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Officially in for this.

Photo from the gap trip last year, on the way back from amazing BBW in Gatlinburg: BBQ** LOL

This isnt an airport. You don't need to announce your departure.

Nothing. He's just reaching out for attention. He's not going anywhere 🙄.

Eh... I decided it wasn't perfect, so I redid it. Moved the controls out another 10mm and pulled the brake line and rotated it 180 degrees at the left caliper and master cylinder. This allows the banjo fitting at the master to turn down, instead of towards the triple tree. That gave me some extra slack required to move the master out, as well. So, the handlebar install is done well enough to satisfy my inner perfectionist. I thought I might tap the bar end to install the OEM weights, but they are threaded at 14x1.5mm and the bar ID is just over 14mm. So, no dice without drilling it thinner and machining a threaded insert. Too much drama for one weekend. Now I have to spend some time considering which bar weights are the least aesthetically unappealing. There are some shit products out there. All the nice stuff is twice what I paid for the handlebar.

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I swapped my shock with a rod through the swingarm pivot on jackstands.

Oh I was totally doing hillbilly shit. Front was on a triple tree stand but I had the back jacked up with a harbor freight floor jack under the exhaust lmfao. Next house will have a 500 lb chain hoist in the ceiling for reasons.

I’ve only had to use ether once when I couldn’t get a bead to set. Thanks for the compliment on the bike. As I was posting this hillbilly crap I thought of you and the fact that you were using appropriate stands and had your bike fall. Then there’s me hanging crap from the ceiling and popping beads with my truck hitch. Glad to see there was minimal damage to your bike and it’s getting fixed for a minimal cost.

This might be the 3rd greatest day if my life.

I have a practically new set of FrogToggs in Medium that you can have. I used them once.

Step 5 - strategically back truck into garage so you have the right amount of clearance to place those wonderfully crafted padded 4x4s under the hitch so you can place your bead breaker and bar on your tire Step 6 - use tire irons to remove tire Step 7 - lube up new tire with soapy water and install using tire irons step 8 - take tire and 4x4s back to sturdy card table, reinsert core, air tire up to pressure, be sure bead sets, reinstall rotors step 9 - install tire back on the bike and lower it back to the ground, ready to go riding Warning - step 5 requires a hillbilly engineering degree

Sold... lock it up

Make yourself useful and wash my bike.

Bitch please your ban is, like you, impotent.

For like a day or something...

It was good to see everyone last night!!

You didn't get me sick. I licked your toilet seat before I left. Pretty sure that is what did it. I don't feel obligated to set an example for people that are too stupid to understand basic common sense. Stop protecting the ignorant folks. I would like to see the human race begin evolving, again.

Perfect example of different reasoning. You are probably 100% in control of your bike, but the thought of liability brings about a whole other level of anxiety. I understand that and completely agree. If I am even slightly off my game, I will just stay where I am and wait it out. So, I remove that variable from my personal algebra. Regardless, I went to bed sick as hell last night... (thanks, @Gixxus Christ!), so I doubt I am going to make an appearance at dinner. Even if I feel better, I don't want to get anyone else sick.

I am fine having a beer with dinner and driving a car. But, having a beer and jumping on a bike is not in the gameplan. Thankfully the weather has pushed off enough that I rode the Thruxton to work this morning. I am going to stop by on my way home and look forward to meeting any of you guys that may be there.

Not me, but mostly it is in my head. One beer makes me nervous as fuck on a bike. As you said, different for everyone.