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    Fresh Tar & Chip really grinds my gears.

    I just don’t understand Why. My street got a great coat of smooth asphalt just last summer, it was perfect. I just don’t understand. I know at least one of the township supervisors rides a motorcycle. Wonder who decides this is a good idea? This sucks. A few weekends ago I found a really awesome twisty road through some farm country that went on for miles. Except, yep, fresh oil.

    Rich
    1982 GS 750TZ
    2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

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    #2
    Ah, man, that SUCKS.
    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
    ~Herman Melville

    2016 1200 Superlow
    1982 CB900f

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      #3
      The local roads authority did that to the road outside my house last year. They laid a couple of miles of lovely smooth tarmac, like a GP track it was, and the best tarmaccing job I'd seen around here.
      A few months later they came out and dumped an inch of gravel chips along the entire length - with the start of the Covid lockdown the amount of traffic on the road was minimal and it took ages to be tamed into a semblence of order. Normally the traffic will flatten the chips into the base and sweep the excess off to the sides, but this time around... it wasn't happening.
      ---- Dave
      79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
      80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
      79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
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      Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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        #4
        Good thing I just put on a fresh new knobby 705 since I now have to go off-road before I can get on-road.

        Rich
        1982 GS 750TZ
        2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

        BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
        Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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          #5
          The worst thing about tar and chip is the piles of gravel they invariably leave in the roadway wherever they stopped the dump truck for whatever reason. If I see that it's been done I usually try to take a different road.
          Expecting the Spanish Inquisition
          1981 GS850G: the Ratzuki
          1981 GS1100E

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            #6
            Flat-track practice!
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
            ~Herman Melville

            2016 1200 Superlow
            1982 CB900f

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              #7
              Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ View Post
              Good thing I just put on a fresh new knobby 705 since I now have to go off-road before I can get on-road.

              nice drill work!
              1983 GS 550 LD
              2009 BMW K1300s

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                #8
                Originally posted by Cipher View Post
                nice drill work!
                Haha. Wish I could claim that. But alas ‘‘twas the previous highly skilled mechanic what made Swiss cheese of me baffles.
                Rich
                1982 GS 750TZ
                2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

                BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                  #9
                  I rather like the "Fresh Oil" signs. Lets me know I'm truly out of the city.
                  1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                  2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                    #10
                    At least your road gets some attention. My street is like a minefield! The one hole is so big, I named it Phil.😃
                    Nice tire by the way👍
                    My Motorcycles:
                    22 Kawasaki Z900 RS (Candy Tone Blue)
                    22 BMW K1600GT (Probably been to a town near you)
                    82 1100e Drag Bike (needs race engine)
                    81 1100e Street Bike (with race engine)
                    79 1000e (all original)
                    82 850g (all original)
                    80 KZ 650F (needs restored)

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by storm 64 View Post
                      At least your road gets some attention. My street is like a minefield! The one hole is so big, I named it Phil.
                      Nice tire by the way
                      I think Phil almost swallowed my MINI when I visited.
                      Rich
                      1982 GS 750TZ
                      2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

                      BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                      Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                        #12
                        THey just did the 20 mile road to my lady friends house a couple weeks ago. I have to say they did a great job. It was a cohesive mass after only a few hours, with almost no loose grave. Mucked up my wheelwells with tar, but I would sure rather have too much tar than gravel.
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