anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[trevor]

Not a ride but some photos of my Friday afternoon safety meeting.
The young guy I have my arm around is a good friend's son that just got back from competing at the Tokyo Olympics. He is a cyclists that races team sport in the velodrome racing. His team finished 5th overall for Canada and set a Canadian record...twice. This kid is crazy...lol



Rob (AZR) and his new to him BMW

My friend Nancy's first gen Busa she bought new....carbon fibre rims...it's a beauty!

[Grimly]

Tudor manor house in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Waterford. The older bits sticking up at the back are the remains of a Norman castle. I'm certain last time I saw it there was no rendering on the front, but the Office of Public Doodahs are quite responsible about things like that, so (without verifying it) I'd assume the rendering is pukka lime-based, and likely what it would have looked like in its heyday.

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On the road out of Waterford, with the cable-stayed bridge in the backdrop.

[dorkburger]

That bike is so cool.

[Sandy]

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Trevor, great gathering as usual but what's up with sign in your neighbours yard?

[trevor]

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Trevor, great gathering as usual but what's up with sign in your neighbours yard?

Oh god....they have a double lot and are applying to build another house behind their house. This is what happens when you live in a place with real-estate prices like ours.

[Grimly]

That bike is so cool.

It got a bit hot and bothered yesterday, though.
I took it for a motorway blat to see what the fuelling is like at a sustained 90-ish. Hmm... oil temp off the scale, but I suspect the gauge is lying. However, it was a bit hot, there's no doubt of that. The apparent high temp wasn't accompanied by the usual signs of a genuinely overheated engine, but some fiddling is needed. A small oil weep from the valve cover was entertaining me by smoking like a campfire when I stopped, and the downpipes at the exhaust ports are turning purpley-blue. I don't like that.
Even though the AFR gauge was telling me things are ok, they're not quite.
Just as well these are tough old brutes.
Yesterday was the inaugural run-out of my recently acquired Canon 5DII and just for fun I stuck on a Tamron SP 35-80, which has given me many good shots on my Pentaxes.

[Sandy]

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Oh god....they have a double lot and are applying to build another house behind their house. This is what happens when you live in a place with real-estate prices like ours.

Too bad could be a lot worse if they went Vancouver style and knocked down the whole block of houses and put up condos. LOL

[trevor]

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Too bad could be a lot worse if they went Vancouver style and knocked down the whole block of houses and put up condos. LOL

LOL, that?s true...

[Hayabuser]

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Too bad could be a lot worse if they went Vancouver style and knocked down the whole block of houses and put up condos. LOL

They're doing that near me. I barely recognize 'Sidney By The Sea' anymore.

[trevor]

Got out on the 83 750 today...love this bike.

[cowboyup3371]

Had to go to Walgreen's this morning and though I'm not sure how or when it got on, I found this guy walking up onto my clutch reservoir as I was parking in my driveway. He let me get a few head shots but the humidity fogged up my lens pretty good and I didn't bother to wipe it off. By the time it started to clear up some, he decided he had enough

Grasshopper on Bandit by Scott Baker, on Flickr

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Got out on the 83 750 today...love this bike.

Did you ceramic-coat the tires, too?! Bike looks like it rides as good as it looks. Absolutely Beautiful!

[trevor]

Did you ceramic-coat the tires, too?! Bike looks like it rides as good as it looks. Absolutely Beautiful!

Lol...thanks Rich. I didn't ceramic coat this bike...just elbow grease. I did powder coat the rims semi-gloss black.

[Rob S.]

Lol...thanks Rich. I didn't ceramic coat this bike...just elbow grease. I did powder coat the rims semi-gloss black.

The side covers look quite extensive. Are they a single piece on each side?

[trevor]

The side covers look quite extensive. Are they a single piece on each side?

They are...yeah they are huge...and of course one of the nipples broke off the other day...used JB weld plastic weld to fix. Not like I've ever had to do that before....lol