What did you do to your bike today?

[Pauly]

Removed the faux wood trim from the rear storage doors. Took longer than I'd like, but shorter than expected. May work my way through the cockpit this winter, but I'm satisfied with how this turned out. 

[Tonik]

I know a guy that did the same thing to his wing two weeks ago. It came out equally awesome.

[Pauly]

2 minutes ago, Tonik said:

I know a guy that did the same thing to his wing two weeks ago. It came out equally awesome.

I had only completed one side. It's 100% done now. Needed to set an hour aside to finish what I started. 

[Tpoppa]

16 hours ago, Pauly said:

I had only completed one side. It's 100% done now. Needed to set an hour aside to finish what I started. 

shaving weight to make it faster?

[Pauly]

51 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:

shaving weight to make it faster?

Yep. Thinking about sending the heads out for porting and polishing. 

[B-Mac]

21 Oct. Autumn  Ride:

Ended with a low speed body slam.The ride home was a super painful from Armstrong Cemetery, Blue Creek, OH. A 132mile 2.5 Hr. ride with Rain, Cool Temps and a "In the chest, there is a displaced left posterior fifth rib fracture". According to my CT scan today.
Side by Side rut hole: 1. - Motorcycle: 0.

Edited October 29, 2023 by B-Mac

[Pauly]

Ouch. Glad you're mostly alright. 

[Tonik]

Take care of that rib. Follow the rules, displaced can take a bit to heal.

Edited October 29, 2023 by Tonik

[B-Mac]

Thank you both. It's a slow prosses but get's better each day. I will be back riding soon but first I have a prostate removal Nov 15th.Getting old sucks. Looks like I will be drawing in the snow with my catheter tube for a few weeks. I will try to share my artistic yellow creations with you gent's. 🙃

[Pauly]

Here's to a quick recovery on both counts, Brian. 🍻

[B-Mac]

Don't be surprised if I clean out my garage this late winter and look for a lightly used gold wing to do some long distance Riding & Camping with the wife on her new Spyder. 😊 She needs a F'ing trailer.

[Pauly]

[Tpoppa]

20 hours ago, B-Mac said:

motorcycle friends:  "I'll just snap this quick photo then see if you are OK."

[Tpoppa]

Changed the front brake pads on the Triumph today, because the stock Brembo pads are notoriously squeaky when coming to a slow stop.

Changing the pads requires no tools.  Just push the springs with your finger and pull out the pins, then the pads slide right out of the back of the caliper...you don't even need to remove the caliper.  

The job literally took 5 minutes👍

Pretty slick.

 

 

 

 

[Tonik]

Ok, no tools is cool as hell.

[durk]

20 hours ago, Tpoppa said:

Changed the front brake pads on the Triumph today, because the stock Brembo pads are notoriously squeaky when coming to a slow stop.

Changing the pads requires no tools.  Just push the springs with your finger and pull out the pins, then the pads slide right out of the back of the caliper...you don't even need to remove the caliper.  

The job literally took 5 minutes👍

Pretty slick.

 

 

 

 

That is slick. How do the pistons on the caliper collapse?

[Tpoppa]

22 minutes ago, durk said:

That is slick. How do the pistons on the caliper collapse?

The 2 silver spring/clips in the photo...each hold a retaining pin in place.  The pins aren't visible in the photo, but slide out of the spoke side of the caliper. 

The Brembos are 4 piston, and each piston has it's own brake pad.  When removing the old pads, I used them to compress each piston a bit to make it easier to slide the new EBC HH pads in pace.

Love it when a job is easier than expected. 

[Gpaw]

Got out for 367 miles it was a little chilly but still a fun day

[Tpoppa]

On 11/4/2023 at 7:17 PM, Gpaw said:

Got out for 367 miles it was a little chilly but still a fun day

Glad we got out. Might be the last serious ride of the season.

[Tonik]

56 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:

Might be the last serious ride of the season

Why?

[max power]

On 10/2/2023 at 10:08 PM, Pauly said:

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. 

How did you use your Hilton points to buy motorcycle parts?

[max power]

Did the frosty fender rally in the blue ridge mountains this weekend.
 It was pretty rad. 

[Tpoppa]

12 hours ago, Tonik said:

Why?

Family commitments every weekend in Nov. 

All that leaves is short local riding unless global warming kicks in for December.

[Pauly]

15 hours ago, max power said:

How did you use your Hilton points to buy motorcycle parts?

[Gpaw]

Didn't have to work today so I went riding 😁