Forum: Hack Vendors
10-23-2011, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,267
M72DX, X, D, C weight
Hello,
Sorry to drag up a thread from June, but I am looking into hacking my F650GS (2007 single).
My brother owned a 1984 Moto Guzzi California II with a Velorex sidecar. I rode it and...
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Forum: Old's Cool
03-22-2010, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 5,915
Views: 2,671,305
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Forum: Thumpers
12-29-2009, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 473
Touratech 2007 F650GS rack install
Hey all,
So I got a new set of Touratech panniers for my 2007 F650GS single. I installed the racks yesterday and the lower crossbar was a bit of a chore to fit. I used a 2X4 to slightly spread...
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Forum: Tejas and the Gulf States
08-03-2009, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 515
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2009, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 989
Views: 230,195
Bearings in the R1100 Final Drive
Before you tear a final drive apart check the pivot bearings from the swing arm to the final drive housing. These bearings fail and cause the same 12 and 6 o'clock rear wheel wiggle you describe.
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Forum: Equipment
08-21-2008, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,891
Good Gloves
I am on my second pair.
The first pair survived a nice highside off a GSXR-750 on a 1.125 mile corvette tuning track. They finally died of neglect after 4 years with no leather treatment and...
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Forum: Ride reports
07-09-2008, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 221
Views: 58,819
Dude
Of course going alone will not allow you to soothe your riding partner with good humor and such when things inevitably go wrong.
Subscribed.
In 78 posts you have unleashed a whole lotta...
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
05-28-2008, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,015
Awesome
[quote=Beelzabob]
HOLY BOVINE! The back end was now completely sideways at ~65 MPH. What do I do... What do I do... "Don't panic, you've got a rear flat and the tires coming off the rim! Foot down,...
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
05-24-2008, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 2,395
so...
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Good Point.
Rest easy in the knowledge that you have cut me down to my proper size.</useless>
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Forum: Ride reports
05-24-2008, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 408
Views: 179,010
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
05-23-2008, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 2,395
Yeah what he said.
That's the reason right there. A six foot fall onto an edge can kill you dead.
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Forum: Ride reports
05-19-2008, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 408
Views: 179,010
Dude
Ok Sly. That is pretty frickin' awesome. Longest I've been outside on a motorcycle was 16 days. I almost couldn't make the last right hand turn toward the house on the way back even after so short a...
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Forum: Equipment
08-17-2007, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,123
leverage
Seriously, I like leverage. I like having the option to break what I am working on if I decide. When it feels like you are going to launch the iron if you make a wrong move, it is a good sign to...
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Forum: Equipment
08-17-2007, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,123
mmmm. leather pants.
here is Irina showing...
mmmm. leather pants.
here is Irina showing how is done, full body contact sport for sure, knee over the tyre to keep it down and everything.
http://patineto.smugmug.com/photos/4058866-L-1.jpg
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Forum: Ride reports
08-05-2007, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 414
Views: 109,000
Awesome trip.
I did the for corners trip out...
Awesome trip.
I did the for corners trip out of Houston in 2001 and passed many of the places you have written about so far.
Deer, however, were not my problem in the Dixie Ntl. The Black...
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Forum: Face plant
08-05-2007, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 819
Yep.
Yeah my little brother was clipped across the back wheel on an interstate service road. The bike went down hard to the left and he slid on HIS FACE for a long while at 60 MPH. Full face Shoei lost...
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Forum: Equipment
08-05-2007, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 1,192
Views: 391,265
SIDI Symatex On Road
I had ridden many miles in sturdy non-motorcycle footwear and finally went to get some waterproof touring boots for my commute. The only thing I could justify spending money on was the SIDI On Road...
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
08-04-2007, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 964
Was that this year or last?
I was relocating...
Was that this year or last?
I was relocating to the PS last June and stopped right at that spot the day after a storm that looked just like that blew a propane truck over on Togwotee Pass and then...
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