Rodehard

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On 7/24/2018 at 11:09 PM, max power said:

I see what kind your talking about.  I was thinking the square type.  Do you find it to be very efficient?  

 

Dont you live over by middletown?

Note sure I can put a measure on the heaters efficiency......I have a 200gal propane tank for the shop, and it gets filled 3 or 4 times during the winter.  Not cheap.  But, I work out of the shop so the thermostat is set to 65deg 50hrs/week or more.

I'm in Delaware north of columbus.  Shoot me a PM sometime we'll see if we can make a riding day out of it.

Sounds like an awesome trip guys, have fun.  I am super jealous...

Some day.....

7 hours ago, max power said:

 Tell us more about this radiant heater. 

I always thought those things would make it hella hot up top and cool on the floor since heat rises.

 I’d love to see your barn sometime. I’ll bet after three of them you’ve got some good ideas going on in there    

come on over, I like to drink beer and exaggerate about how fast I used to be.

If I did the shop over again, I'd put in 12ft wide garage doors - can't back my trailer in thru the 10 footers.  It's always something....

The radiant heaters I've used are suspended from the ceiling.  The burner is at the end of the shop near the two garage doors, and it shoots the flame horizontally down the "chimney", which runs horizontal all the way out the opposite end of the building.

A sheet metal reflector is mounted above the chimney (about 5"dia), and as you can imagine reflects the heat downwards.

This link below is same type, but LP fired.  Grainger calls them infrared heaters.

https://www.grainger.com/product/7D842?cm_mmc=PPC:+MSN+PLA&s_kwcid=AL!2966!10!8973610371!1102900019075&ef_id=W1fR0gAABH6jPVMz:20180725012642:s

Glad to help.

Sorry you can't swing the shop now, but I'll throw in my pole barn experience after owning three just for future reference.

My current 30 x 50 12ft ceiling pole barn cost $40k to to have built by a contractor including the materials kit and trusses from Sutherlands, grading the ground, cement floor and 30 x 25 outside cement pad/sidewalk, 200amp service/electrical work plus drops for lathe and compressor, lots of insulation, two 10 x 10 garage doors, propane fired radiant heater, interior walls/ceiling finished with OSB, and fiber optic cable run from house to shop (for work purposes). The contractor was recommended by Surtherlands, he was an odd dude, but his crew did great work.  The shop is solid and not a lick of issues in 11 years.  It always stays about 15deg cooler than outside during the summer, and never gets below 40 in the winter if I leave the thermostat off over the weekend.

$40k isn't cheap.  It's downright painful, but 11 years on it was money well spent (or borrowed!).

Insulation and heating has always been the main issue with the shops I've owned.  I've used wood burners, built double barrel wood/oil burners, fuel oil fired forced air heaters - all suck for one reason or another.  The overhead radiant heater is the best system I've used, it heats up the floor and everything in the shop so that when you open the big door to pull in your truck/whatever it's still warm right after the door gets closed.

Electrical service is another thing not to skimp out on.  Blowing the main mid-weld because the furnace was running and the compressor kicked on really sucks, you end up tripping over crap trying to get to the breaker box in the dark!

And...no matter how much you are in a hurry, paint the walls and ceiling before you start moving stuff in.

Loaded up and ready for some fun!  Yeah it will be hot. Yeah it might rain.  But hot/rain at the track is better than working every time!

k...paid the $210 for the TRACK DAY!!!!!  YES!  Can't wait.

Slow guy on a fast bike - should be funny to watch:)

I was thinking about riding the bike there, but hard to carry a cooler on it.  So, a tiny bike all by itself on a 17ft open trailer.  No wonder my boys call me "Nerd".

C-yous guys there

On 5/3/2018 at 11:19 AM, TimTheAzn said:

LOL F Iron Pony. If I lived close I'd only use them to try on gear.

Their service dept. does suck - been there twice and they either pissed me off for scratching the crap out of my freshly painted rims, or couldn't figure out how to recharge my shock.

However, I have scored countless deals on gear for myself and my sons on clearance.  When the kids outgrow their stuff every year, ya shop the clearance racks.  And, I bought a new Shoei RF-SR in January there for $30 less than any online retailer.  Granted, most of their stuff is either full retail or same price as online sellers, but good deals can be found.  And it's right there ready to take home.

Once I put a top case on a bike, I never took it off.  May have felt some extra blowing around on a windy day on the freeway, but ya just ride the bike.  I had the Givi V46 on my ZZR1200, and could fit 2 large full face helmets in it, plus gloves and other small stuff.  It's nice to be able to lock up your helmet and gloves when stopping on long trips, especially when it's raining.

Wish I could fit one to the SDR, maybe someday.

Yeah!  Needed an evening like this....rode the SDR to my oldest son's game, and had a blast lofting that front wheel over and over.  Third gear is my favorite, roll that throttle a little past half at 65mph and it will just carry the front for a quarter mile.  Second gear wheelies are scarier - anywhere near 1/2 throttle and the front jumps up quick.  I don't even try power wheelies in first anymore, 'bout looped it out last year and filled my shorts.

I know you guys are all itching to ride this season, and SO AM I!!  Glad to see folks are getting out for some play time.

Got a quick test ride in with the new MCCRUISE cruise control system finally installed.  And it even WORKS!  And it didn't kill me!  Freakin' awesome for those long freeway grinds.

It isn't that hard to install, the harness connects to all the bike's connectors (clutch switch, front brake switch, rear brake switch, TPS connector, diagnostic port), no cutting or splicing.  They even added a canbus bridge so I can piggyback the KTM race dongle.

Good folks at this company "down under".

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Well, back to work after my step-daughter's funeral yesterday.  Everything is weird, with a giant chunk of my soul ripped out.

She suffered horribly these last 2 months, but now the pain is gone.  She is at piece.

My sons, my job, and love of bikes will make each day a little brighter.

I soooo need to go rip some wheelies....

On 2/20/2018 at 9:19 PM, Killer_kaw said:

Took the winter to clean it and 7 miles to cover it in road grime. Great to get out though. Only 7 miles to work but 60 to get Home. It was worth it  

 

 

Supertrapp on a Kaw........brings back some fond memories!  Ya got about 18 disks on it?

Sweet looking bike, BTW.

4 hours ago, Qman said:

...Unless it's YOUR goat!

But if the goat consents.....?

50 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:

For some reason, Honda decided the vfr1200x should make 40 less hp than the vfr1200f

Yeah...what the heck Honda.  I was fired up when I saw the VFRX first pics - that awesome motor in a more upright seating position.  Then they neutered it.

BTW - the vfr1200f is one of the most amazing looking bikes big red has ever produced.  And it's fast.  Pony had a used one a few years ago I almost pulled the trigger on.....

@modular your bike is definitely one of the, if not THE, best looking HD's I've ever seen.  No shit - whoever HD had do the industrial design on that bike needs to do more work for them.  The colors and textures alone are as good as any other design firm I've looked at.  The HD badging is tasteful and understated.  Well done.

If your into design at all, check out https://www.kiska.com/

These guys do the design and branding for KTM, as well as other customers.  Eye candy.

SV1000?

Never road one, but they sound sweet, and can't recall reading anything sucky about them.

One of my riding buddies had a pre-tec VFR800.  I rode it several times while he'd take my ZX11 for a spin.  The VFR's a beautiful bike, his was red with a polished frame, they sound great, but the motor had no where near the power the zx11 had.  My buddy would usually get off my bike and ask for clean underwear