Al Z. Heimer

Just wonder if you could use this in some way?  This is a screen shot of a decibel meter app that I have on my phone. It has a record feature built in as well. 

9 hours ago, motocat12 said:

what's the noisiest helmet to lend him?

10 hours ago, 2talltim said:

I'll jump in on this tire conversation. I might have enough to get me through the season. 

 

Tim. Have you run the T30's before/opinion?  I think I'm gonna go for a set of the GT'S and give them a try. 50 dollar rebate and a set is under 200 for the FJR. 

Just sayin. 

Drug prices are out of hand. Hopefully you are not on a maintenance drug like me. I have psoriatic arthritis. Have been taking this shit since about 2003 . The price has come down since then. Even with insurance it is a drain. I also take another drug as a kicker to make it work. http://www.truemedcost.com/enbrel-price/    Oh yea. That's once a week. 

45 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

I drive a california plate car with 3 cats and modded exhaust bike, that cancels out right?

No. I'm sure the litter box smells pretty bad. Unless of course you service it regularly. 

^^^^ Super job guys. Congratulations to the both of you. Just awesome. 

2 hours ago, Tonik said:

You ride your bike up to Niagara, get a hotel there.  Get hot sex from your wife, the the next morning you cruise to Port Dover.  A bit of traffic once you get close and you park your bike and have a blast.  Then back to the hotel for more sex, and then home the next day.  The OPS have traffic at this event down to a science, it's really not that bad.

Never ever. 

Don't worry Tim. I still love you. 

30g protein bars,Emerald brand breakfast on the go packets,water and Gatorade. Got me 1150 miles to Rushmore. Felt great. Some jerky too.  

https://www.cabinsofthesmokymountains.com/gatlinburg-pigeon-forge-cabin-rentals/2-bedroom/    if you don't care to do the motel thing.

Pork. What else??

That's pretty cool Phil. I really dig the murdered out paint scheme. I see ice cream runs by the lake this summer in your future. 

http://www.mctourer.com/rides/2009/Ozarks

l have been reading about The Ozarks and Arkansas a bit. Did not realize how beautiful it is. I may hit up some of these routes. 

http://www.arkansas.com/outdoors/Motorcycling/

23 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

Ideally, I'd want something that I can haul the mail on for 500 mi a day.

4 hours ago, Bad324 said:

There is nothing worse than finding a deal on craigslist, setting a day and time to purchase said deal and then the day before going to confirm day and time just to find out the asshole sold it out from under me for even less than the asking price I was willing to pay

Yes but when it does. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner ?

Just scored a Givi E55 top case for the FJR for a Buck and a quarter. With a backrest.  

I have no idea what the heck I'm doing. 

Congrats on the new ride. http://www.madstad.com/s.nl/sc.7/category.3189/.f

Not sure how these work out on the S 10 but the used Vstrom I bought has one and it really makes quite a difference by adjusting it. Not only the wind but noise. Maybe check out the s 10 forum and see if anyone has tried it. 

15 minutes ago, Isaac's Papa said:

Very interesting. My tires don't cup. I'm going to inspect them often and keep an eye on tire wear. I just went into the garage and looked at both bikes. No sign of cupping from either. 

Prolly need more water wetter or some of that vanilla ice stuff. 

On February 6, 2017 at 5:03 PM, 2talltim said:

Im obviously chewing up the rears. I can almost get 2 rears to one front but the front will be badly cupped by the time I get through the second rear. I'm getting  3 to 4 thousand from a rear and they are gone. Maybe 5 to 6 thousand before the front is so badly cupped I get a head shake.

Now I have the front preload crank down as tight as she'll go and I know I still occasionally bottom out because I keep a zip tie on my Forks for reference. Only time I really feel her push is if I get into a corner too hot and have to give her a little extra brake before the Apex. But I'm assuming anything would do that

http://www.avonmoto.com/download/Tires_101.pdf

Section 7 Tim. I retrieved this from the Avon site. Back in the day when I was involved with the Gold Wing clubs I was around a lot of guys and cupping was always the topic when talking tires. Some guys never some guys always. Mileage numbers varied all over the place as well. Like the article says---tire pressure helps but does not eliminate the cupping issue. The guys that ran higher pressure and were anal about checking had the least issues. The guys that did not even own a tire gauge had more cupping issues and got less mileage. I really don't have issues with the front on the Wing but the back scallops pretty bad. I'm not heavy on the brakes on any of the bikes and never have had cupping issues on any of them. The rears definitely get chewed up. So if you go by the article your doing it right. 

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Casper maybe toss this on the calendar so folks can plan for it. Looks like it will be worth while. 

Looks like this no longer a motorcycle forum. Thanks Trump✍?

1 hour ago, PhilD'oh! said:

I wish I could commit to this right now, but I get a meager three weeks of vacation a year, two of which are automatically dedicated to family.  The other five days have to be split among a half dozen motorcycle events I'd like to make each year, not to mention the couple days I use so I can ride to mandatory training events as opposed to taking the dreaded airlines.  Essentially, I'm hoping that weekend has a hole in the flying schedule, so I can slip away.  Unfortunately, I won't know until the week before.  In short, don't plan around me, even though I really hope to make at least part of this. 

No worries Phil. Hopefully the stars will line up in your favor and you can make this. Your welcome to join. If someone else jumps in I'm sure we can figure something out. If not the spot is yours.