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Daytona Bike Week 2018

Jedz123 said:
I did see allot!
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So I pulled the bike off the truck and turn the key an nothing...

Then I went through the winter storm from Delaware to Virginia...

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So nice to see some new trees.
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Rolled in and it was nice to see the gorgeous weather... 20 hour ride.
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Unloaded the bike and... Dead. The Harley was dead on arrival. No power to the ECU, only some of the lights were working...

4 hours later after the 20 hour drive:
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Burned out main harness, to popped relays and and an issue with the main switch... Some hot-wiring and switch repair and the bike is running... I'll be going for a good ride. to the Yamaha dealer!
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a Harley breaking down at Daytona...weird. Lol
 
Looking at a '18 Z900RS... Might put money down on that after I demo it tomorrow... Harley has been running great today! After my "Jedz" repair. 150 miles this far!
 
Jedz123 said:
Looking at a '18 Z900RS... Might put money down on that after I demo it tomorrow... Harley has been running great today! After my "Jedz" repair. 150 miles this far!
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Smart....go back Japanese Jedz... stop drinking orange koolaid ... it will only give you grief.
 
B.C.G.S. said:
Why? Japanese bikes aren't 100% bullet proof, either.
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With the 1/4 million miles I've had on bikes I have run into the same amount of problems on my Harleys than with my Japanese machines... I have over 200K miles on my Japanese bikes and about 15K on my Harleys...

Anyway minus another minor issue (side cover falling off) it was a solid 200 mile day of riding.

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My Host/Guide and his a 2018 Indian Roadmaster with 116 kit... FYI I can't keep up... My bike will only do 125mph in 5th then I hit rev limiter.
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Main Street in Daytona:
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AND... the Street legal FTR 1200 is just hanging out behind the king of flat track the FTR 750... My next bike I'm thinking...
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Man it's a peice but.. It looks soooo good...
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Cabbage Patch...
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AWESOME DAY!!!
 
gsrick said:
It will be in the high 70s today. Just saying.;) Be safe, see you Sunday.
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Are you heading to the Eustis bike show and swap meet?

I fly out tomorrow morning and have 2 baseball games in Leesburg on Saturday. hope to be done between 2-3pm then head over. Is it worth going?
 
Sorry couldn't tell ya. Most swap meets down here are 95% H-D. Hope you can report that's not the case, but I suspect you'll see a lot of H-D parts.
 
Nope but I should reach out... I get allot of inquiries from my other internet ventures. I could direct some revenue their way...
 
Looks like you'll have some nice weather while your down here, but I'm seeing we may have a 50% chance of rain Sunday. Florida is weird when it comes to rain. I can't tell you how many times it's rained in my backyard while not a drop hits the front. Keep me informed on what your plans are for Sunday. Also the choice for dinner is up to you, Italian in Cocoa or seafood in Port Orange. Both places are on the water.
 
gsrick said:
Looks like you'll have some nice weather while your down here, but I'm seeing we may have a 50% chance of rain Sunday. Florida is weird when it comes to rain. I can't tell you how many times it's rained in my backyard while not a drop hits the front. Keep me informed on what your plans are for Sunday. Also the choice for dinner is up to you, Italian in Cocoa or seafood in Port Orange. Both places are on the water.
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Lets do seafood in Port Orange!

Rick I'll shoot you a text but I'll likely be avoiding I-4 like the plague, allot of folks are telling me it's a road to avoid on the MC. I'll reach out to my Grands today and see what time they were thinking. Brisk weather down here this week. Fells more like fall riding.
 
Well I awoke to this yesterday morning... I think I brought it down.
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It was a great day at the speedway yesterday.
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Got to see some awesome machines.
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The New Honda CB1000R Neo was there... Can't wait to try that out. It looks awesome!
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Demo rode the Z900 (out of Z900RS to demo) and I was meh about it. I just hate they way they look. Also very buzy at 7K rpm. It made good power though and it was fast!... Handles very well.

I am in love with this bike:
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And this bike ;)
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Met up with Doug from Ament moto and went for a nice ride.
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All in all it was a good day...
But definitely feeling some buyers remorse after riding the Z900 and realizing how slow (and heavy) this Sportster is... I'm now on a mission... Get back to Vermont, put the XR-12 up, pull and ride the B-12 than save for that new Z900RS!
 
Sure just let me know what your schedule is. I can meet you somewhere south of me if you want. We've got some scenic roads west of me in Lake county that will take us out of the way and ad an extra hour or two to get over to Dave, but it's better than just hitting to straight line roads directly to the coast. If you're hurting for time I can scout some roads south of me, but I'm not real familiar with them. Most of the roads from central FL to the east coast beaches are arrow straight. I think it is for ease of evacuation for storms.

I'll be riding Obee my GSX1100G. Red my 1100E forks are bottoming out when I brake hard or hit a rough bump. I either need to loose weight or it's time for some new fork springs, probably both.
 
gsrick said:
Sure just let me know what your schedule is. I can meet you somewhere south of me if you want. We've got some scenic roads west of me in Lake county that will take us out of the way and ad an extra hour or two to get over to Dave, but it's better than just hitting to straight line roads directly to the coast. If you're hurting for time I can scout some roads south of me, but I'm not real familiar with them. Most of the roads from central FL to the east coast beaches are arrow straight. I think it is for ease of evacuation for storms.

I'll be riding Obee my GSX1100G. Red my 1100E forks are bottoming out when I brake hard or hit a rough bump. I either need to loose weight or it's time for some new fork springs, probably both.
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Hey Rick!
Unsure what time I will be heading back from my grandparents. I think we are going to be meeting in Lakeland so I'm not traveling as far to Tampa. Then I'll mosey back your way.
On the GS1100G?... Jealous. I'm so done with the Harley I should have taken the Bandit down. Slow, heavy and boring.
I'll shoot you a text, we could meet south of you and ride back over to Port Orange. But if I had to guess be in you neck of the woods around 2:30-3ish.
 
We can
Jedz123 said:
Hey Rick!
Unsure what time I will be heading back from my grandparents. I think we are going to be meeting in Lakeland so I'm not traveling as far to Tampa. Then I'll mosey back your way.
On the GS1100G?... Jealous. I'm so done with the Harley I should have taken the Bandit down. Slow, heavy and boring.
I'll shoot you a text, we could meet south of you and ride back over to Port Orange. But if I had to guess be in you neck of the woods around 2:30-3ish.
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meet at US27 and I-4 and do some scenic riding back. Do you want to ride over to Cocoa or will that be too much. I can get Dave to meet us near Oak Hill instead of down in Cocoa. Brandon is out, SuzyII isn't ready yet, unless he can borrow a bike.:encouragement:
 
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