's made to fit the Monster through a spare hole in the crankcase but it works on the maggot, my old Suzuki Savage and my mate's 900SS so far.
That bag does look good.
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Post by: tooseevee on August 08, 2018, 02:58:43 pm
I though those motors were supposed to run til the end of time? Good catch, lucky save.

         Everything needs maintenance once in a while  :) :)
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Post by: High On Octane on August 09, 2018, 03:33:42 am
I though those motors were supposed to run til the end of time? Good catch, lucky save.

         Everything needs maintenance once in a while  :) :)

That's why I opted to upgrade to the S&S Performance setup.  It updates the spring cam chain tensioners to hydraulic and has inlet screens on the scavenge pump, should a shoe ever happen to fail again.  The cam plate and pump are actually completely serviceable.
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Post by: gizzo on August 09, 2018, 01:17:56 pm
Sounds like a smart upgrade.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 09, 2018, 03:15:56 pm
Sounds like a smart upgrade.

It wasn't a cheap date, but my boss was able to pull some strings for me.  I have big custom plans for her and am keeping her around for awhile, so figured it was well worth it.
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Post by: Arizoni on August 09, 2018, 10:41:22 pm
Quote
I have big custom plans for her and am keeping her around for awhile....

Your boss??   :o 8) ;D ;D
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Post by: High On Octane on August 09, 2018, 11:44:00 pm
Your boss??   :o 8) ;D ;D

Yeah, her too.  ;D This winter I want to do the tire hugger front fender for the custom front wheel and Tuxedo themed paint job with black metal flake and pure white pearl accents/2 tone.  Would also like to get the matching rear wheel.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 12, 2018, 01:53:47 am
It's official!  Wet sumping is officially cured!  Ran her to and from work at 75-80mph both ways and she ran flawlessly and didn't spit out a single drop.  Got the new apes installed last night too.  What a freaking nightmare trying to get the wires out of the old bars.  With the 2 sharp right angles, the tape caught and snagged every square inch.  Of course I ran out daylight quickly and had to do the entire reassembly by street light and flash lights.  Only reversed 2 wireson the left side switch harness on first attempt, and I really had to zoom in to catch it.  The angle of the picture and the way the wire curved threw me off on first attempt, but immediately caught what I did.  Regardless was a beautiful ride commuting today.
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Post by: High On Octane on September 09, 2018, 03:09:29 pm
Did a bunch of tuning last night and have a map built for the PC-V that I'm really happy with.  Bike is running like a freaking champ!   :D

The original map I downloaded was way too rich.  Last time I tuned, bike was running fine in the hot summer weather.  But now that the temps are dropping off,  I was getting some misfires.  So, back to the computer it was.  This was the 5th map I built this weekend, but overall is the 13th map that I've built.  I know I used to talk major crap about fuel injection, but tuning with a PC-V is so fun and easy.  Well, if you actually understand tuning it is.   ;)
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Post by: Scotty Brown on September 19, 2018, 03:57:54 am
A new bike in the stable--83 BMW R80ST to replace the K bike--Lighter and more agile for this old man
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Post by: heloego on September 19, 2018, 03:54:39 pm
Nice! Congrats on the acquisition!
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Post by: High On Octane on September 19, 2018, 09:18:40 pm
Good looking bike there Scotty!
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Post by: hpwaco on September 24, 2018, 06:26:40 pm
Got my daughters "nearly vintage" 03 Ducati 620 Monster back from the local shop (used to be the dealer).   Wouldn't start - fuel issue.    Fuel pump was fine but the 15 year old plastic mesh filter screen had deteriorated as had the "rubber" hoses inside the tank.   Who knew they used "rubber" hoses inside the tank?  Have used fuel treatment from new and methanol free gas since it became available here in Waco a couple years ago so no rust in tank.
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Post by: Arschloch on September 24, 2018, 06:42:31 pm
Got my daughters "nearly vintage" 03 Ducati 620 Monster back from the local shop (used to be the dealer).   Wouldn't start - fuel issue.    Fuel pump was fine but the 15 year old plastic mesh filter screen had deteriorated as had the "rubber" hoses inside the tank.   Who knew they used "rubber" hoses inside the tank?  Have used fuel treatment from new and methanol free gas since it became available here in Waco a couple years ago so no rust in tank.

Have been restoring a tank from a Triumph TT600 this summer. We have about 10% ethanol in the fuel. No big surprise there was about one pound of rust in it and the fuel pump was gone. Two days in citric acid blend solved the problem exceptionaly well, it's as good as a new tank.
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Post by: gizzo on September 24, 2018, 11:05:39 pm
What's the recipe for the citric acid blend, Otto?
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Post by: tooseevee on September 25, 2018, 12:00:21 am
Have used fuel treatment from new and methanol free gas since it became available here in Waco a couple years ago so no rust in tank.

           Methanol free  ??? ??? :)
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Post by: Arschloch on September 25, 2018, 08:05:15 am
What's the recipe for the citric acid blend, Otto?

About 1/2 pound of citric acid powder, just throw it in the tank and fill full with water and mix. Let sit for 24-48 hours. It does true magic.
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Post by: gizzo on September 25, 2018, 11:58:28 am
Thanks. I'll give it a try some time.
I fooled around cleaning an old CX500 tank today. It had rusted previously and a PO had used some kind of tank sealer product. It was flaking off really badly. I ended up pulling great sheets of it out the filler neck. Gawd knows how much is still in there.
Before this I'd stripped the tank to bare metal and lead filled the rust holes along the bottom seam before painting. Hope I got them all. No leaks so far.
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Post by: High On Octane on September 29, 2018, 02:01:13 pm
Funny, this last weekend I too was replacing the fuel lines inside my tank.  No issues with rust, in fact my tank looked spotless.  But I just turned 53K miles and the service schedule calls for replacement of the fuel filter and lines at 50K miles.  It's about $200 in parts to go OEM, but I went Drag Specialties and only spent about $55 with my employee discount, retail would have been about $70-$75.  Only difference was the Drag check valve line was about 3-4 inches shorter than stock.  Not a big issue and still got it to work fine.

Was still chasing a misfire that was progressively getting worse, so also cleaned the crank position sensor while I was in there.  Actually replaced the temp sensor the previous weekend.
 Then as I was buttoning her up and about to put the seat back on I checked the battery terminals......  They were both loose!  DOH!!!   >:(  For the last 8 years I've been working in the automotive and power sports industries and constantly preaching to check the battery terminals.  "How about you practice what you preach, Scottie!?"   ;D

Anyway, the bike has been running fantastic all week.  BUT, the temps are dropping into the 40's and 50's so now she's getting thirsty and has a slight hesitation off of idle.  So, going to go into the map and add 3 clicks of fuel at 5% throttle and 1 click across the board, and maybe 2 clicks at 100% throttle.  Just about ready for an oil change too, and will probably do the primary fluid with it, and go in and replace the primary chain tensioner shoe.  Also thinking of changing the battery terminal bolts to 8mm head flange bolts so I can actually get a ratchet wrench on them, and a drop of Loctite so they don't come loose again.
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Post by: High On Octane on September 29, 2018, 02:18:38 pm
Here's my new "Fall" Map I came up with.
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Post by: tooseevee on September 29, 2018, 02:20:45 pm
Funny, this last weekend I too was replacing the fuel lines inside my tank.  No issues with rust, in fact my tank looked spotless.  But I just turned 53K miles and the service schedule calls for replacement of the fuel filter and lines at 50K miles.  It's about $200 in parts to go OEM, but I went Drag Specialties and only spent about $55 with my employee discount, retail would have been about $70-$75.  Only difference was the Drag check valve line was about 3-4 inches shorter than stock.  Not a big issue and still got it to work fine.

Was still chasing a misfire that was progressively getting worse, so also cleaned the crank position sensor while I was in there.  Actually replaced the temp sensor the previous weekend.
 Then as I was buttoning her up and about to put the seat back on I checked the battery terminals......  They were both loose!  DOH!!!   >:(  For the last 8 years I've been working in the automotive and power sports industries and constantly preaching to check the battery terminals.  "How about you practice what you preach, Scottie!?"   ;D

Anyway, the bike has been running fantastic all week.  BUT, the temps are dropping into the 40's and 50's so now she's getting thirsty and has a slight hesitation off of idle.  So, going to go into the map and add 3 clicks of fuel at 5% throttle and 1 click across the board, and maybe 2 clicks at 100% throttle.  Just about ready for an oil change too, and will probably do the primary fluid with it, and go in and replace the primary chain tensioner shoe.  Also thinking of changing the battery terminal bolts to 8mm head flange bolts so I can actually get a ratchet wrench on them, and a drop of Loctite so they don't come loose again.

       Boy, nobody in a nursing home could ever find better treatment than you are giving this harley. I'm proudaya 8)  Maybe some day you'll actually BE on a vintage and feel as good as I..... (that's the wrong story for here).

         Remember what Willy said: If you're lucky you get one good dog, one good truck and one good woman. I say there will be one, One, really good bike that you'll wish you had back to your grave.
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Post by: gizzo on September 30, 2018, 01:33:25 pm
Went on this year's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride.  Well, I didn't actually go on the ride. I broke my collarbone at the track yesterday so no riding for me. But I was there for the departure and after party and that was fun. Still got dressed up. A couple of mates took my old Ducati and my TRX850 cafe racer and the offspring's partner was there on his cx500 cafe racer. Great day out.
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Post by: gizzo on September 30, 2018, 01:42:27 pm
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Post by: High On Octane on October 01, 2018, 02:23:53 pm
       Boy, nobody in a nursing home could ever find better treatment than you are giving this harley. I'm proudaya 8)  Maybe some day you'll actually BE on a vintage and feel as good as I..... (that's the wrong story for here).

         Remember what Willy said: If you're lucky you get one good dog, one good truck and one good woman. I say there will be one, One, really good bike that you'll wish you had back to your grave.

Thanks tooseevee!  I learned many years ago that it's ok to be hard on your toys, WITHIN REASON, as long as you take care of her and stay up on the maintenance.  I do however have the advantage of being best friends with the PO, so I know exactly what has been done, and what needs to be done.  Being I do my own wrenching, it's literally just a matter of knowing what and when to do maintenance.  Just don't let the wife know I've already dropped about a grand on the 'ol girl.  Also, I turn 40 at the end of the month.  So, I'm not exactly vintage, but I think I'm officially a Classic.  ;)

Went on this year's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride.  Well, I didn't actually go on the ride. I broke my collarbone at the track yesterday so no riding for me. But I was there for the departure and after party and that was fun. Still got dressed up. A couple of mates took my old Ducati and my TRX850 cafe racer and the offspring's partner was there on his cx500 cafe racer. Great day out.

I really wanted to do the DGR again this year but just had way too much going on.  Between the recent move, recent job change and training for my running races, I just haven't had much free time recently.  I plan on making it happen next year tho.
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Post by: Stanley on October 06, 2018, 05:52:27 pm
After decades of riding with flat bars or clip-ons, arthritis drove me to put Pro taper bars on my SV650S. After all that surprisingly tedious work the upright position puts the weight on my nalgas. Today I'm installing a $13 gel insert to ease my ischial tuberosities.
By contrast, my stock Bullet fits like a glove. 
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Post by: gizzo on October 19, 2018, 01:06:03 am
I've been crash repairing a KTM RC390 belonging to a friend. She thinks it's the greatest bike ever built (her only other bike was a Sachs 125  ::) ) but I think it's a piece of arse. The engine is horrible. It sounds like a lawnmower, has no single cylinder grunt (but a lot of top end power) and I think KTM could teach RE a thing or two about installing oil leaks. My god, this thing has leaks all over it.
It runs really (Really) hot in traffic. I've been riding with her in city traffic and seen her bike overheat and stop on a 25 deg c day. That sucks. I suppose the heat the motor makes has something to do with the oil leaks.
She had a bit of a spill a month or so ago so we're fitting a new second hand alternator cover, headlight, rear shock, front brakes, tyres and shift mechanism.
I went for parts yesterday. The local KTM dealer had no listing for front pads ( "we've never sold a set yet....) and couldn't supply an alternator cover gasket. 5 weeks to get one in....
Luckily another dealer had the brake pads and I'll just make the gasket. It'll be quicker. At least they keep oil filters in stock.

Meanwhile, I'm making a vibration absorbing muffler mounting bracket for the CGT.
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Post by: Richard230 on October 19, 2018, 02:18:16 pm
I have a friend with a KTM 690 Duke. He tells me that servicing the Duke is involved and expensive. He really moans about the cost of the oil required for the bike. The oil is formulated in Switzerland, fully synthetic (naturally) and sells for around $22 USD a liter.  :o  But apparently it is really fun to ride when it is not being serviced or repaired.  ::)
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Post by: Richard230 on October 19, 2018, 03:59:18 pm
Last week I bought two cheap and thin (1" thick) Chinese bathroom scales for $15 each from Amazon to satisfy my curiosity about what my bikes weigh - and now I have a scale in every bathroom.  ::)

Here are the results weighing those motorcycles' front and rear wheels and their total bathroom scale weight:

2011 Royal Enfield 500 Bullet: front: 190 pounds, rear: 228 pounds = 418 pounds
2018 Zero electric motorcycle with all of the batteries that will fit in the chassis: front: 266 pounds, rear: 203 pounds = 469 pounds
2009 BMW F650GS twin: front 220 pounds, rear: 266 pounds = 486 pounds
2002 Yamaha FZ1: front: 249 pounds, rear: 268 pounds = 517 pounds (It feels a lot lighter than that when pushing it around)
2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100: front: 247 pounds, rear: 283 pounds = 530 pounds
2016 BMW R1200RS: front: 276 pounds, rear: 276 pounds = 552 pounds (Which feels a lot heavier than that when pushing it around.)
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Post by: Narada on October 19, 2018, 05:32:33 pm
The Bonneville weight seemed kind of heavy so I googled it and got an article fromm 2005 Motorcyclist.com which said "dry weight 451 pounds", then my google connection went down...  :(

Do you have saddle bags or other accessories, + gas, oil, tire sealant, dirt that would account for the difference?

Just curious.... ::)
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Post by: Richard230 on October 19, 2018, 10:18:09 pm
The Bonneville weight seemed kind of heavy so I googled it and got an article fromm 2005 Motorcyclist.com which said "dry weight 451 pounds", then my google connection went down...  :(

Do you have saddle bags or other accessories, + gas, oil, tire sealant, dirt that would account for the difference?

Just curious.... ::)

I have a small windshield, center stand and soft bag mounts on my bike and that is all.  I also have a battery, oil, a full gas tank, a side stand, air in the tires and some wax on my bike, which no doubts adds to the manufacturer's "dry weight" claim. Not too much dirt, though.  ::)
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Post by: gizzo on October 19, 2018, 11:17:48 pm
I have a friend with a KTM 690 Duke. He tells me that servicing the Duke is involved and expensive. He really moans about the cost of the oil required for the bike. The oil is formulated in Switzerland, fully synthetic (naturally) and sells for around $22 USD a liter.  :o  But apparently it is really fun to ride when it is not being serviced or repaired.  ::)
Yes.  Another friend has a 990 SM which we rebuilt the top end on not long ago. Because an oring in the cylinder started leaking.  PITA.  He said the same thing about the oil. It has to be one specific type or it can't get through a metering jet to cool the alternator or some crap.  What a joke.  But, like you said. Hilarious fun when it works.  Be a cold day in hell I bought a KTM. 
Same friend says he's going to buy a Suzuki drz400 Supermotard after seeing how good,  reliable and bombproof mine is, so he doesn't have to ride the Kato.
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Post by: Arschloch on October 20, 2018, 03:47:39 pm
I would take the GT535 over a 390 KTM anytime. With little moding it beats the crap out of it too.
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Post by: gizzo on October 20, 2018, 10:48:10 pm
I would take the GT535 over a 390 KTM anytime. With little moding it beats the crap out of it too.
Same here. But I don't think so. It's fast.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 22, 2018, 09:06:15 am
The 390 seems fast along the flat where it can rev but I was gradually catching one up last Thursday up a very long steep incline. He was loosing speed and revs whilst the Bullet just kept going. Once we breached the peak though, he just disappeared. Of course there may just have been something wrong with the KTM but the look on his face which seemed to appear more frantic every time he looked around seeing me that little bit closer was priceless.
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Post by: gizzo on October 24, 2018, 01:25:17 am
An Enfield is not catching a rc390 unless the Kato owner can't ride, won't row the gearbox or his sitting on the side of the road on a smoking overheated ruin. They do that. Highly strung little buggers.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 24, 2018, 08:46:47 am
 Just checked the tech specs for the KTM, with twice the horsepower of a Bullet and carrying a lot less weight something was definitely amiss somewhere :o   

Today my [non Enfield] Watercooled T120 Bonneville is going in for a service. 
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Post by: gizzo on October 24, 2018, 09:02:00 am
Got the charging system working on my old Honda C90 postie bike!
woo!
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Post by: Richard230 on October 24, 2018, 01:55:34 pm
Just checked the tech specs for the KTM, with twice the horsepower of a Bullet and carrying a lot less weight something was definitely amiss somewhere :o   

Today my [non Enfield] Watercooled T120 Bonneville is going in for a service.

Good luck with your Bonneville service. When I had the 36K service performed on my 2005 T-100, I got hit with a $850 bill, which did not include tire replacement or fork servicing. I am still in shock.  :o
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 04, 2018, 10:28:09 pm
Sold the Phoenix. Gone to what I think is an owner who will look after her well as was impressed with her condition. Good nick for a 22 year old who still has her speed :)


Apologies if that sounds wrong, but you know what I mean lol.
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Post by: Guaire on November 22, 2018, 08:00:30 pm
My 1994 BMW K75 needed a seal between the header pipe and the muffler. They aren't available. I made one from the sheet of copper I bought for $5.50.
  On my test ride today the plug in for the Gerbings electric jacket worked. Also, the heated grips and the running lights worked.
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Post by: heloego on November 23, 2018, 12:14:53 am
Worked on re-wiring the sidecar as attached to the Bonnie.
Need some Molex connectors to proceed and can get them from work.  :) Free!  ;D
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Post by: gizzo on November 23, 2018, 09:43:53 pm
I've been repairing the incredibly rusted fuel tank from my other half's Monster. That tank is such a bad design. The bottom part that the pump can't scavenge holds over a litre, and it's where any water accumulates with no way to drain it, save pulling the tank. 
Have had my Supermotard's forks resprung for better on track behavior, still waiting for new brake pads and braided hose.
A new front Metzler Lasertec on the old Pantah.
+, been restoring my dad's old postie bike for laughs. 
And I'm finally able to ride Mr Reliable trx850 again, the broken collarbone is healing nicely.
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Post by: gizzo on December 04, 2018, 09:54:09 am
Monster tank has come together nicely.  I sealed it inside with the caswell epoxy tank liner kit. I hope it works.
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Post by: gizzo on December 04, 2018, 09:56:45 am
And the postie bike (c90 cub to you guys)  is stylin'.  8)
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Post by: heloego on December 14, 2018, 12:27:11 pm
Finally had time to finish the re-wiring of the sidecar signal and running light to the Bonnie.
Head Light's next. Just waiting for some new connectors.

Between E-bay and Cycle Terminal I have damned near everything I need.
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Post by: High On Octane on December 30, 2018, 03:33:58 pm
Haven't done much to the ol' Hog lately, but did get oil changes done on the bike and both cars a couple of weeks ago.
Jumped on the bike on Christmas Eve to do a little last minute gift shopping, weather was in the 50's and was perfect and sunny.
Other than that,  I've been driving the truck for the most part.  Weather has been in the 20's and 30's mostly lately, but have had a chance to ride to work a few times.
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Post by: Guaire on December 30, 2018, 10:52:48 pm
And the postie bike (c90 cub to you guys)  is stylin'.  8)
Dang it! I want one.
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Post by: Guaire on December 30, 2018, 10:57:07 pm
A friend of mine gave me a major tip on a 2004 EX250 Ninja I'm setting up. Next time I pull the carbs, it's going to be mucho mas easier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP56OJg6M4I&t=50s

Check out all the shenanigans you have to go through if you don't do this mod!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5br8HCfn0

On my other 2004, a 65 ES Bullet, I could practically just pull off the Mikuni TM32 ACE helped me get on there and set up.

Cheers,
Bill
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Post by: Richard230 on December 31, 2018, 01:39:28 am
A friend of mine gave me a major tip on a 2004 EX250 Ninja I'm setting up. Next time I pull the carbs, it's going to be mucho mas easier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP56OJg6M4I&t=50s

Check out all the shenanigans you have to go through if you don't do this mod!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5br8HCfn0

On my other 2004, a 65 ES Bullet, I could practically just pull off the Mikuni TM32 ACE helped me get on there and set up.

Cheers,
Bill

I used to own a 2004 250 Ninja. Fortunately, I didn't have to remove the carbs, just their tops to place washers under the needles, but I did adjust the little tiny valves a number of times during the 36K miles that I rode the bike.  Removing the valve cover was a lot easier once I cut the weld on the right side coil and bolted it back on so that the valve cover could be removed without having to remove the radiator.

My claim to fame was that I dropped my thickness gauge down the cam chain slot, where it ended up lying on top of the crankshaft.  Fortunately, I was able to retrieve the steel gauge with a telescoping magnet.  That was a close one!   ;)
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Post by: gizzo on December 31, 2018, 11:03:09 am
Took my postie bike up to the river for the weekend. We did a million trips between the shack and the ski beach on it. Ran like a champ and looked good doing it.  8) 8)
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Post by: chuychacon on December 31, 2018, 03:11:57 pm
very cute,
I started on a honda 50cc , yours is too much engine for me ;D
Had to google postie  ;D
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Post by: Scotty Brown on March 16, 2019, 05:58:55 am
Finally I got around to adjusting the Valves in my airhead R80ST-- Oh yes, they were a bit tight a most airheads.  Been awhile since I wrenched on a Beemer and the adjust took over three hours.  Hate working on the ground, need a hoist.  These old bones don't react to getting up and down like they used to.  Still fun though!
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Post by: upintheair on March 16, 2019, 02:32:01 pm
It seems that with each passing year gravity gets stronger, which makes getting up from a creeper more of a challenge.
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Post by: mattsz on March 17, 2019, 03:08:07 pm
It seems that with each passing year gravity gets stronger, which makes getting up from a creeper more of a challenge.

And because time passes more quickly with each passing year, getting up from that same creeper takes longer and longer...
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Post by: Grant Borden on March 17, 2019, 10:53:01 pm
"It seems that with each passing year gravity gets stronger, which makes getting up from a creeper more of a challenge."

I fully agree that statement, the gravity is increasing in strength and I'm very young, just celebrated my 34th birthday in January...... OK well it was the 40th anniversary of my 34th birthday.

Grant
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Post by: gizzo on March 17, 2019, 11:27:05 pm
Changed the oil and filter on my TRX850.  Cleaned, lubed, adjusted the chain.
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Post by: tooseevee on March 17, 2019, 11:29:59 pm
"It seems that with each passing year gravity gets stronger, which makes getting up from a creeper more of a challenge."

I fully agree that statement, the gravity is increasing in strength and I'm very young, just celebrated my 34th birthday in January...... OK well it was the 40th anniversary of my 34th birthday.

Grant

       Hey Grant,

            Just a hint:  It looks like you may have deleted the little [/quote] at the bottom of upintheair's message?

            And I agree about grabbadee (or is it really the bending of space   :) :)(http://) ).
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Post by: Grant Borden on March 18, 2019, 01:27:14 am
Bending of SPACE, of course.

Grant
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Post by: mrunderhill1975a on March 18, 2019, 03:30:59 am
Fired it up first time after new piston installed. Great to get it running again.  Throttle is a bit sticky however.  Will continue to work on it.
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Post by: gizzo on May 26, 2019, 01:49:12 pm
Took my Honda c90 postie bike to the track. It was wet all day and the postie was the right tool for the job. Too much fun. Didn't bother to ride the motard.
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Post by: chuychacon on May 26, 2019, 02:56:54 pm
Awesome Gizzo
new lap record?
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Post by: gizzo on May 26, 2019, 03:19:09 pm
For slowest lap,  maybe.  Funny thing was the wet laps were about as quick as the dry ones.  The Michelin City Pro's seem to grip well and  the pegs went down in dry and wet.  Only 1 front end slide.  Not bad...
This track, we run reverse sessions and the postie was 15, 20 kph slower up the back straight when I had a headwind. And my mate's daughter kicked my butt up the straight on her CRF70. 
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Post by: mattsz on May 26, 2019, 06:47:56 pm
No track anywhere near me  :(... you guys seem to have a lot of fun there!  8)
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Post by: gizzo on May 26, 2019, 11:42:31 pm
Maybe there's a supermoto group somewhere near you. They use Kart tracks and those things are everywhere. That's who I usually ride with. It's fun, and less need for a big power bike.
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 27, 2019, 12:19:13 am
Maybe there's a supermoto group somewhere near you. They use Kart tracks and those things are everywhere. That's who I usually ride with. It's fun, and less need for a big power bike.

Small bikes are both cheaper and I think it can be more fun to go fast on a small bike than on a big bike...PLUS you end up in less trouble when things go wrong anyway.
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Post by: gizzo on May 27, 2019, 01:29:02 am
Small bikes are both cheaper and I think it can be more fun to go fast on a small bike than on a big bike...PLUS you end up in less trouble when things go wrong anyway.

I might ramble for a minute.
The motard track days work for me because of that small bike thing. Kart tracks are all about corners and there's not much need for straight line speed. And you're right, when you crash, you're doing it a lot slower. Usually you pick the bike up and keep going. No smashed fairings, bent frames and the like. You might scuff axle and bar end sliders. Or break your collarbone, if you're me. Plus, the crew are a lot of fun to be around. Less attitude for sure. Compared with track days at a full size track, you show up there on a small bike, there's always some element (usually in the green/slow group) with a point to prove. Straight line heros. Don't get me wrong, most people at full size track days are lovely people. I've taken my big boy's bike (TRX850) to the full size track and it's fun but i'm not excited by the VMAX thing. The Enfield's good there too, in the corners. Straights are too long though.
At the kart track you can run what you brung and still have fun and fit in. My DRZ400SM is just the right amount of bike for me.
Anyway, 10 out of 10 would recommend doing a track day, just to see what it's like. Have at it if you can.
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Post by: wildbill on May 31, 2019, 01:58:41 pm
just added this to the bike line up

https://youtu.be/bDkpnrjiAIU
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Post by: gizzo on June 01, 2019, 08:34:09 am
Went for a run through the hills on the postie bike.  It struggled getting up some of the steeper parts and make the rider very aware of the huge gap between 2nd and top gears. I noticed it losing power going up some kind steep climbs but it came back coasting down the other side. So I'm guessing it's either a bit lean mixture or the ignition timing is too far advanced, making it run hot.  That issue aside, it ran like a clock and was good fun. 110km round trip.
 
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Post by: gizzo on July 11, 2019, 03:48:34 pm
Shimmed valve clearances and loctited  a few bolts inside the engine of my supermoto. I found some metal in the oil filter, I hope I don't have to do an engine rebuild. Just wanna ride it!
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Post by: Narada on July 11, 2019, 04:51:59 pm
Got TTP Air Box Removal Kit for 2015 T-100. Wife ordered it for my birthday! As if that wasn't enough...

It was sent to wrong address.  ??? It ended up at a house full of non- english speaking Somalians who and wanted ransom for its return...seriously!  :o

I didn't know until I got home from work. Wife tore it out of their hands and ran to car with it. She left them yelling about it as she drove off! Ha ha!  ;D No harm done, so I'm just going to let that one go...

Trying to download "usb drivers" and fuel map into lap top today, after long birthday ride that is!  8)
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Post by: Narada on July 18, 2019, 04:08:33 pm
Got that TTP Stage-2 kit with tune done the other day. OMG what a difference!  :o Snatchy throttle is finally gone!  :) Smooth, quiet, and docile under normal riding but when you twist the throttle, look out!

Had trouble at one point when I could not get laptop connection for tune download. After a couple of hours of going over everything again and again, my wife walks by and says "did you hold the button down and re-start it"? :o Aaaahhh!  After that, it worked great!

TTP dyno results show just a fraction under 70 hp and I believe it!

Hauling bike in the back of my truck today for 3 days riding in the mountains of Idaho (while wife visits in-laws)  ;)
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Post by: gizzo on July 19, 2019, 12:40:19 pm
Rejetted the fcr39 on my drz400sm. Almost there...
Washed the postie scooter.
Looked at the Enfield.
Tried fitting the bag rack from my TRX850 onto the Monster. It's going to take some fettling but it'll work.  And bought a pair of GS500 wheels to Motard my dr250. Just for laffs.
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Post by: gizzo on July 21, 2019, 03:03:43 pm
Checked valve clearances on the TReX850. They're all in spec so I don't have to do any shimming! Even the timing chain looks like it has some life left. Nothing to do but button it back up and ride another 48,000km til next check  8)

And,  picked up my gs500 Motard wheels. $200 for both wheels, good tyres, all bolts, axles, spacers,  discs, cush drive,  calipers, master cylinders and hoses. Bargain! Got some machining to do now.
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Post by: Narada on August 12, 2019, 04:39:19 am
Got in 500 miles through the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, hwy-20, 21, & I-84 loop (150 miles of mountain twisties one day, and same 150 + 350 opposite direction the next).  8)

New induction and tune on Bonnie proved to be spectacular! Unsilenced intake (DNA Pods) Sounds great, tons of power, and best of all, smooth power at all times. :)
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Post by: heloego on August 26, 2019, 06:47:29 pm
Wife lost interest very quickly in the Bonnie/Kozy hack. Could've said something before I invested over $12,500 between the bike and the Kozy.  >:(
I suppose it all works out, though. I need the room in the garage, so it's up for grabs.
https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/mcy/d/albuquerque-2018-bonnie-t100-sidecar/6964669037.html (https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/mcy/d/albuquerque-2018-bonnie-t100-sidecar/6964669037.html)

If I get a buyer, this should pay off my house!  ;D
If it doesn't, well dog knows I'm capable of enjoying it alone.  ;)
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Post by: mattsz on August 28, 2019, 11:44:53 am
...dog knows I'm capable of enjoying it alone.  ;)

Feck that, bring the dog with you...
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Post by: heloego on August 28, 2019, 10:28:39 pm
It's her dog, and it's scared stiff of my bikes...  ;)
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Post by: gizzo on August 28, 2019, 11:36:58 pm
Got my dr250 supermoto build with gs500 wheels and brakes done.
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Post by: heloego on August 29, 2019, 02:28:23 am
Looks fun!!! ;D
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Post by: mattsz on August 29, 2019, 10:46:30 am
It's her dog, and it's scared stiff of my bikes...  ;)

Oh well...
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Post by: Narada on August 30, 2019, 08:21:22 pm
Sorry to hear you're rig's not working out Heloego, at least you got to enjoy it for a while... It was a great project, and you "done good" with it.  8)

Someone is going to get a great deal on that immaculate turn-key sidecar! May your efforts bring joy to all who ride in it for years to come!   :)
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Post by: heloego on August 30, 2019, 08:55:17 pm
Thanks, mate!
No bites yet, but I'm not in a real rush, either.  :) 
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Post by: High On Octane on October 06, 2019, 04:14:39 am
WEEELLLLL HEELLLLOOOO EVERYONE!!!!!!!    :D

Funny.  I've been putting off the Blackhawk rebuild for some time now, but finally going to get back on that this winter.  But, this is the NON Enfield thread!!!!!!

So.  I've always talked shit about Harleys.  But, I decided to give them a go and bought that 2001 Road King custom.  I came to the conclusion that it is a decent touring bike.  It really do a good job on my 2250 mile trip back in June.  But, overall impression, it's just driving a 2 wheel tractor with a bunch of cargo storage.  If you want to go far and haul some sh*t, it will get the job done.  But, trying to whip that thing around in rush hour traffic was the equivalent to bringing a Clydesdale to a steeple chase race.  Basically coming to the conclusion they actually are big piles of crap, and was pretty over it.

So, this week I put it up on Facebook Marketplace and started looking at new bikes at work.  I REALLY the 2019 KTM 790 Duke.  That thing was a blast to ride but the payments were going to be $240 a month.  Way beyond what I was willing to spend because my wife would have killed me.  At least have punched me in the face and put me on the couch for a few nights.   ;D  So, then I thought 390 Duke or 400 Ninja.  And while fun and affordable bikes, I would have just been disappointed in the long run.  Then the assistant sales manager goes "Well, what about this 2014 Street Triple R ABS over here?"  FREAKING JACKPOT!  Test rode it on my lunch and immediately fell in love.

Ended up closing by the end of the day.  Plus we had been sitting on it all summer, so, I got such a smoking deal that I financed for $600 under book value.  Only 6900 miles on it and super clean.  Practically brand new.  The thing I love about this bike is you can putt around smoothly if you want, but crack the throttle wide open and you better be ready.(http://)
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Post by: High On Octane on October 06, 2019, 04:16:20 am
Got my dr250 supermoto build with gs500 wheels and brakes done.

That's a cool little supermoto you built there!  Very cool idea to source the GS wheels.
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Post by: mattsz on October 06, 2019, 09:38:56 am
Welcome back, Scottie!  What's the deal here, you come back and visit every time the forum changes hosts?  :D

That Triumph is badass!
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Post by: gizzo on October 06, 2019, 09:59:18 am
That's a cool little supermoto you built there!  Very cool idea to source the GS wheels.

Thanks mate. It's fun and cheap.  Congrats on the triumph,  and for giving the ktm a miss. The Striple will be a lot of fun and reliable too.
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Post by: tooseevee on October 06, 2019, 01:47:02 pm
WEEELLLLL HEELLLLOOOO EVERYONE!!!!!!!    :D

So.  I've always talked shit about Harleys.  But, I decided to give them a go and bought that 2001 Road King custom.  I came to the conclusion that it is a decent touring bike.  It really do a good job on my 2250 mile trip back in June.  But, overall impression, it's just driving a 2 wheel tractor with a bunch of cargo storage.  If you want to go far and haul some sh*t, it will get the job done.  But, trying to whip that thing around in rush hour traffic was the equivalent to bringing a Clydesdale to a steeple chase race.  Basically coming to the conclusion they actually are big piles of crap, and was pretty over it.


    Hey! Welcome back.

     I had the feeling from the very beginning that you were never really a harley person. And that's OK.

     To be a harley person you have to be the type who loves them for exactly the same reasons the people who say they hate them, hate them. Some have no reason; they just hate them.

      Disclaimer: I lost respect for the HDMC in the late '70s for reasons way too numerous. I have found it unnecessary to care about ANY NEW (or stock) harleys since then. The "factory customs"? - Bullshit!

     The HDMC went sort of insane (to me) in the '80s and '90s. Then WAY too many were sold to people as their first bike and that really did a job on harleys. Idiots bought harleys and either killed themselves or trashed them for reasons that had nothing to do with the bike. And a lot of other reasons, of course.     

     I still think they are great bikes for what they're made for. They were never meant to be ANYTHING other than what they are and that's been true since '03. 

       I wish you had got one you liked better, but that's the way it goes, right?.

       
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Post by: heloego on October 06, 2019, 02:24:40 pm
Welcome back, Scotty!  ;D
Oddly, I was thinking about ya the other day and wondering what your next adventure would be.
Nice Triple! Glad you zeroed in in it. Keep us up to date on your Blackhawk, ok?
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Post by: High On Octane on October 06, 2019, 02:51:39 pm
TooSeeVee:  I can't really trash them, as much as I'd like to.  Truth is, I'm still a true enthusiast at heart and can appreciate the Road King for what it is.  A lot of it is too, that "riding" with my Harley "friends" I discovered that they don't really want to ride.  They just want to bar hop and get wasted.  Which totally hasn't been me for almost 8 years.Again, great touring bikes, but I want to drag knees in the mountains.

Helo: I was actually thinking about you the other day too!  When are you coming back to Aurora?  I'd love to get together with you again sometime.
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Post by: heloego on October 06, 2019, 04:44:31 pm
I won't be coming back to Aurora for AT LEAST the next 6-7 months. After pushing through and enduring that May snow storm a few years ago I learned my lesson about riding up there in May or September! Growing up in Montana you'd think I knew better!  ::)
In any case, my current project for a friend will keep me busy this fall/winter, then it's my Electra's turn for some changes and TLC.
After that? Only the Shadow knows.  ;)
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Post by: High On Octane on November 09, 2019, 01:48:37 pm
So, I've had the Street Triple for about a month now.  So far I've installed a JT 15 tooth front sprocket, MZS shorty adjustable levers, Two Brothers S!R slip on exhaust, and installed a Competition Werkes integrated taillight and fender eliminator.  The other night I finally tapped into the ECU with TuneECU and uploaded a new map.  The bike really screams now and is even funner to ride.  Good Times!!!
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Post by: High On Octane on November 09, 2019, 01:53:10 pm
Here's pic of what it looks like now.
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Post by: mattsz on November 09, 2019, 05:35:18 pm
Here's pic of what it looks like now.

Time to change your "signature," chum!!
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Post by: Arschloch on November 11, 2019, 09:04:11 pm
Here's pic of what it looks like now.

A nice bike although I'm not so much into gray colours.    :P
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 21, 2019, 02:57:20 pm
Unfortunately, I lowsided the Triple last week.  Was pulling into a park on my lunch break where the entrance immediately turns left, a car was pulling out in the
middle of the entrance.  As, I went around the back of the car, I hit a huge patch of 1/4" deep salt.  Went down quicker than a Colfax Whore!  (Sorry.  A little
Denver inside joke.  ;D )  Luckily the bar end slider and rear spool took the blunt of it.  No actual body damage, but left engine cover got it bad.  So, the other day
I smoothed it out a Scotch Roloc disc and hit the outer face of the cover with some VHT Epoxy Satin Black.  Came out really good for a 25 minute parking lot job.

So, I've always had the philosophy to never hoon, weave, wheelie or rip at 140mph through traffic, and to always ride responsibly in the eye of the public.
But, if no cars are around and no-one is looking....  Have fun!  Just be careful.

For whatever reason, the 675 Street Triple is incredibly hard to wheelie.  You can pickup the front tire easy enough, but it's always ended there.
Well, between the 15 tooth front and the fresh tune finally being learned, the bike seriously rips hard now.  The other night when I was coming home on a quiet
side street and decided to pop the clutch at about 20mph.  Stood her straight up and down on the back tire and rode her out for about 200'.  Glad I finally got
that out of my system.   ;D

About 900 miles on her since I picked her up last month, and that included being on vacation for 5 days and several snow days.  And I finally named her...  Tina Triple.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 21, 2019, 02:59:12 pm
Here is a pic of the repair.  Slight run in the top.  But all in all not bad.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: mattsz on November 21, 2019, 03:53:59 pm
So, I've always had the philosophy to...  always ride responsibly in the eye of the public.

Mmm-hmm.  So you say:

https://youtu.be/Pc6pgxNGZQ4 (https://youtu.be/Pc6pgxNGZQ4)


Here is a pic of the repair.  Slight run in the top.  But all in all not bad.

Bummer about the spill - but sounds like nothing too serious  The repair looks good, I doubt anyone who wasn't looking for it would notice!  I might even have left it - battle scars are cool...  8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 21, 2019, 05:26:01 pm
Mmm-hmm.  So you say:

https://youtu.be/Pc6pgxNGZQ4 (https://youtu.be/Pc6pgxNGZQ4)


Bummer about the spill - but sounds like nothing too serious  The repair looks good, I doubt anyone who wasn't looking for it would notice!  I might even have left it - battle scars are cool...  8)

Funny you post that video.  I've been contemplating installing some TKC80's on the Triumph for the winter.  ;)  And thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on March 21, 2020, 08:52:21 am
I went for a lazy roll around on my old Pantah.  Stopped in at a local craft brewery to meet a couple mates,  went along the beach,  watched a couple of kids ripping around in the scrub on dirt bikes and came home. Pretty relaxing. I love that old bike.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on March 23, 2020, 03:30:54 am
A roar through the hills on the Monster. Saying safe by remaining socially isolated, me.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: hpwaco on April 09, 2020, 02:02:54 am
Only 91 F here in Waco today.  Took daughter's 03 Ducati 620 Monster for its annual "yep looks like a motorcycle " inspection at the local motorsports shop.   Now to get it registered as she's temporarily unemployed like so many others.   
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on April 09, 2020, 08:03:26 am
she's temporarily unemployed like so many others.   

Bummer. On the upside, she has a Monster. Life is good.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Narada on February 27, 2022, 07:55:27 am
Replaced the Crankshaft Position Sensor in my '15 Bonnie.  :P

Had just ridden 120 miles through forest and mountains up to the snow line, came back as it was getting dark with the temp dropping fast. Luckily, the bike ran great all the way home.

First thing the next morning...no-start!  :o Tried many things to determine the problem, finally paid the dealer to diagnose.  ??? They said their code reader was propriatary, but have since seen a guy on the internet using an OBD-2!   ???

One month later my part arrived. Pretty easy install, just gap the sensor 0.8 mm and route the harness. No problem!  ;)

The story I was told is that the old CPS's had a tendancy to go out like that without warning. Mine was at 13,000 miles. The service writer said his popped at 5,000! Supposedly the replacements are improved and are much more reliable, I hope so!

Thai Bonnie now fires right up and runs great again!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Karl Childers on February 27, 2022, 02:56:19 pm
My 09 GSA got a full service this winter to get it ready for spring, at 33,000 miles it was time to replace the driveshaft known to fail at that mileage  causing some very expensive collateral damage. The shaft is expensive and not meant to be rebuilt but some BMW riders do rebuild them and save a lot of money in the process. I decided to take a whack at it and was able to get the old u joints out and replace them with much better quality joints with zirk fittings so they can be greased once a year. The shaft should now last for the life of the bike.

Then it was my 13 Softail Slim's turn. I installed new rear shocks on it which compared to a motorcycle with a conventional swingarm is a miserable job. For starters the bike has to go up on a lift to access the shocks on the bottom of the frame, raised again and the wheel removed and the swingarm blocked up with an adjustable jack.  Here's where the fun starts, the  rear bolts are torqued to 110 ft lbs and loc tited and difficult to get a wrench on and the front ones aren't much easier to access but not torqued down nearly as much as the rear. What would have been a twenty minute job on my Enfield was a two hour job on the Harley. Just as an aside Harley has since redesigned their Softails to now use a single shock in a diagonal, more upright position, it looks to be much more easier to access and service. I prefer the look of the old style just not what it takes to service it.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: lavrentyuk on March 05, 2022, 12:53:53 am
Celebrated completing the rebuild of my old MZ ETZ 300, needed a frame swap, by taking it for a 15 mile shakedown along the edge of the Cambrian Mountains.  To my surprise nothing fell off, though low speed running could have been smoother.  Amazingly light, old school two stroke singles.  Light weight really helps and the left hand kickstart means I still can - gammy right hip otherwise preventing play.  It doesn't even kick back!  Stand on its left and use the left foot to start it, second kick, every time.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on March 05, 2022, 10:07:19 am
Celebrated completing the rebuild of my old MZ ETZ 300, needed a frame swap, by taking it for a 15 mile shakedown along the edge of the Cambrian Mountains.  To my surprise nothing fell off, though low speed running could have been smoother.  Amazingly light, old school two stroke singles.  Light weight really helps and the left hand kickstart means I still can - gammy right hip otherwise preventing play.  It doesn't even kick back!  Stand on its left and use the left foot to start it, second kick, every time.
8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: TomZeken on June 04, 2022, 09:08:12 am
Bought myself an old HARLEY FLHRC1580 recently, had to put the best true dual exhaust for harley (https://allforharley.com/true-dual-exhaust-for-harley/) on it since it was from another bike, changed the paint, cleaned it, rode 50 miles on my state yesterday, goes great.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on August 26, 2022, 02:52:40 pm
Yesterday though...
Did a midweek track day at Tailem Bend with the Historic Motorcycle Racing Register and the Ducati Owners Club of South Australia. I only rode my regular track bike, the mighty DRZ400SM. Super fun and the first time I've ridden the East circuit. It's so good for the DRZ. The International Circuit is too long for the DRZ, it suits the high power sport bikes though. The east is shorter, no long straights and 22 corners in 3.9km.

Some very cool bikes in attendance: Plenty of modern Ducatis, being ridden sensibly, and a few older Duc's being thrashed about quite vigorously. A TT2, a Dramah, couple of Pantah race bikes and a very beautiful Gilera Saturno. The HMRR guys had Triumphs, a 650 Dominator, a couple Velocettes and a G50, various old Japanese 2 Smokers, a Benelli and others. I really enjoyed the day and seeing these cool old bikes being flogged around. It's more interesting to me than a regular track day with a lineup of R1's and Gixxer Bros. I wasn't even the only Sumo rider there: another Dozer and a couple of KTM's.

Too much fun.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on August 26, 2022, 06:42:29 pm
Thanks for the pix! Sounds like the same reason I went to the IoM for Vintage Week vs. the G.P.; I already know the fast guys go fast. The older hardware makes such beautiful music, and for my money it's still blazingly fast.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: tooseevee on August 26, 2022, 08:25:00 pm
Bought myself an old HARLEY FLHRC1580 recently, had to put the best true dual exhaust for harley (https://allforharley.com/true-dual-exhaust-for-harley/) on it since it was from another bike, changed the paint, cleaned it, rode 50 miles on my state yesterday, goes great.

       Wow. Look what's "old" now :) :) Good luck with it.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on September 18, 2022, 07:34:51 am
Just got in from a 3 day, 1000km trip to the south east of the state for an interstate bike group meetup event. It rained off and on for most of the weekend so the majority of my trip was in some kind of rain. So glad I bought some new wet weather gear before the trip, it kept me warm and dry through some pretty torrential rain.

My old Pantah ran like a clock and didn't skip a beat even through the worst of it, to the surprise of a few of the other riders. Unlike the new BMW R1200GS that chucked a hissy fit and went into limp mode when it got rained on. Seemed to come good after sitting to dry out for a day but it doesn't seem very adventurous of it.....
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Karl Childers on September 18, 2022, 12:48:22 pm
^ love those classic old Ducati's!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Karl Childers on September 18, 2022, 01:40:44 pm
Yesterday I took a long overdue and much needed day ride, A large building project at home that needs completing by winter has been eating into my riding time but my irresponsible side got the better of me and I broke the softail out and headed out for a "mental health" day. I gassed up in town, pointed the bike into the high desert, rode across the the 600' high gorge bridge above the mighty Rio Grande river. The loop then took me to the west side of the 35 mile wide valley and then south into the rolling hills of pinon and juniper trees and down into Georgia O'Keefe country and the back drop for many of her famous paintings. Heading east again I once more crossed the Rio Grande over a much less dramatic bridge and followed the river north  through verdant irrigated farm land until I reached the east side of the valley far south of where I started and began the trek back north following the river up the gorge until I reached the little village of Dixon. From there I headed up into the high country with lots of twisty roads and and elevation changes between nine and ten thousand feet. The air was cool and sweet up in the mountains and the forested vistas amazing as always. 40 some miles of that and I arrived back home clocking around 200 miles total for what was a perfect day of riding. Today it's back to the salt mines but I have yesterdays ride to carry me until I can sneak out again for another one.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on September 18, 2022, 01:50:04 pm
Good times!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 18, 2022, 02:31:03 pm
Just got in from a 3 day, 1000km trip to the south east of the state for an interstate bike group meetup event. It rained off and on for most of the weekend so the majority of my trip was in some kind of rain. So glad I bought some new wet weather gear before the trip, it kept me warm and dry through some pretty torrential rain.

My old Pantah ran like a clock and didn't skip a beat even through the worst of it, to the surprise of a few of the other riders. Unlike the new BMW R1200GS that chucked a hissy fit and went into limp mode when it got rained on. Seemed to come good after sitting to dry out for a day but it doesn't seem very adventurous of it.....

When I was stationed at L.G. Hanscom Field, west of Boston, during the late 1960's. I used to go riding with a friend who rode a Ducati 160. At the time I was riding a 1968 Yamaha 125cc YA-6. We would ride along the highway at full throttle. I could just manage 72 mph, while his Ducati would go about 72.5 mph. I can't recall his bike ever having a mechanical issue, although mine did once when it cratered its piston and dropped the compression down to about 4:1. Once I cleaned off the spark plug of melted aluminum, I was able to return home as long as I kept the revs above 3K. Those were the days when 70 mph was just fast enough and big craters in pistons were no big problem - as long as it wasn't a hole.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Nitrowing on September 18, 2022, 06:40:31 pm
Oil filter change on the 1500 Wing today - one of the easiest jobs to do too  :)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on October 03, 2022, 09:28:29 am
Went for a nice ride in the country on my very ancient DR250. 286km for the day, 90% dirt roads. I'm pooped.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on October 07, 2022, 10:13:20 am
Another Ducati Owners/Historic Motorcycle Racing Register track day. At Mallala this time. My least favourite track, but any track's better than no track.
More cool old race bikes. It's great to see and hear the old bikes out being used. I saw Nortons, Triumphs, BSA, Velocette, old Japanese smokers H2 and RD. Being a Ducati club event, there were a few bevel drives, a pantah or two and 4 (!) Verlicchi framed TT/F1 reproductions. Very sweet indeed.  Also plenty of modern bikes, Ducs as well as other things. And my mighty DRZ400SM. Mallala is a bit of a point and shoot track so the SM is outgunned on the straights but it's all good. It made up for it through turns 1 and the double apex turn 2. Going 'round the outside like a buffalo gal. Too much fun.

Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on October 07, 2022, 10:20:44 am
Few more...
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Karl Childers on October 07, 2022, 12:38:35 pm
Some nice bikes, yours included!
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: NVDucati on October 07, 2022, 12:42:25 pm
Another Ducati Owners/Historic Motorcycle Racing Register track day. ...
Envious!!!
Thanks for the photos. The pic of white framed Ducati really shows how simple it should be, huh.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on October 07, 2022, 12:50:20 pm
Some nice bikes, yours included!
Thanks  :)

Envious!!!
Thanks for the photos. The pic of white framed Ducati really shows how simple it should be, huh.

Everything you need, and nothing you don't.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Nitrowing on October 09, 2022, 12:38:01 pm
Oooh, that Yamaha (34)... that's ticking lots of boxes  8)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: gizzo on October 09, 2022, 01:34:17 pm
Oooh, that Yamaha (34)... that's ticking lots of boxes  8)
Same here.
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: GlennF on October 11, 2022, 04:44:00 am
Slightly off topic - but is Uncle Fester's Dalmatian paint scheme bike in the Wednesday  trailer a BMW R80 ? I am not familiar enough to know for sure ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73UhUTs6y0

(https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/633f316242c2d8adf3fa7dd4/master/w_1600,c_limit/vf-exclusive-wednesday-first-look-01.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do on your non Royal Enfield motorcycle today?
Post by: Karl Childers on October 11, 2022, 01:31:21 pm
There's not a lot to go on visually but my best guess is R 80 ST, which would make a pretty nice tug for an around town and two lane rig.