tall_tracy

Just now, what said:

Tubing in the river across from the hotel. Wash my gear and relax at the same time. 

Problem solved!  

20 minutes ago, what said:

My all-black leathers with minimal ventilation? ok. 

 

Will pick up some new under layers today at IP while picking up some oil for the Triumph I guess. Can't be smelling like a barnyard all week wearing the same schwetty underarmour compression gear.

Febreze???  

I love watching the coverage on TV, I can only imagine being there in person...  I love the sound of that Norton.  And the sidecar racing.  I know last year they had a IOMTT Snapchat that I was slightly obsessed with but I couldn't find it this year...

I hope to make it there one day to witness it in person.  It's definitely a bucket list trip for me.

I'm getting new tires installed tonight  

It's like the servers know I'm on vacation next week...  neither remote desktop is fully functional at the moment... I give up  

When you forget that your office closes early on Fridays and call your boss about a question and he asks what the heck you're doing still working...  lol

1 hour ago, Tonik said:

Is that the castle in PA near the eastern end of route 6?

I don't think it's the same one, this one is in Roscoe, NY.  It's called Dundas Castle. 

6 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

Breezewood has some large truck stops and gas stations that big rigs and people with large trailers and toy haulers like to stop at. That's a stop we've made often when on longer trips in Dan's toy hauler.

Glad you had a good time.

Breezewood is one of the largest trucking interchanges, if not the largest,  in the US.  All the truck traffic combined with high winds and twisty highways was a scary combination, especially when you're trying to do 75-80mph... it was nuts.

So I went back to this Narrowsburg, NY again this year - 4 states and 1,093 miles by the time I got home.  It was a great time - there were 6 of us that made the trip from Ohio.  I hadn't met the ladies I rode with until we all met up in PA.  We got rained on, spent a few hours in a quarter car wash hiding from the rain, explored a haunted castle, drank free beer and stunk up a hotel room the first night will all our wet gear. 

I learned that riding west out of Breezewood, PA is probably the windiest area, clogged with truck traffic and twisty highways that I've ever seen - it was so stressful, but I survived.  And I rode thru a tunnel for the first time too.

I posted a bunch of pictures on Instagram if you want to check them out.  I know you're all super jelly that you don't have a vagina so you can't attend this annual camping event.    LOL

The manager of the Columbus store is Taylor, she was at the Cleveland/North Olmsted Cycle Gear previously.  She's awesome and not just because we're friends.  :)

1 hour ago, CrazySkullCrusher said:

Sorry this happened to you. Family and friends are usually the first to fuck you over, mainly because they think they can get away with it. 

And that's mostly why I don't have any friends anymore.

I had a friend that took her.  Without getting into the story, I'm done helping family out.  It's sad when people that are your own blood shit on you without a second thought.  ?

DRZ400

I'm cancelling, too cold for me.  Have a safe ride.

2 hours ago, Tonik said:

@Danimal @tall_tracy @zx3vfr

 

So here is the deal, we have two of the grandkids over Saturday night.  Deb is going with me Sunday and we need to drop off the grandkids in Granger. So, we are leaving my house at 7:30 AM, me on the bike and Deb and the kids in her car. Head to Granger and drop the kids then across 18 to Fairlawn.

So meet spots are my house kickstands up at 7:30 AM (which means you will go to Granger first too).  PM me for the address, it's just a mile south of Dunkin. I will get the donuts ahead of time.

Second meet spot is  at I 77 (NOT 71) and 18.  North east corner there is a Shell.  Kickstands up there at 8:30.  It's 158 miles to the Epic Ride, so one stop on the way for gas.

Brake issue resolved.  ??

I can meet at either spot, but I'm thinking meeting at the Shell station would be easier so I'll see you there.

Idk what I'm doing yet - I've got less than 2 weeks until my trip to NY and I need to resolve the rear brake issue stat.  Fingers crossed that it gets figured out and that the parade is back on AND that I can make it so I can get some riding in before my trip...  

good times... lol

11 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Dragging is most  probably not a bleeding issue. Sounds like your linkage on your new rearset isn't set correctly.

Maybe but it's not constantly dragging, just sometimes.  Researching it online turned up that there might be more air in the system that needs to come out.  

I'm gonna see if my resident mechanic has time to look at it, if not I'll be asking for help from you or someone here...

1 minute ago, what said:

Rear brake?

Yeah - we bled it after reinstalling the top off/overflow/fluid measuring container because it was relocated and needed a longer tub to feed the master cylinder, but it's dragging now and there's no way I can ride it anywhere atm...  yippee...  lol

1 minute ago, Tonik said:

Bring it to my house tonight or tomorrow night if you want. I got one of them spiffy brake bleeding sucky things.

Thanks!!!!!  I have stuff going on tonight, but maybe tomorrow if Kevin doesn't have time to help me.  

1 minute ago, Casper said:

No, I mean there were two attachment points. One was a stud out of the frame with a 10mm nut, and the other was an 8mm bolt going into the frame. 

Huh, then I have no fricken idea...  stupid sadomasochists!

Well it looks like my rear brake needs to be bled (again) because it's acting up.  I'm a strong maybe pending fixing the brake issue...  ? 

38 minutes ago, Casper said:

Bike has new coolant, oil, oil filter, and brake fluid. Triumph engineers are sadomasochists. Why the hell do I have to remove the tank to flush the coolant reservoir!? Why is the coolant reservoir attached to the frame by a 10mm nut and an 8mm bolt? Never mind the fact that the coolant drain pours all over the exhaust... 

Isn't it because they (the sadomasochists) don't expect you to have multiples of the same tool?  That's what a little bird told me the other day...  

Okay, I'm in for the Parade of Hate Donut Express since Dunkin Donuts is right down Broadview Rd from me.  That's much easier than dragging my ass to meet in Wooster at 8am...  

I'd like to go, will there be a donut express @Tonik or if not could I maybe tag along with @whaler??  

23 hours ago, MidgetTodd said:

rear sets should absolutely have lock tite on them fyi. Dont know if you did that or not.  

Yep I knew that...  They're adjustable ones so any non-adjustable components should have it.  ?