anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Joe H]

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.
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Celebratory drink.

One thing I have notice on my 1150 is that small changes in carb settings down low in the rpm's and small throttle openings made a big difference, and that was true for the stock carbs and the 38 CV's I'm running now. And if you had air leaks from the boots? forget it! When I replaced my boots it was like carb tuning heaven!
When they run well they are great bikes TORQUE ALL OVER!

How do you like the bar end mirrors??? I HATE my stock mirrors always have.

 

[dorkburger]

Yeah, the boots were shot....I like the bar end mirrors, but they do vibrate at highway speed, and they require a glance down to see them. Some dont like that...I dont mind though. The Napoleon ones I have require a tubular handlebar to fit in ( I replaced the stockers years ago ). I ended up with the bar ends when I ran without a fairing for a season after a lowside. I like the cleaner look of the fairing without the mirrors.

 

[trevor]

Wow..over 4000 posts and still not sticky worthy. Lol..

 

[Guest]

Wow..over 4000 posts and still not sticky worthy. Lol..

Should'a seen what was sticking on my tire from a ride last weekend. Still hasn't been identified lol.

 

[Redman]

Wow..over 4000 posts and still not sticky worthy. Lol..

Seems to stay near the top anyway....

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[dorkburger]

Dang, I was # 4000....cool.

Footnote to last nights post....
The pictured cup has been my chosen vessel to occasionally sip adult baverages from for a good many years. Wine glasses with their fragile nature and high center of gravity arent safe with me.....
The pictured cup was low and had most of its mass concentrated at the bottom, making it very stable...
But ......after retreating to the living room to listen to some music to unwind (garage radio was acting up), I placed it on the end table apparently more then halfway over the edge...it fell and broke.....

 

[Joe H]

Dang, I was # 4000....cool.

Footnote to last nights post....
The pictured cup has been my chosen vessel to occasionally sip adult baverages from for a good many years. Wine glasses with their fragile nature and high center of gravity arent safe with me.....
The pictured cup was low and had most of its mass concentrated at the bottom, making it very stable...
But ......after retreating to the living room to listen to some music to unwind (garage radio was acting up), I placed it on the end table apparently more then halfway over the edge...it fell and broke.....

THAT SUCKS?
I just got a new favorite glass, took it to the cottage?my favorite place to sip a beverage, just the right size with a gold line around the rim and it fits my hand perfectly. Wonder how long it will last???

And to stay somewhat on the topic of riding, I have had our cabin for 14 yrs now and have NEVER rode my GS there WOW I need to change that!

 

[lurch12_2000]

Out with the vStrom off the beaten path...this is the nice section just before it turned to the rougher stuff.

 

[eddie21]

Henry and I rode our dual purpose bikes up to a giant Canadian flag above the town of Falkland, BC. (Where Henry lives)

The flag is near this quarry where they mine gypsum.

 

[Dogma]

Out exploring yesterday, didn't get back until 12:15 this morning. This pic was taken from a road that started out as two lanes, paved, with lines and everything: KY1756. It went on like this for a couple miles, some of it a bit rutted by water. The view was just too pretty to not stop and take a look.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Eddie21 and Dogma, great pics!
The quarry is weird cool.

 

[cowboyup3371]

Dale, only as it's proving hard to find the road can you tell us about where in Kentucky that is?

 

[Jedz123]

Broke the triple out for a quick spin after flushing out it's brake systems. I wanted to gain some confidence so I drove it around the back yard...

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After a quick warm up to make sure everything was still in good working condition I brought it under the pull barn and commenced to De-L it... First to go was the buck-horns, slapped on my last set of super-bike bars...

Took the Ole' Yammy down the road and back... Man that tripple makes such an awesome exhaust note... NO words can describe .

Then broke Connie out for a quick spin then photo shot!

 

[Hayabuser]

Out for a little bit today........

 

[trevor]

Went to the movies with my wife and son and when I got home took the 1300 out for gas.

 

[Jedz123]

Went to the movies with my wife and son and when I got home took the 1300 out for gas.

Gorgeous!!!Weather been good for you this year? (less then normal rain fall?)

 

[trevor]

Gorgeous!!!Weather been good for you this year? (less then normal rain fall?)

There has been very little rain. Like 3 or 4 days since May.

 

[Jedz123]

There has been very little rain. Like 3 or 4 days since May.

Good for riding but not so good for flora.

 

[Hayabuser]

The wildfires are enjoying it....

 

[Dogma]

Dale, only as it's proving hard to find the road can you tell us about where in Kentucky that is?

It's way down here. It sorta funny to me that when I ask Google for directions from one end to the other, it tells me to go around. I had to select the road itself as an alternate route.