anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[alke46]

Another corn field sighting, geez these things are all over the place. Different bike today also.

IMG_20210723_075902978 by Larry Alkire, on Flickr

[Redman]

Went for early morning ride, down to beach, and went for pier walk,

(too busy down there to avoid cars and such in view)


Overcast and Hazy this morning, but not really fog - maybe that firesmoke from out west


About as much sun as could see. When out on pier this time of year, even at 8am, the people are part of the scene.





then downtown to coffee shop.
Sitting there, thinking of where to go for ride .. . . . . . .

Another corn field sighting, .......,

Ah... okay....



and

cat tails along the river (same road)





Thought of blueberry fields that are along that way too, but no interesting place to pull off.

ANd this place, that not sure if got pic of this bike there or not



Was good to be out for about 3 hours.

[alke46]

@Redman. Dave, that's the same cornfield I posted a pic of. Why didn't you give me a call, we could have had a cup of coffee nearby.

[Redman]

@Redman. Dave, that's the same cornfield I posted a pic of. Why didn't you give me a call, we could have had a cup of coffee nearby.

Compare your pic to mine, you will see that I was going in the other direction.
But, yah, I should have called before I got there.

[dorkburger]

Friday night by moonlight around midnight. I had considered tweaking the exposure to make it brighter, but... this is pretty much the lovely reality of the moment. http://Moonlit by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Glen, I like the moonlit darkness of your photo. Nice one.

Don?t know what it is about my bike and rattlesnakes. This one posed real pretty for me.

[Hayabuser]

[gbw]

Over the weekend I made another trip to visit Joe Nardy in Maryville TN. We rode many of the fun roads in the area Saturday and Sunday, and got to have dinner with Mr. & Mrs. BAATFAM Saturday night. Absolutely the best way to spend a weekend - good friends and good roads.

Saturday Joe and I both rode our Triumph Tiger 1050s onto the Foothills Parkway, then over Deal's Gap (Tail of the Dragon), down 28 to Robbinsville, then over the Cherohala Skyway to Telico Plains.

On the way to Robbinsville, we stopped at the Fontana dam. I've ridden in the area for decades and never stopped here before. It's quite a sight to behold.

From the top:


From the bottom: (picture can't do justice. It's over 400 feet high!)


When we pulled into the gas station at Telico Plains and parked, Joe's Tiger was GUSHING oil. I mean a solid stream, a half inch think, POURING out the bottom of the bike. One look at the filter and I knew the problem. He had a K&N oil filter. I'd had this exact same issue a few year back. I recommend NOT using K&N oil filters.

There were probably 2 quarts of oil on the ground.


I made a quick run to the nearest Advanced Auto Parts (15 miles away). $85 (oil, filter, funnel, drain pan, oil dry) and about 2 hours later and we were on our way!

All that excitement and we still weren't late for dinner with the BAATFAMses

[Eli69]

Bike and Hike at Rattlesnake Hill WMA (state forest). This is the foot path (off limits to the bike dang it).



Walked about 2 1/2 miles to get to this point. The bike is parked way out at the far end of this picture.



On the way back down to the paved road. Steeper than it looks.

[Baatfam]

All that excitement and we still weren't late for dinner with the BAATFAMses

And we were so glad to spend time with you all....Thanks.

[GS1150Pilot]

In the past 6 days of work, I've ridden in 5. Not scenic, but satisfying.

[Redman]

. . . .
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When we pulled into the gas station at Telico Plains and parked, Joe's Tiger was GUSHING oil. I mean a solid stream, a half inch think, POURING out the bottom of the bike. One look at the filter and I knew the problem. He had a K&N oil filter. I'd had this exact same issue a few year back. I recommend NOT using K&N oil filters.. . . . .

Yikes! Is it the rubber gasket comes loose....? or the filter unscrews...? dont know?

Good that you were able to resolve the situation and continue on.

Nice pics.

[alke46]

On my morning ride today, a funny (odd) thing happened. I was on a lightly travelled road with clear vision so I decided to redline the bike in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear.

I should have prefaced this by saying I have a faulty ground wire somewhere yet to be determined and my right side turn signal has been working only sporadically.
Well after doing the redlining, I looked down and the right t/s was flashing even though I had not touched it. The rest of the way home, nearly 100 miles, it would just keep coming on until finally I just held the button down like when shutting if off.

So finally home and the headlight comes out of the bucket so I will remove and replace any and all bullet connectors and make sure every connection is clean and lubed. It's going to be too warm and humid to ride for the rest of the week anyway so I guess it is shop time now.

Otherwise, the bike ran good I guess except for the poor gas mileage and the oil consumption.

[gbw]

Yikes! Is it the rubber gasket comes loose....? or the filter unscrews...? dont know?

K&N weld a nut to the oil filter. Seems like a great idea. Makes it easy to install and remove.



But sometimes the weld breaks and makes a hole in the filter.

If you search for "K&N oil filter failure" you'll find several class action lawsuits, many forum posts, and some YouTube videos.

Joe got lucky that he caught it right when it happened, and that it happened right as we were stopping for a break. It's not even worth thinking about his rear tire covered in oil, or his engine locking up 30 minutes earlier when we were railing across the Cherohala Skyway.

[gbw]

On my morning ride today, a funny (odd) thing happened. I was on a lightly travelled road with clear vision so I decided to redline the bike in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear.

I should have prefaced this by saying I have a faulty ground wire somewhere yet to be determined and my right side turn signal has been working only sporadically.
Well after doing the redlining, I looked down and the right t/s was flashing even though I had not touched it. The rest of the way home, nearly 100 miles, it would just keep coming on until finally I just held the button down like when shutting if off.

So finally home and the headlight comes out of the bucket so I will remove and replace any and all bullet connectors and make sure every connection is clean and lubed. It's going to be too warm and humid to ride for the rest of the week anyway so I guess it is shop time now.

Otherwise, the bike ran good I guess except for the poor gas mileage and the oil consumption.

Sounds like a fun ride. Could the signal issue be a problem in the switch itself?