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  2. Damn it.

    in Daily Ride

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    1 hour ago, Tonik said:

    So that's three posts in a row about sticking things in asses.

    That isn't fair. 

    It's perfectly normal for people to only want to speak about the things they know.

     

  4. Damn it.

    in Daily Ride

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    16 hours ago, Tonik said:

    Interesting. Your first post in a month and it is about sticking things in your ass.

    More interesting is that the post you made a month ago was about the same thing.

    That is some good reporting.

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  8. What did you do to your bike today?

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    22 minutes ago, durk said:

    That is slick. How do the pistons on the caliper collapse?

    The 2 silver spring/clips in the photo...each hold a retaining pin in place.  The pins aren't visible in the photo, but slide out of the spoke side of the caliper. 

    The Brembos are 4 piston, and each piston has it's own brake pad.  When removing the old pads, I used them to compress each piston a bit to make it easier to slide the new EBC HH pads in pace.

    Love it when a job is easier than expected. 

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  10. What did you do to your bike today?

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    Changed the front brake pads on the Triumph today, because the stock Brembo pads are notoriously squeaky when coming to a slow stop.

    Changing the pads requires no tools.  Just push the springs with your finger and pull out the pins, then the pads slide right out of the back of the caliper...you don't even need to remove the caliper.  

    The job literally took 5 minutes👍

    Pretty slick.

     

     

     

     

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  15. 2022 Honda Navi

    in LBTS GLWS

    Posted · Edited by Tpoppa

    2022 Honda Navi.  850 miles.  Runs perfectly, maintenance up to date.

    Stock except for a magnetic drain plug (have OEM), and the Honda Accessory Rack with top box mounted.  No "performance" mods to the CVT, which typically reduce top speed on Navis.

    Simple to ride and will keep up with traffic.  Tops out around 53mph with me on it, or 50mph with me and the wife.  

    $2,200.  Selling because I want to buy another motorcycle and can't justify having 4 in the garage. 

     

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  16. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

    Posted · Edited by Tpoppa

    35 minutes ago, Pauly said:

    I trust Novice way more than I trust Intermediate. 😆 

    I didn't even ask to go to intermediate.

    I just made sure I was the lead bike in novice.  That way I had the track to myself and could ride my pace until I caught the pack.  

  17. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

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    On 10/17/2023 at 6:28 PM, motocat12 said:

    I need less reality drama in my motorcycling.

    "max wrist gold = maxxie, and then the original max wrist = wristy. And I'm still a little confused on the max wrist black. According to their account, maxxie had a sugar mama that was disgruntled and made up child porn, abuse, etc accusations against wristy when he was stationed to Italy. He ended up having to plea out to lesser charges to get up to 2 years in prison, rather than the many more he could've ended up with. The angry ex had done the same shit to 2 of her ex hubbies, but wristy being in the Military, the court system seems heavily biased toward the female. Wristy didn't have much a chance it sounds like.

    So, maxxie and wristy were good friends before this shit came about. While wristy was doing his time, maxxie took over the successful max wrist business and kept the vids going as max wrist. Maxxie also was wristy's POA and saw all the court dox, etc. Wristy got out a few month early for good behavior. Eventually other jealous youtubers caught wind of this and started telling the story to make wristy look bad and potentially hurt the brand. So wristy and maxxie came out with their recent account of the situation."

    ok, not sure what to think about that.

    I just saw a video of a guy hustling on the Dragon.

    My #1 rule of riding is simple "Ride within YOUR limits."

    The thing that stood out to me in the video, was that he was in control at that speed...staying in his lane, good lines, smooth transitions, good body position, basically he was riding within his limits.

    Maybe he crashed 100 times and edited it out, but in that video he looked smooth.

    Speaking of speed, maybe his speedo is in km, maybe he changed gearing or some other mod to make the speedo read higher for the video.  Who knows.  

    I've never seen the point of hard acceleration on the Dragon, but it that video the guy was riding smooth.

    YMMV

     

     

  18. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

    Posted

    On 10/17/2023 at 2:08 PM, TimTheAzn said:

    Even though I still say riding on the track is safer overall. It's up to each individual rider to make good decisions. While I dont have the amount of street miles that you or a lot of you have at this point, I've seen enough in both environments to have that opinion. A bunch of you did like 1 or two trackdays and then made the decision not to pursue them for whatever reason. Money, time, going around the same 3 miles or so of the same pavement, or couldn't handle getting your shit pushed in in novice group.

    If you include new riders, commuting in rush hour, and Harley riders coming home drunk from bike night, then the track probably is a safer environment.

    But, apples to apples...if you consider experienced riders with legitimate skills, on capable motorcycles, riding a fast pace on fun roads...I don't think it's still true.  At least not from what I've seen with my own eyes. 

    Track skills and street sport riding skills certainly overlap, but they aren't the same.  And we all ride for different reasons.  Some people love track, and I get that...it scratches the itch.  It didn't for me...for 2 reasons really...

    1.  I didn't trust the riders that were on the track with me...getting collected was in the back of my mind.  I would have ditched most of them if they showed up for a street ride.

    2.  Mainly...It just wasn't enough seat time.   For the hassle of going to the track, the sessions were too short & it seemed like I barely rode.   Afterward, I went home and rode about 250 hard miles then went to bed.

    ...endurance racing might work for me, but I'm just not going to go through all the effort to make it happen.   

     

           

  20. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

    Posted · Edited by Tpoppa

    4 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

    I don't support people that touch kids

    If you say that's true, then is must be.  All I know of the guy what is in this video and 1 other I saw.

    "ride like an idiot on the street, endanger people's lives, and don't properly respect the motorcycling community. "

    Are you talking about this guy, or in general?  Because that seems to be the common refrain from track only riders, insisting it's the safest place to ride.  But, I saw more crashes in 1 trackday (about 150 miles of riding), than I ever saw in an entire decade of sport riding on twisty backroads (about 150,000 miles of riding). 

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  22. What did you do to your bike today?

    in Daily Ride

    Posted · Edited by Tpoppa

    4 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

    That guy is a pedo that promotes stupid riding. Just FYI.

    Honestly, his skills seem on point.  His lines are smooth, not cutting across lanes, and seems to be able to handle that pace just fine.

    ...and it's the Dragon.  Everyone is speeding...or at least trying to.

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