• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

Redman, motivated me to get some serious miles Saturday and Sunday. Sunday it was 28' when I left and 39' when I returned.
Grabbed more miles, No ride today since it was snowing this morning. I need to replaced my bald tire.
122358601_10213863809188290_3865142354285469636_o.jpg

122708811_10213863808988285_2235550664852600945_o.jpg
 
This Shinko is ready at 9K... Last road 5 was 12K miles or so. Putting another Road 5 on, didn't ride this morning with snow on the ground... Might grab a commander 3 next season as I hear they don't wear out.
 
This Shinko is ready at 9K... Last road 5 was 12K miles or so. Putting another Road 5 on, didn't ride this morning with snow on the ground... Might grab a commander 3 next season as I hear they don't wear out.
People keep talking about the amazing mileage they get from these R5s. But mine is totally shagged with less than 5k miles. Weird.

Our bikes weigh roughly the same and you ride at least as hard as I do. Likely harder. I'm at a loss. I like the tire, but it's expensive for only getting 5,000 miles.
 
My tires have lasted longer this year and I firmly believe it has everything to do with I'm basically doing 0% slab. All twisty back road riding. The 160 Road 5 from last year's was dead closer to 8K miles, included a trip to TN. This last 150/60 ZR17 Road 5 was 12K miles. I also found the bike is fairer to the tires if you leave the TC on. Most my riding is pleasure riding.

GBW I've experienced the Road 5's don't like the slab... I think the PR4GT last longer.
 
I never tried the PR5's. I've been running the Pr4's for the last four tire changes. I'm consistently getting 12,000 miles out of them. However they start getting wonky at around 8-9,000 miles. I ride a lot of two lane with a little bit of slab mixed in...
I'm about 250 miles away from 16,000 miles for the year. Not nearly as much as the Jedzster, but not to bad for not going anywhere. Well, Indiana, Maine, Michigan and Tennessee. I didn't even cross the Mississippi River this year. The days are getting shorter, it's getting colder, I'm pretty much done riding for the year... Who knows what 2021 will bring? 😉
 
Left out early Saturday morning to return Joe's bike and recover mine from his garage. Weather ended up being nice, so we got out late morning and rode about 120 miles around the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests. Joe wanted to try out a new route off the Cherohala Skyway. It was a nice route, but turned into a dirt/gravel road. We rode it anyway because we're rugged adventures.

Here we are taking a break right after the road stopped being paved, trying to decide to turn back or not. We decided to bravely move forward.

50530990437_9b6a72ecb1.jpg


The road ran right along the North River

50498964073_abff6108f9.jpg


Most of the road looked like this, so it was pretty easy going. Some of it was a little sketchier, but it was fine, and fun, and we didn't get stuck behind a parade of Mini Coopers like we did on the Skyway.

50530111348_2f9af533f4.jpg


We stopped at the Deal Gap resort for a break before heading back to Joe's. Of course Killboy caught us on the way back. At least this time we were both on motorbikes instead of in Joe's truck.

50535407941_0e2e0555da.jpg


The weather ended up being great with just a little rain, the colors in the mountains were nice, and it really was a great day riding with a good friend. Thanks Joe!
 
Last edited:
Greg, good to see you got El Tigre sorted out and you and Joe got out for a nice scenic ride.

It took me a few minutes to find North River Road on a map; haven't been down that one. Nice!



Around here, the deer activity is ramping up -- LOTS more dead deer along the road in the last week or so -- so I'm sticking to the city for the next several weeks.

On November 9, 2013, I hit a seven point buck on my KLR650 south of Indy and collected my third broken left femur and second broken right wrist. I've never paid much attention to hunting and had no idea that weekend was the very height of the rut around here. Pretty much the single most dangerous day to ride.

Deer are always a danger, of course, but late October through November is much more dangerous; they're moving around a lot more trying to breed and fatten up, and paying even less attention than usual, if that's even possible for such an incredibly brainless creature. So in late fall, I can't really even enjoy myself anyway. There's a very unpleasant recording looping through my head that gets very loud and intense on days that smell of late autumn's mostly fallen leaves, and especially on crisp cloudless mornings when the sky is that intense blue unique to late fall.

Eat more venison.




I've never bothered to track my yearly mileage, but the travel restrictions this spring and summer definitely put a crimp in things. We eventually figured out how to ride in a socially distant and responsible manner and did our best to catch up.
 
Back
Top