blue72beetle

I figured this out about a year ago and have been living like this. No TV. No news. Do whatever the fuck I want. It's amazing how much better life has been. Not giving a shit about anything helps a lot too. I still don't completely know what happened in South Carolina, and I don't care. What would really make the world a better place is simple: Mind your own damn business.

When I had my Grom they sent me a recall to replace a stupid emissions sticker on the swingarm. I called the dealer and asked if I could just stop by and get the sticker since I was going to rip it off anyway. "No, we have to have the bike here". I never took it in.

"Bicyclists don't pay road tax" is a bullshit argument. MOST bicyclists also own a vehicle that they already paid road tax on. Yes, I said most, there are exceptions, but not very common. Maybe we should have a "Walker's tax" for people that walk on the sidewalk. Put a tax receipt (License plate) on your ass. Damn I should be a politician.

How's the gas mileage and range? I was considering the VFR12 when I bought my GSXS but I seem to remember people had issue with gas tank size and mileage. Didn't Honda increase tank size after a certain year?

Anyone riding to view the eclipse Monday August 21st? I noticed the path of totality will pass right over the Deal's Gap area. I'm thinking the top of the Cherohala would be a cool place to view it from. I do have to work until 5 on Sunday and there's no way I can get out of it, so I'd have to slab it down there all evening if I do end up going.

There's some jewels in those slideshows.... Top 5 Reasons To Wear A Bandana "Maybe you don't care much for fashion, but rather want that aggressive, tough image. Well, bandanas can accomplish that, too. You might want to remember that wearing a bandana, especially around your face, will make you look like an outlaw on the run. If you are okay with that, then by all means channel your inner Jesse James." Top 6 Reasons Why Riders Don't Wave Back "...Not to mention, many of us Harley owners love polishing on our chrome to bring out that brilliant shine and make our bikes look top notch, so it is very well possible our arms may be a bit too sore to lift off of the handlebars to gesture a wave."

https://www.hdforums.com/how-tos/slideshows/6-rules-of-harley-davidson-etiquette-494339 Kinda funny either way.

Pretty much since new, the front brakes of my GSXS squeal, but only in the last 10-20 feet of coming to a stop. It is super annoying. I switched to EBC sintered pads, that didn't help. I thought about maybe lightly cross-hatching the rotors? Putting some goo on the backsides of the pads? Any ideas?

The Air Force is now putting the GUU-5/P in the survival kits for combat, basically a break down version of the AR15. Not much space available in the survival kits to begin with, I have no idea how we're going to squeeze those things in there now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Voice

Mine broke at the clip. I was going to say No More Clips, but then I remembered it lasted 19,000 miles with no problems.

I use these, but they're molded around earbuds. They work great at blocking unwanted noise, and even with the music going, I can hear what I need to around me (traffic, sirens, etc). http://earfuze.com/ It does get a little old having to plug the cord into the Sena every time I put the helmet on though. I have been thinking about trying just the Sena speakers in my helmet and wearing earplugs, but I feel like the sound quality (of the music) would be awful. Anybody have any input on that?

The other I was on the highway doing around 75 and felt a bang. The engine immediately quit, and I coasted to the side of the road. My chain broke. I'm lucky it didn't get under the tire. It hadn't been giving me any indication anything was wrong, I lube it every day I ride, and adjusted it when needed. I knew it had some miles on it, but when I got home and checked my records, I was surprised. It actually had 19,000 miles on it. It shattered the clutch pushrod, broke the side sprocket cover, the chain whipped up and bent my license plate, bent the chain guard, and broke the underseat plastic. It broke the magneto cover where it shielded the wires, but luckily it didn't put any holes in the case. It did smash the magneto wires, I'm going to try to repair the wires, they're attached to the stator and a new one is $250. The wires are smashed right where they enter the rubber plug, so it's going to be tough. I think I'll pay more attention next time and just replace the chain at 15,000 miles.

We've got one of those at work....

Motorcycle and guns....

Fall trip? Last year's fall Gap trip was awesome, but I'd be down for somewhere else.

We'll be heading down there on Monday, will stop by Fontana to say hey, hopefully run into some of you guys.

The jokes just write themselves...

Blipshift does one shirt per day, only available for 2 days. They're mostly auto related, but they do moto related stuff sometimes. Today is a cool ADV theme shirt. Looks close enough to an RX3 @Danimal https://www.blipshift.com/

This thread is so gay even @Casper had to get in on it.

Aw crap, you washed your bike? Now it's definitely going to rain.

I ditched Verizon when they were going to charge me more for my grandfathered unlimited data plan.... and didn't bother to notify me about the increase in cost. Have been on ATT, and haven't had any issues. All the other guys at work complain about having slow/no signal in our building, I'm fine on ATT. Even cheaper than the same plan from Verizon. I'm happy with them, don't have any issues. But I'm not one of those that's on the phone 24/7, and if I'm on a motorcycle trip and don't have any signal (like much of the smoky mtns), who cares, I'm on a bike life is good. YMMV

SOLD. Y'all too late. On its way to Ohio....

Plans have changed, need to sell this bike now. 18,083 miles Clean Title $2,500 FIRM Front PR3 has 7,000 miles Rear Pilot Power has 1,500 miles Naked Triples SM2 Handlebars Racetech .95 springs w/ Gold Emulators, 10w fork oil, rebuilt 2,000 miles ago ZX14 rear shock 2003 Naked model rearsets (rare) Sargent Seat Rare Copper rear seat cowl Full Yosh system (sounds awesome) Power Commander 3 No-Cut Motosliders TRE Mod Fake Rizoma turn signals Mirrors from some sort of Bandit (GSX1250F ?) with longer stalks Braided front brake lines R6 Radial Master Cylinder Fuel-Bot Multi-Bot 07+ Gauge Face Suzuki Touring Windscreen Fresh Oil + Filter change, previously done every 3,000 miles. Givi luggage rack + bags not included, would probably sell for extra $