What did you do to your bike today?

[Tonik]

3 hours ago, max power said:

Speaking of, I am heavily considering buying my friends 16 Fjr. What are the pros and cons of that unit?

Con. It's not a Goldwing.

[max power]

I’m not that old yet

[Tonik]

1 hour ago, max power said:

I’m not that old yet

That's what my wife said when we were your age. She now admits she was wrong.

[Pauly]

Amanda and I took the Goldwing to breakfast and a quickie around Atwood Lake. Stopped in Bolivar for ice cream and then down 212 to 21/224 back home. About 150 miles and the Wing doesn't even know she's back there. 

This was her first time back in the saddle since the crash more than two years ago. Everything went smoothly and she's glad she decided to give it another whirl. 

Twenty bucks says there's a new Goldie in the garage by next spring.    😎

[B-Mac]

Iron Pony has a 2014-honda-ctx1300,  $7,999.00  and you can still see a motor.

I would get the FJR if someone would ride on the back with me. 

Edited August 20, 2023 by B-Mac

[Tonik]

34 minutes ago, B-Mac said:

 

I would get the FJR if someone would ride on the back with me. 

I will.

Look, the FJR is a great long distance bike that eats curvy roads for lunch. Just watch which gen you get so younger the abs and fancy suspension. If I was solo I would probably be on one....if they still made them.

What do you want this next bike to do?

Edited August 20, 2023 by Tonik

[B-Mac]

Thanks, That is very nice of you. I am good right now with Two V-Stroms 1K's but come November when I get my Prostate removed I will be trying to get my wife to sell her Spyder and all the bikes and get a Gold Wing Trike so she can drive my ass all over the country. I will strap in and do rear seat duty drinking wine with crackers and cheese with the stereo blasting my new fav. rock band Volbeat: "Sorry Sack Of Bones" and "Die to Live" I can get a extra long catheter tube and run it down my pant leg and just hose on the go. Destination Spearfish Canyon, SD.

Problem, She wants a Vanderhall Carmel GTS Ivory White.☹️

[max power]

7 hours ago, Tonik said:

I will.

Look, the FJR is a great long distance bike that eats curvy roads for lunch. Just watch which gen you get so younger the abs and fancy suspension. If I was solo I would probably be on one....if they still made them.

What do you want this next bike to do?

I want to be able to do long distance trips without my ass being sore as hell after three hours. I love the Vstrom’s v twin grunt and engine braking, but I also wouldn’t mind heated grips, cruise control, comfy seat, etc. getting rid of the damn buffeting would be a + also. 
 

The one I’m looking at is a 16 ES model with lots of extras. 

[Grokked]

Implemented some side-of-the-road repairs near Ripley, WV back on Aug 6th, then topped off the fuel tank and finished riding home in one-shot that evening. Once the replacement part arrived, I finally had time to install it this past weekend.  The new lever took a surprising amount of persuading to mount on the knurled pivot pin. 

[durk]

19 hours ago, Grokked said:

Implemented some side-of-the-road repairs near Ripley, WV back on Aug 6th, then topped off the fuel tank and finished riding home in one-shot that evening. Once the replacement part arrived, I finally had time to install it this past weekend.  The new lever took a surprising amount of persuading to mount on the knurled pivot pin. 

Nice roadside repair.
 

I took a trip down 377 recently Ben and I think I have a pretty good idea of what caused your accident. There’s a dip in that corner that caused a harsh peg drag on the Goldwing. I never noticed it on any of the other bikes I’ve ripped through there. I’m guessing the guzzi ran out of clearance pretty fast. Going through the corner at speed I never saw a dip but the suspension on the Goldwing told me all about it. 
Glad you’re still on two wheels. 

[Grokked]

On 8/22/2023 at 12:19 PM, durk said:

Nice roadside repair.
 

I took a trip down 377 recently Ben and I think I have a pretty good idea of what caused your accident. There’s a dip in that corner that caused a harsh peg drag on the Goldwing. I never noticed it on any of the other bikes I’ve ripped through there. I’m guessing the guzzi ran out of clearance pretty fast. Going through the corner at speed I never saw a dip but the suspension on the Goldwing told me all about it. 
Glad you’re still on two wheels. 

 

Thanks Rick,

Fortunately all I needed in that roadside repair was effectiveness and not attractiveness. The steel rod, duct tape, and needle-nose vise grip combination was enough to get me home on the same day I planned to get home.  

Thanks for the note about the road surface from that awesome-until-it-wasn't day last year.  My thoughts from those moments were that I may have locked the front wheel while leaned over, but running out of clearance while tilted to the left is certainly within the realm of possibility as well.  Those are lowered foot pegs that the side stand comes right up underneath, probably reducing about an inch from "normal" ground clearance on the left side.  Further, the entire suspension was probably dialed a fair bit too soft for my mass as compared to the previous owner (I've since adjusted that to better match my weight as well).  However my mishap occurred, I certainly don't have any recollection of the moments between leaning over for the curve and hearing the side of my helmet scrape on the pavement. Anyway, I anticipate I'll be on that same stretch of 377 on September 2nd as I go out for a ride during this year's Moto Guzzi Ohio Rally in Zanesville.

Edited August 25, 2023 by Grokked

[Tpoppa]

Just picked up this sweet-Kawasaki-powered-ride.  It even came with a 34ft Travel Trailer.

 

[Tpoppa]

[max power]

Shitty pic but here she is.  
now who wants a clean well sorted Vstrom 1000?

[marlboro man]

I didn’t do anything to it except ride it , but Your daughter might have washed my bike was riding back roads in ny to mountains and I was running out of gas so I put in the GPS and it took me to Cortland New York, right out in front of a sorority house girls yelling woo hoo car wash

Edited September 2, 2023 by marlboro man

[marlboro man]

On 8/31/2023 at 8:55 PM, max power said:

Shitty pic but here she is.  
now who wants a clean well sorted Vstrom 1000?

 

On 8/31/2023 at 8:55 PM, max power said:

Shitty pic but here she is.  
now who wants a clean well sorted Vstrom 1000?

Lots of dish soap & about 30 girls fresh out of high school i know how you like dish soap 

[Pauly]

Time for new tires. Bought some Continental Sport Attacks. Should be a fun fall season. 😎

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Pauly

[vf1000ride]

I sometimes feel like I have descended into the stereotype of most Ducati riders and I rode my bike the 10 miles over to bike night.  Sat around with an adult beverage and looked at it rather than riding. 

[Pauly]

351 miles of damp, misty, twisty goodness. New Continental Sport Attacks are glued to the road. I'm sure they'll be great for the 2500 miles they'll last.

 

[Tonik]

420 miles of damp, misty, twisty goodness. Except when the guy behind me had to stop and piss. He hid himself AND his bike in the woods.

[Gpaw]

385 miles of fun im very good at finding a place to piss 😁

[Faster n’ U]

What haven’t I done to my bike today?

 

[durk]

On 9/25/2023 at 1:13 AM, Faster n’ U said:

What haven’t I done to my bike today?

 

 

Are you rebuilding the motor that failed or improving the bike you just picked up?

[Faster n’ U]

I’m modifying the new bike. Learning from the past to make improvements here and there. Lots of parts went to the powder coated this morning. The rear wheel is at Woodys in Denver having work done. 
The new bike was stripped down and inspected/regreased. This is the first DR650 I’ve seen that had sufficient lubricant applied at the factory. Suzuki is infamous for being stingy with chassis assembly grease. 
My guess is that this is because, according the the VIN number, the new DR650 was the 8th bike to roll off the assembly line in Japan in 2011. Perhaps it received more attention because of that?

 

 

[Pauly]

Ordered a Saddlemen Road Sofa saddle for the Goldwing. Yes, it's heated. Used my remaining Hilton points toward it. $162 out of pocket. 

Side note: We saw a trike GL1500 just like mine, same color, same faux wood dash trim. Never thought that wood happen.