well, it was ONLY 75degF and he was on his way to do some chores.Didn't recognize him without his tie....
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anyone go for a ride today? Pics?
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Didn't recognize him without his tie....
Or with the beard...
150 Miles without the sidecar. Operation Commuter commence. Single track the bike get about 75-80 MPG so 100 mile rang with reserve. 93MH top speed but it will cruise at 60MPH all day... OI like the bike with just 2 wheels... Weather is balmy high 30's low 40's spitting rain and snow still. CBR engine allows me to run heated gear so life is just fine in the world of mini motos!
The Coolest part of this bike is your commuting around and say, oh where does that path go and you just, go up it. So much fun.
Cheers!
The Coolest part of this bike is your commuting around and say, oh where does that path go and you just, go up it. So much fun.
Cheers!
150 Miles without the sidecar. Operation Commuter commence. Single track the bike get about 75-80 MPG so 100 mile rang with reserve. 93MH top speed but it will cruise at 60MPH all day... OI like the bike with just 2 wheels... Weather is balmy high 30's low 40's spitting rain and snow still. CBR engine allows me to run heated gear so life is just fine in the world of mini motos!
How are you enjoying that darkside tyre?
It's quite nice. It handles just as well as a MC tire on the little bike. I'll keep it on, definitely adds more traction on the dirt and wet roads. It's on there because of the sidecar but I'll keep it there because it's still working well as a single track.
Same as I found with the narrower tyre. I notice with the wider rims on modern cruisers, there's a tendency to go too wide when darksiding. When you have a narrow rim, you have not much choice in what you put on and I think the overall result is probably better.
The 135 I fitted was great, apart from being too short in the gearing. I think I might be able to finagle a 155 into the space *, which will get it up near where it needs to be.
*as it's a 15" rim and the swingarm gets wider as it goes back.
It's 145 70 R12 basically a vintage Mini cooper modern tire replacement. It works fine, I honestly can't tell the difference between a 140 rear MC tire and the Car tire on this bike. I tired Darksiding on the VMAX and there is a difference in how it handles but not crazy... I was going to play with Darksiding on the Yamaha FJ-09. FYI the Monkey passed VT state inspection with a car tire. The shop recognized it was a car tire but said as long as it has a DOT rating and has good tread its highway safe!
Little ride yesterday but had a buddy come over that has never ridden before and taught him to ride a motorcycle. We still have some more training to go but the small bikes help in a big way for new riders.
Got out on Thursday for a 250km ride up island....loving my DR
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Got pretty dirty too.
One man's dirty is another man's perfectly acceptable... I am down to one GS and it scares me. I might need a DR too...
Celebrated number 51 by riding to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green KY with a friend on his Harley and my wife and kids in the car. They both made their way home and I’m on my way to meet up with Scott Marvin tomorrow.
I’ll post pictures when I get home Tuesday.
I’ll post pictures when I get home Tuesday.
Been cold and/or rainy, and two days had snow accumulation, since we got back home. But the rain was good that washed roads clear of salt residue.
Scraped frost this morning, but got up to 50degF this afternoon.
GOt out GK for an hour and half ride.
Man, I like how this bike feels - wide enough bars that just leaning seems to impart some countersteering.
Its first outing this season. It's third time out since the rebuild (that involved nearly 18months of sitting dissasembled).
Have already had the RT out a couple times and the Shadow500 a few times, and the GK was demanding to be riden to the same places and to pose for pictures so it didnt feel slighted.
It is nicer looking anyway.
Scraped frost this morning, but got up to 50degF this afternoon.
GOt out GK for an hour and half ride.
Man, I like how this bike feels - wide enough bars that just leaning seems to impart some countersteering.
Its first outing this season. It's third time out since the rebuild (that involved nearly 18months of sitting dissasembled).
Have already had the RT out a couple times and the Shadow500 a few times, and the GK was demanding to be riden to the same places and to pose for pictures so it didnt feel slighted.
It is nicer looking anyway.
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That's cool, Roger. A year round display or is there a convention in town?
I have a grand-nephew that is crazed with the toys.
I have a grand-nephew that is crazed with the toys.
That's a good question. It's really close to the convention center so maybe they're to promote an event.
A closer look really is needed to appreciate the work that went into these guys. Just amazing!
Your grand nephew would get a real kick out of seeing these.