Motorcycle Riders?

[chezuki]

Changed plugs and timing belts on the old Beast yesterday. Should be solid for another 100k miles.

 

[KokomoDave]

Found the pic my wife cropped of the day I bought my bike.


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[terrehautian]

Borrowing my dads bike tomorrow to go to a butcher shop for meat.

 

[JettaKnight]

Changed the oils and cleaned the bike today.

It's now 13 years old, and I'm starting to look at used Moto Guzzi V7's...

 

[frenchiectfd2203]

The daughter and I took a short trip around the county. Fun times. She loves it.

 

[Old Dog]

Wife and I took her GL1800 trike out for a brief ride this afternoon. 80*, sunshine, light traffic. Was good.

 

[terrehautian]

Rode for two hours yesterday, found as many curvy, hilly roads I could find. State road 246 between state road 46 and state 59 is a blast. First time riding it yesterday. Other then a few cars here or there and a construction blockage at one point, not many cars.

 

[Dr.Midnight]

It was beautiful today. I was devastated watching the bikes go down the road while I was working.

 

[Nazgul]

Rode a new set of backroads for about 70 miles this afternoon. Nice day.

Did have to panic stop when a pickup pulled out in front of me. He was looking right at me, not sure what was up. Didn't harsh my calm though!!

Don

 

[chezuki]

Been a couple beautiful days to ride to work.

 

[tv1217]

Waiting for corona to F off so I can get this skills test out of the way.

 

[chezuki]

Oh yeah, and I did a thing...

I honestly can’t tell a difference handling wise. It sticks like glue wet or dry, and dramatically improves rear braking.

 

[EyeCarry]

Rode a new set of backroads for about 70 miles this afternoon. Nice day.

Did have to panic stop when a pickup pulled out in front of me. He was looking right though me, not sure what was up. Didn't harsh my calm though!!

Don

FIFY

 

[MarkC]

Mrs. MarkC and I went for a short ride through the back hills of Morgan County on Sunday, when it was a bit cold for a ride.

We still enjoyed the snot out of it.

Today was beautiful; unfortunately, I was stuck inside, doing the people's work. Fortunately, I'm doing it at home. Still sucks to be in when others had the beautiful opportunity to ride.

 

[EyeCarry]

Oh yeah, and I did a thing...

I honestly can’t tell a difference handling wise. It sticks like glue wet or dry, and dramatically improves rear braking.

Gone to the dark side eh chez? Sure looks like a car tire to me.
I spent 3 or 4 hours yesterday doing a bags off wash, polish and wax. The new battery came in today so it goes in tommorow then off for a ride on " Amber"

 

[MarkC]

Gone to the dark side eh chez? Sure looks like a car tire to me.
I spent 3 or 4 hours yesterday doing a bags off wash, polish and wax. The new battery came in today so it goes in tommorow then off for a ride on " Amber"

I was noticing on Sunday how "Betty" had acquired a bit of dust from wintering under her bike cover; I'm getting the itch to detail her, maybe on Friday when I'm off work (secret state holiday for Good Friday).

 

[chezuki]

Gone to the dark side eh chez? Sure looks like a car tire to me.
I spent 3 or 4 hours yesterday doing a bags off wash, polish and wax. The new battery came in today so it goes in tommorow then off for a ride on " Amber"

Yes sir. I was told they had cookies.

 

[EyeCarry]

Battery in after blowing the dust off under the seat and then washing/wiping down everything under there. Wasn't too bad actually. While I was at it I added NOCO boost leads to the battery and have the NOCO plug sitting next to the ABS module. Easy to get to if I ever need to use the NOCO GB40. I did not get the lead installed before my last long trip. Thankfully, I have never needed to boost the battery. What a pain it would be to take off the seat and unhook everything just to get to the battery. This way I just pull off the right bag and side cover (two minutes) and plug the NOCO GB40 to the connector and ZAP!

 

[melensdad]

Looks like DOT standards for helmets are now firmly out of date (they actually always have been, but now the other testing agencies are testing at standards so far above DOT that its silly to buy a DOT helmet if you look for safety).

The SNELL Foundation updated their standards in 2015 and again in 2020.
ECE is now updating their standards, which will include such things as rotational impacts now, which SNELL has already been testing.

Only the DOT standards allow for manufacturers to claim their helmets meet the standards, without actual testing.

Article about the new ECE standards here => https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/new-ece-standards-to-increase-helmet-safety-and-price/

 

[Indyhd]

Tom Wood Powersports in Carmel is waiting for final paperwork from BMW to be official, you might check with them. I heard they hired one of the BMW techs from Falcone.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check in with them, not sure if they are "Essential" enough to be open now. I'll also be looking into KLIM gear as maybe a trip to Springfield Ohio is in order.