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Went out playing the Game, and saw this dropping in for fuel.
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anyone go for a ride today? Pics?
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growler
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The medical district over there by Milwaukee Zoo is really nice after 6pm. It's pretty empty (as you can see) and a great place for test rides.
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growler
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Took a little ride out tonight in the heat and humidity. Man, i should spring for some mesh gear. In motion it was ok though. Sunday nights are the best nights to ride around here. They have the least traffic of any night of the week. Nothing noteworthy enough to stop for a picture.
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Me and my son took the 81 down to wheelies for lunch yesterday. Weather here has been awesome!
Good lookin bike. Man I really have to find a gig back home.
I like the polished covers.
Ever consider powder coating the rear foot peg mounts, swing arm, chain guard and wheels black on one of these bikes?
I see you got an almost straight handlebar with end weights. You must be kinda tall, I'm 6'4". I ended up going with a drag bar, and have some weights to put on it.
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Slycox
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Got out for a good 100 miles today. Gave the new springs a workout and got to try out the windshield I got for less than $50. All in all a good day. And met up with a buddy and his victory
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lurch12_2000
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Time to try out the DL650 in the back woods and my ATV trails...and off the trail into the horse thistle too. Could of pushed further with knobbies but I don't want to trash my primary street bike too.
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That on US 2????? Hows the bike running? Oil usage??? Any hick ups???
That is one huge tent to fit on a bike.
Was thinking of going for ride that would include the car show downtown this afternoon.
Wife was suggesting we go for walk somewhere with the doggie.
(Since I was gone all day yesterday, I thought we should do something together.)
So compromise was struck.
Ride mo'cykl, we all ride mo'cykl downtown, doggie in the mesh carrier wife got specifically for that purpose, walk the car show, and maybe along the waterfront boardwalk.
Okay.
Upper 80s.
Was hot out on street at car show.
Headed home from the car show.
Was a rare occasion that dispensed with the jackets, only headed home a couple miles, mostly in town.
Was cooler along lakeshore, and wife herself suggested going for more a ride, an other rarity ! !
Doggie even seemed to enjoy the longer ride (12 miles).
Settled down and just sat there with face in the wind.
40 second low-res video.
https://youtu.be/TGbBY_wbY8U
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Wife was suggesting we go for walk somewhere with the doggie.
(Since I was gone all day yesterday, I thought we should do something together.)
So compromise was struck.
Ride mo'cykl, we all ride mo'cykl downtown, doggie in the mesh carrier wife got specifically for that purpose, walk the car show, and maybe along the waterfront boardwalk.
Okay.
Upper 80s.
Was hot out on street at car show.
Headed home from the car show.
Was a rare occasion that dispensed with the jackets, only headed home a couple miles, mostly in town.
Was cooler along lakeshore, and wife herself suggested going for more a ride, an other rarity ! !
Doggie even seemed to enjoy the longer ride (12 miles).
Settled down and just sat there with face in the wind.
40 second low-res video.
https://youtu.be/TGbBY_wbY8U
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A short 40 mile ride today on a 2014 Street Glide that a local friend offered up for me to use when he stopped by the house. Always cool to ride different bikes, but reminded me why I never bought a Harley. Here's a pic of the beast. Though a nicer ride than the 1k miles I put on my son's Dyna Bob a few years back or the hundreds of miles on my brother in law's Wide Glide (or whatever it was?). I had this desire to remove my full face helmet though.
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I Did the THE MSF Basic Rider Safety course for the past 3 days, 19 hours of classroom and course training (8 hours class room, 11 hours course training). It was the Basic course but I had to complete that to be able to participate in the experienced rider course this coming weekend. I truly have to say I learned I was doing allot of things wrong, I retained allot of information from it. I scored a 100% on the skills test and written test but I will say honestly I probably wouldn't have, the coaches knew I was an experienced rider and rode me harder then the rest of the class. I was approached after class and asked to complete the Experience rider course and really consider joining up to become an instructor... Maybe for next year? Either way, Here's some pics of those daily rides.
The Book, 50 pages of some pretty in depth material over basic procedures.
Jedz's Stead for the weekend. A Suzuki TU250. I loved this little bike! If only it came as a 500... Anyway the Thumper was sooo smooth, Fun little bike.
Reminded me very much of a GS minus the Fuel injection and twin pot front stopper... Think they look fantastic too!
As I left last night the group of the little buggers.
I was the only one endorsed there, most had never rode a bike before. I was giving pointers and sharing about personal riding experience with do's and don'ts to the class by the tail end of the course (per request of the instructors). Allot of fun and it was really cool to see everyone's skills dramatically increase by the tail end of the course. Mine too, My shifting has become smoother, braking correctly now, Startup and shut off procedure has been corrected, Learned to execute emergency Quick-stops safely and effectively, I can now pull a double slow speed U turn and now confidently drag pegs by learning to correctly look through the turns.
We did end up loosing 4 people (fail or walk off) by the tail end of the class. Excited for next week's course!
The Book, 50 pages of some pretty in depth material over basic procedures.
Jedz's Stead for the weekend. A Suzuki TU250. I loved this little bike! If only it came as a 500... Anyway the Thumper was sooo smooth, Fun little bike.
Reminded me very much of a GS minus the Fuel injection and twin pot front stopper... Think they look fantastic too!
As I left last night the group of the little buggers.
I was the only one endorsed there, most had never rode a bike before. I was giving pointers and sharing about personal riding experience with do's and don'ts to the class by the tail end of the course (per request of the instructors). Allot of fun and it was really cool to see everyone's skills dramatically increase by the tail end of the course. Mine too, My shifting has become smoother, braking correctly now, Startup and shut off procedure has been corrected, Learned to execute emergency Quick-stops safely and effectively, I can now pull a double slow speed U turn and now confidently drag pegs by learning to correctly look through the turns.
We did end up loosing 4 people (fail or walk off) by the tail end of the class. Excited for next week's course!
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Joe H
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Thats super cool! It's amazing how much we can learn and how much we don't know. Almost everything in life is BASICS, BASICS, BASICS. I have been riding more than 30 yrs and I have been thinking about taking a course with my daughter, she wants to learn to ride and I bet Id learn a bunch!
I had a nice little ride this morning beautiful day, perfect weather. My Gs1150 is running really well. With the fixed starter clutch and new compufire R/R I feel a bit more confident I won't have to call home for a ride?LOL Oil temps are down almost 15 deg with the new regulator, I thought it was just crazy that a regulator would do that... but it did!
Theres a little German settlement church I noticed a few years ago about 20 miles from my house, nice scenery, so I drove that way and checked it out. Nice ride through the countryside. They are still using the cemetery, not sure about the church. I read the rules you have to be German live within 5 miles of the church and/or have a near relative buried there?interesting. And the pump still works!
Managed a nice short 60 mile ride, now on to yard work.
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great day / turn of the screw....
great day / turn of the screw....
Took the day off and had some family time at the water park. Later we met the in laws for birthday dinner- my mother in law and me share this day as our birthday. After all was quiet at home, I went out for a birthday ride.
Since I did my carbs this winter, the bike runs great, but was stinky rich at low speed, and needed little to no choke to start.
Yesterday, I tweaked the pilot screws in a half turn. It needed choke for maybe 30 seconds to run smooth, and now runs even smoother at small throttle openings, and is more responsive as well. Funny how things go. Now that I've seen how much better the bike can run, I want more......Also, it's nice that with fresh carbs and boots, small changes can be easily noticed.
Celebratory drink.
great day / turn of the screw....
Took the day off and had some family time at the water park. Later we met the in laws for birthday dinner- my mother in law and me share this day as our birthday. After all was quiet at home, I went out for a birthday ride.
Since I did my carbs this winter, the bike runs great, but was stinky rich at low speed, and needed little to no choke to start.
Yesterday, I tweaked the pilot screws in a half turn. It needed choke for maybe 30 seconds to run smooth, and now runs even smoother at small throttle openings, and is more responsive as well. Funny how things go. Now that I've seen how much better the bike can run, I want more......Also, it's nice that with fresh carbs and boots, small changes can be easily noticed.
Celebratory drink.
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Joe, I love that pic of the bike in front of the church. The low angle is cool.
