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anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

Hi,

trevor said:
Who says you can't ride all year in Canada?!

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Beautiful! You and Rob live in a gorgeous part of the Northwest, when it's not raining. ;)

Of course, I guess that's the "southwest" part of Canada. :p

I'd like to visit sometime.

I had another nominal commute into work this morning. It beats driving a car on the So. Cal. freeways.
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Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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I went out yesterday too. The weather was too nice not to go out, so I blew off some school work that I was supposed to be doing and hopped on the bike. After a bit of coaxing (had to blow into the air vent tubes :oops:) it started up, and was running strong.

I don't know how many miles I did, where I went, what the temperature was, or even what time it was, I was too busy having way too much fun.

I do have to say that my GS seemed to love the colder weather and it felt like I had a good 10 more HP on tap. Needless to say I did my best to use all of it... I may have gotten a bit of rear tire squeal off the line at one point :evil:

Wouldn't mind some more days like yesterday thats for sure.

(Sorry no pics, too busy having a blast)
 
Shook out the 550 between downpours

Shook out the 550 between downpours

I shook out the 550 to test it with the new exhaust (replaced a 4-into-1 with a nice stock system I fouind on GSR). 45 degrees, but the bike warmed up quickly and ran like a champ. Tiny front fender wasn't much help, though.
 
Rode Suzie (GS850) to Cultus Lake today to load test a friend's battery and sort out some computer issues for him. It was glare ice from the Yarrow turn-off but didn't take photos as it seemed best to keep both hands on the heated grips.:pray:

Started up the steep hill after L'Auto Wreckers and a car came up, started to tailgate and then dropped back and stopped. It was only after I topped the hill that I realized he must have spun out on the ice.:eek: Putt, putt, putt and we made it up, then back. About 1 C on the Valley floor so several degress colder on the Lake road, about....26 - 30 F. Maybe we'll take the MG to son's soccer practice tonight as he whines when on the bike...maybe it's the shorts and sleeveless shirt?;)

Kids today have it so much easier with global warming and all.:)
 
I rode my 1000 for about an hour after I washed it, through the back roads, near the swamps, down to the St. John's river, temp's near 80. Someday I'm going to mount a video camera (which I already have) to it and take it out and see what it'll do.

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sedelen said:
I rode my 1000 for about an hour after I washed it, through the back roads, near the swamps, down to the St. John's river, temp's near 80. Someday I'm going to mount a video camera (which I already have) to it and take it out and see what it'll do.
Wow Steve that is an awesome loking bike!!! Whats her story?

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Wow Steve that is one awesome looking GS!! What's her story?
 
Hi,

Here's a video of my commute home last night (Monday 12/5/11). I hope you find it entertaining. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYgXXjL8Cs

It's another attempt with my cheap MD80 spycam and a new (free) video editing program from Pinnacle called VideoSpin. It does a few things that WMM doesn't. But it also lacks a couple of things that WMM does pretty well. Or perhaps I just haven't figured out how to do them in VideoSpin yet. :o

Note: It's still uploading right now. It's a big file so give it a few hours.
EDIT: (6:54am) Wow,it's still uploading. I guess a 1.5GB file takes a little longer than I thought. It's at 96%.

Another EDIT: OK, as of 12:01pm PDT, it's up! Enjoy!



Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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Still no worky. :(
Did your computer turn off before it finished down-loading? :mad:

Daniel
 
Hi,

7981GS said:
Still no worky. :(
Did your computer turn off before it finished down-loading? :mad:

Daniel
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Sorry about that. It was still "processing" and now Youtube says that they are "currently performing site maintenance". It's listed in my uploads so it should be available eventually. :o

It was 45?F for my ride into work this morning. The lowest of the season so far. :p

EDIT: OK, as of 12:01pm PDT, it's up! Enjoy!

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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BassCliff said:
Hi,

My latest video is up! :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYgXXjL8Cs

It's another cheap MD80 spycam video. This time I'm using the free Pinnacle VideoSpin editing software. I'm liking it a lot.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
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Nice vid. Cliff,boy you really up against on the 10 fwy....although my commute on the 405 isn't much better if i leave around 5.....btw,i'm always leary to drive on that"special" lane,i spend in there as little time as possible fearing a puncture from all that debris accumulated there.
 
yep got out for a ride after work. Sun came out for a minute and couldn't resist. Oh how I love Victoria BC! And how I love my GS!!:D
 
BassCliff, You almost got run over a few hundred feet from leaving work, lane-splitting (even when in the HOV lane), managed to make it home in under 25 minutes.
How do those folks in cages not go insane? If you did the same commute in a cage, it would have taken you an hour and a half to do the same trip! :(
What is the dirt/enduro bike in the Man Cave?

Daniel
 
Hi Daniel,

7981GS said:
BassCliff, You almost got run over a few hundred feet from leaving work, lane-splitting (even when in the HOV lane), managed to make it home in under 25 minutes.
How do those folks in cages not go insane? If you did the same commute in a cage, it would have taken you an hour and a half to do the same trip! :(
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Yes, most of the students where I work are oblivious, moreso than the general cager population. During normal rush hour traffic it takes me about 45 minutes to get home for my 15 mile commute. On the bike it's a little over 20 minutes. Pretty cool if you ask me. When I do drive (and that's seldom) I have to remind myself not to split lanes in my Astro Van. :eek:

What is the dirt/enduro bike in the Man Cave?
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That is an '85 KLR600 that a friend gave to me. It just needs "refreshing" (carb clean, fluids, tires, chain, sprockets, caliper and m/c rebuilds, battery, etc.) but I'm kind of waiting on my friend to find the title.

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And in keeping with the theme of the thread, here's my Jessie Blue next to the cart shed behind my office after faithfully delivering me to work today. :)

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Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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Hi,

trevor said:
yep got out for a ride after work. Sun came out for a minute and couldn't resist. Oh how I love Victoria BC! And how I love my GS!!:D

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It is really beautiful up there where you live. That's a great looking bike too. Thanks for sharing.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
BassCliff said:
That is an '85 KLR600 that a friend gave to me. ... but I'm kind of waiting on my friend to find the title.

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With that starting price, well worth tossing $4-500 at it including tires and brakes. ;)
They also have a common problem with the compression release not closing that is easily remedied that keeps them from starting easy.

Daniel
 
I went for a chily 35 mile loop today. I stopped to take a photo on a road "rumor has it" Steve Baker used to train on back in the day.

It would have been a beautiful shot with lowland fog covering half of Mt. Baker, with a glazed white peak jutting out into blue sky, but the battery was exhausted. I half expected that to be the case, but rather frustrating nonetheless. It was 35 and the bike didn't start in the garage, so I bumped it. First attempt locked the rear wheel in second. Running by the third house it lit up.

I wonder what the wind chill at 70mph is with summer gloves?
 
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