[pornoheft]

Just got back from a 750km ride. My tail light (and signal light?) broke from the mount itself.

Not my luck.

[Farmer_John]

Today, I went straight to


Actually, it's where I stopped for some water. Pinckney, MI...



But I did ride through Hell today, it was just too damn hot to stop...

[Otto_Ing]

Rode it to work (almost hell  ) and back, than I fixed my flat on the bicycle. 

[DenverGT]

Hit the mountain roads today. Love the low center of gravity when I am on a dirt road! I also love passing folks on adventure touring bikes.

[Farmer_John]

Hit the mountain roads today. Love the low center of gravity when I am on a dirt road! I also love passing folks on adventure touring bikes.

15% grade??  DAMN!!

[gizzo]

went to the local steel merchant to buy some grinding wheels. A guy came out of the office there (so presumably he can read) to ask me if my bike was a Ducati. 

[DenverGT]

went to the local steel merchant to buy some grinding wheels. A guy came out of the office there (so presumably he can read) to ask me if my bike was a Ducati. 

I get that all the time, "Is that a Norton?" "Is that a Ducati?" "What kind of bike is that?". I alway end up pointing to the logo on the tank.

[Farmer_John]

went to the local steel merchant to buy some grinding wheels. A guy came out of the office there (so presumably he can read) to ask me if my bike was a Ducati. 

In your case, it could have been!

[SSdriver]

The guy at my insurance company (State Farm) couldn't give me insurance right away because RE wasn't in the computer. He said they sometimes don't have the newer brands in there yet. Took the company a couple of days to get me covered. Then they miss spelled Royal Enfield on the notice.
...Jimmy

[Otto_Ing]

The guy at my insurance company (State Farm) couldn't give me insurance right away because RE wasn't in the computer. He said they sometimes don't have the newer brands in there yet. Took the company a couple of days to get me covered. Then they miss spelled Royal Enfield on the notice.
...Jimmy

...and I thought it was a damn old brand. 

[L4V]

I took mine out around midnight recently...on an expressway an SUV kept blinking its headlights behind me.  At the next red light, the gent and his wife pulled up beside me and asked, "What year is your cafe bike?"  I said, "2014".  He said.  "Wow! it looks like it's straight out of the '50's."  "Who makes that, where did you get it?"...etc.  I was saved by the green light.

[DenverGT]

It certainly isn't the bike to own if you don't want to be talking about it. It is definitely my favorite part about the bike.

[mevocgt]

I get that all the time, "Is that a Norton?" "Is that a Ducati?" "What kind of bike is that?". I alway end up pointing to the logo on the tank.

I've pointed to the sticker on the tank, and got a response of, "I thought you put the sticker on there yourself." 

I was filling up at some country gas station/bbq joint, when an Indian gentleman ran up and exclaimed, "Hay, that's made in India!  That's My country!  What a great bike!"  I guess he knew what he was talking about....?

[gizzo]

Yeah I get a lot of thumbs ups from turbaned bus drivers, riding through the city. They seem to dig it. And my Indian mate at work loves it too.

[gavinfdavies]

Did (another!) top end strip last night, still trying to fix that damned top end oil leak. Only manifests at prolonged high rpm, so really only when cruising at 75mph... hence it gets moved all over the place by the wind! It's definitely coming from the head or base gasket joint, but damned if I know where exactly!

Having tried red hylomar and steel shim head gasket up top, and oiled paper gasket below twice now, I'm reverting to a method used on my old 125/215cc race-spec engine (another air-cooled 2-valver), which used no gaskets, just blue hylomar. Ran fine for thousands of miles. In this case I'm forced to keep the steel shim head gasket at least, due to the already narrow squish measurement. Loosing both gaskets would knock 0.2mm of the squish, taking me to about 0.7mm, which is a bit close for comfort. Just loosing the base gives my 0.8mm which I'm more comfortable with.

Just bolted the head down, giving it an hour or so to settle before re-torqueing.



Oh, and I also learned that the two tiny machine screws that hold the lock together for the left-side panel are M2.5 threads. If one falls out, then the latch on the lock is free to rotate, and your panel tries to make a bid for freedom.... as I discovered a few weeks ago. Caught panel, but only just got round to finding new screws. This time I'm bond the buggers in place!