What did you do to your bike today?

[Tpoppa]

I bought a set of Pirellis today.

 

 

 

 

 

They were attached to this.

[durk]

That’s sweet looking  👀

[Pauly]

That TFT just gave me blue balls. 

[bowdog]

gorgeous! Congrats man!

[Tpoppa]

The Monster is comfortable enough to tour, it could use a larger windscreen though.

Need a find a way to get this to Deals Gap...I don't plan on adding any luggage accommodations.

 

[Pauly]

Found my Multistrada in Maryland. 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/164463366720371/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A3f4907d0-e228-4db3-8ba2-c0f71ceb5a5b

[B-Mac]

Started Winter Maintenance today. With long pants on.😞

Edited December 11, 2023 by B-Mac

[Tpoppa]

5 hours ago, Pauly said:

Found my Multistrada in Maryland. 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/164463366720371/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A3f4907d0-e228-4db3-8ba2-c0f71ceb5a5b

Is that your old bike?

cause the ad says never dropped, and I remember yours didn't like the driveway at Fontana Village😝

 

[Pauly]

1 hour ago, Tpoppa said:

Is that your old bike?

cause the ad says never dropped, and I remember yours didn't like the driveway at Fontana Village😝

 

Or the time it rear-ended a Mazda on the BRP. Same year, I believe. 😆 

[Tpoppa]

The growing list of motorcycles I've owned:

2022 Ducati Monster Plus
2020 Triumph Street Twin
2022 Honda Navi
2020 Kawasaki Z900 ABS
2010 Kawasaki Nomad VN1700
2015 BMW R1200R
2019 Kawasaki Ninja 400
2013 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic
2006 Harley Davidson VRSCR Street Rod
2014 Honda CB500X
2010 Yamaha V-Star 950 Tourer
2000 BMW R1100R
2010 Honda VFR1200
2008 Suzuki SV650S ABS
2010 CBR600RR ABS
2009 Suzuki Gladius
1992 Nighthawk 250
2003 SV1000S
2009 Buell 1125R
2005 Kawasaki Z750S
2006 CBR600F4i
2005 Buell XB9SX
2005 Triumph Bonneville America
1994 Honda Magna 750
2002 Honda 919
1989 Honda Pacific Coast
2003 Buell XB9S
1999 Honda Magna 750
1988 Yamaha Radian
1993 Bandit 400
1993 Kawasaki Vulcan 500
1988 Kawasaki EX500
1985 Yamaha Maxim X 700

[Tonik]

Dude, you need to add a Gold Wing to the list.

[Tpoppa]

7 hours ago, Tonik said:

Dude, you need to add a Gold Wing to the list.

Like, when I get old?

Actually, I let the wife site on the back of a 2020 GW and she did like it.  It's an option, but I'm also waiting for the R1300RT, that hopefully gets released next year.

 

[Danimal]

I completed the new bike today. First startup went well. Time for break in miles  

Alaska here I come

 

 

 

[bowdog]

Congrats man! I was in Alaska in June and wow what a beautiful place, you will not be disappointed!

[Tonik]

11 hours ago, Tpoppa said:

Like, when I get old?

That was what my wife said. Can't have one until we get old. She admits now that she was very wrong.

[Pauly]

1988 Kawasaki EX500

1997 Suzuki TL1000S

1977 Suzuki GT185

1974 Honda CB350

1998 Suzuki GSX-R600

2004 Yamaha FZ6

2007 Buell XB9R

2005 Ducati Monster 620

2006 Kymco People 150

2000 Ducati 748

2008 Ducati Multistrada

1999 Ducati Supersport

2007 Ducati ST3S

2008 Yamaha FZ6

2013 Kawasaki Voyager

2013 Ducati Hyperstrada 

2018 BMW R1200GSA

2018 Honda GL1800

2016 BMW R1200RS

1995 Honda GL1500

Edited December 23, 2023 by Pauly
Forgot about the Buell

[Connie14]

Getting stuff set up on a new Old Wing. I'm going to love this bike! 

[Pauly]

Nice ride, Mike. Is that a 6M or DCT?

[Tonik]

But wait Mike, you are not old. Why would you buy a Wing?

[Tpoppa]

Battery Minder > Battery Tender

[Danimal]

On 12/22/2023 at 8:20 AM, bowdog said:

Congrats man! I was in Alaska in June and wow what a beautiful place, you will not be disappointed!

Thanks man. Yeah it’s going to be epic. I really was trying to explore the northern limits in Quebec when the old bike gave up the ghost. There are thousands of miles of rugged gravel and dirt roads across Canada and there is a lot of excellent wild camping and fishing along the way. I intend on exploring both. There is little that tastes better than fresh fish cooked over a fire next to your tent by an unnamed lake. Throw in legal weed and good beer and that’s going to be like heaven. 
There are areas of BC near Banff I hear are spectacular as well. And that’s all before I see Alaska!

New decal will read:

Cycle South 2024

Ohio to the Arctic Circle on a motorcycle. 

[TimTheAzn]

On 12/24/2023 at 2:52 PM, Danimal said:

Thanks man. Yeah it’s going to be epic. I really was trying to explore the northern limits in Quebec when the old bike gave up the ghost. There are thousands of miles of rugged gravel and dirt roads across Canada and there is a lot of excellent wild camping and fishing along the way. I intend on exploring both. There is little that tastes better than fresh fish cooked over a fire next to your tent by an unnamed lake. Throw in legal weed and good beer and that’s going to be like heaven. 
There are areas of BC near Banff I hear are spectacular as well. And that’s all before I see Alaska!

New decal will read:

Cycle South 2024

Ohio to the Arctic Circle on a motorcycle. 

I was in Alberta and BC particularly around the Banff/Golden area in July of this year. I could not explain how beautiful it is up there. I also could not imagine what riding a motorcycle like you're about to do would be like. Unimaginably epic.

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by TimTheAzn

[Danimal]

Yeah I’m getting pretty excited. And having a new bike under me will allow a little leeway in how I treat it as far as pushing through some bad roads. If I hit the weather right, the roads between Inuvik and Tuktoyuktuk should be passable. If rainy, the 13” calcium chloride road base turns to the slickest snot imaginable, and clings and dries to a state that is almost not-completely-removable, even with pressure washers. 
So things I am studying:

Bear sprays and deterrence 

mosquito issues (100%deet required)

spares (I have friends in Palmer Alaska and I’ll be sending fresh tires to her along with chain, sprockets and brake pads)

pre-spraying the bike with various coatings to help with calcium chloride sticking  

upgrading my satellite com system from my old SPOT Gen3 to a Garmin Inreach Mini2

getting a new FOBO motorcycle TPMS that integrates with my CarPlay unit  

that’s about it

 

 

[TimTheAzn]

18 hours ago, Danimal said:

Yeah I’m getting pretty excited. And having a new bike under me will allow a little leeway in how I treat it as far as pushing through some bad roads. If I hit the weather right, the roads between Inuvik and Tuktoyuktuk should be passable. If rainy, the 13” calcium chloride road base turns to the slickest snot imaginable, and clings and dries to a state that is almost not-completely-removable, even with pressure washers. 
So things I am studying:

Bear sprays and deterrence 

mosquito issues (100%deet required)

spares (I have friends in Palmer Alaska and I’ll be sending fresh tires to her along with chain, sprockets and brake pads)

pre-spraying the bike with various coatings to help with calcium chloride sticking  

upgrading my satellite com system from my old SPOT Gen3 to a Garmin Inreach Mini2

getting a new FOBO motorcycle TPMS that integrates with my CarPlay unit  

that’s about it

 

 

Definitely carried bear spray on my hikes. Luckily didn't have to use it. Wish Canada was more liberal with firearms. I felt nearly naked for a week. 

[Tonik]

5 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

naked for a week

You know the rules. Pics or it didn't happen.