Forum: Road warriors
02-26-2013, 11:38 AM
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Forum: Trip Planning
02-20-2013, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 943
Views: 442,274
St-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Qc
An hour and a half East of Quebec City, 15 minutes from Riviere-du-Loup. On farmland, lots of room to camp, garage, barn, tools, all services nearby. Good place to stop on the way to Gaspe Peninsula,...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-01-2013, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 4,653
Views: 2,514,433
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
10-09-2012, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 7,214
Views: 2,190,790
Indeed a 1800C. Not a cruiser fan but this one...
Indeed a 1800C. Not a cruiser fan but this one somehow spoke to me when I saw it a the dealer. Low kms (23000), super clean, upside down forks, serious brakes, nice ergos for my 6'8'' frame, the...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
10-09-2012, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 7,214
Views: 2,190,790
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Forum: Road warriors
08-28-2012, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 9,295
New addition to the garage: a 2003 VTX1800C!
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New addition to the garage: a 2003 VTX1800C!
Minutes before buying it I never thought I would ever have a cruiser-type bike but this one was so clean, with such low mileage (23000 km) and low...
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Forum: Road warriors
08-28-2012, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,816
Well one particularity in my riding is that I...
Well one particularity in my riding is that I don't stop in traffic to turn left...ever! My morning commute on the bike is different than in the car as I don't want to be a sitting duck to turn left...
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Forum: Racing
10-25-2011, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 129
Views: 16,244
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Forum: Airheads
04-28-2011, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,341
I'm in Qc too and I generally unplate my DR650...
I'm in Qc too and I generally unplate my DR650 for the summer because the plates are unacceptably high at $627. Every little ride around the block ends up costing way too much. So in June/July/August...
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Forum: Thumpers
04-21-2011, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
I have a Renazco seat on mine and as much an...
I have a Renazco seat on mine and as much an improvement as that was, the main comfort issue with the DR is with the narrow tank and the fact that the rider's knees (well mine anyway) don't have...
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Forum: Thumpers
03-23-2011, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
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Forum: Thumpers
07-27-2010, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
I put a piece of wood (2x4) under the sidestand...
I put a piece of wood (2x4) under the sidestand then just tilt the bike on its left side. With the bike dangling on its front wheel and sidestand I pull the crate (I use a rubbermaid step) under the...
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Forum: Thumpers
03-31-2010, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
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Forum: Thumpers
03-30-2010, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
Eibach install
I am in the process of installing a rear Eibach Spring and I have an oem shock piece I don't know what to do with. It's an open-ended flat round flimsy metal ring with a perpendicular post sticking...
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Forum: Thumpers
03-27-2010, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
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Forum: Thumpers
02-23-2010, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
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Forum: Thumpers
02-23-2010, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
A couple of modifications on my 03 DR last...
A couple of modifications on my 03 DR last week-end. I installed a Rotopax gas container system on my Pat Walsh Designs rear rack. I relocated the blinker holes on each side of the rack and then...
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Forum: Thumpers
05-04-2009, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 77,134
Views: 13,999,877
Good day all,
I read this site almost every...
Good day all,
I read this site almost every day, but post very rarely. I bought a mint low mileage 03 last year and I use the bike to commute to work and to explore the backroads around where we...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-02-2008, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 7,993
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Forum: Thumpers
10-18-2007, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,482
I have a Rekluse on my '04 CRF450 and I find it...
I have a Rekluse on my '04 CRF450 and I find it amazing, especially on the hellish trails I tend to ride on. I will put one on my Husaberg too before long. One very good point of the auto-clutch is...
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Forum: Thumpers
09-10-2007, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 778
E or S?
If an E, it got a better cam chain...
E or S?
If an E, it got a better cam chain tensioner from 03 on, but I think most of the rest is the same. Avoid an 07 - bad carb.
If an S, they got the better E forks in 2003.
That said,...
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Forum: Thumpers
09-10-2007, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 3,686
Views: 1,069,788
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Forum: Road warriors
09-05-2007, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 166
Views: 13,426
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Forum: Ride reports
08-29-2007, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,678
Constant Bliss...cool name.
Interestingly...
Constant Bliss...cool name.
Interestingly enough, googling the name shows that there's a cheese from Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont named after him:
We named Constant Bliss after a...
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Forum: Road warriors
07-26-2007, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,117
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
05-14-2007, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 171
Views: 12,379
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Forum: Thumpers
05-05-2007, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 808
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Forum: The Garage
03-20-2007, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,670
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Forum: Hacks
02-05-2007, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 472
Views: 86,386
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Forum: Beasts
12-17-2006, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 7,786
Views: 3,014,317
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Forum: Ride reports
10-04-2006, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 5,487
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Forum: Ride reports
08-13-2006, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 451
Views: 59,951
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Forum: Beasts
08-07-2006, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 7,786
Views: 3,014,317
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Forum: Beasts
08-07-2006, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 7,786
Views: 3,014,317
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2006, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,147
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Forum: Beasts
12-29-2005, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 7,786
Views: 3,014,317
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Hmm the windshield....I experimented...
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Hmm the windshield....I experimented with it all summer long. On-off, low-high. The best position with it on is the lowest one, and ideally it would be a bit shorter still.
But what...
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Forum: Beasts
12-28-2005, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 7,786
Views: 3,014,317
6'8"
And the Strom is one of those rare bikes...
6'8"
And the Strom is one of those rare bikes that fits me half decently! My DRZ looks like an 80 underneath me too...Ah well!
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Another pic from a wet ride in New Hampshire this summer....
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Forum: Beasts
12-28-2005, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 7,786
Views: 3,014,317
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My 05 Strom. Picture taken on the...
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My 05 Strom. Picture taken on the Chemin de la Riviere Rouge somewhere between Kilmar and Arundel, North of Montreal. Very nice gravel road (30 km long I think) for anyone going through the...
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Forum: Face plant
12-28-2005, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,930
I remember a couple of years ago a motorcyclist...
I remember a couple of years ago a motorcyclist had a letter printed in a local newpaper. In it he thanked a motorist who was following him on an elevated expressway when his BMW developped a problem...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-03-2005, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,742
A cool section to do if you go to Montgomery...
A cool section to do if you go to Montgomery Center is to loop around Jay Peak using Old Richford Rd (accessible through a covered bridge on a side street), 105 East, Cemetery Road to Jay, then 242...
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