Forum: Thumpers
05-19-2011, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,262
I've been commuting on bikes now since the...
I've been commuting on bikes now since the Johnson Administration. Lyndon, not Andrew. Your Mileage May Vary, but I sorta like it. I do own a pickup, but in the fifteen years I've owned it I've...
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Forum: Vendors
03-25-2011, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 22,987
14's? Really?
You've got my attention. I wear a 14 AA. Is there any possibility?
Revill
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Forum: Thumpers
03-21-2011, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,699
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Forum: Road warriors
03-21-2011, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 135
Views: 7,884
Since I use my bikes for daily transportation,...
Since I use my bikes for daily transportation, not toys I need at least one. Otherwise I'd have to DRIVE to work, and we can't have that!
Beyond that absolute minimum, it all depends on what you...
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Forum: Equipment
03-18-2011, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,428
AVOID Icon Patrols!
The ICON Patrol is clumsy, stiff and won't fit under the shift lever of most bikes. I bought a pair, wore them once, and finally Craigslisted them at 1/4 what I paid. AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!!!!...
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Forum: Battle scooters
03-16-2011, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 9,930
No, it's not.
Can I get away with disagreeing with all the 'different strokes for different folks' postings on this topic without being deleted? Bigger is NOT better IMHO. The only good use for excess engine is...
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Forum: Trip Planning
02-25-2011, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 131
Views: 16,387
Start looking for a better job
Sounds to me like you've thought your way through the money issues. Have you made any progress on the job? If you hate it so much, FIND ANOTHER ONE! Right now while you're employed, not after you...
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Forum: Road warriors
02-25-2011, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,122
Everything is global these days
It's getting damned hard to 'buy American' these days, because damn near everything has global content.
Just for example, take the company I work for, Silicon Labs. We're based in Austin...
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Forum: Road warriors
02-25-2011, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,030
Because Craigslist is local. You can (and...
Because Craigslist is local. You can (and absolutely MUST!) go look at the bike. Then you negotiate with the owner. Ebay, you have to go through the whole auction process on a bike in another...
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Forum: Equipment
02-16-2011, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 3,732
Try hiking boots
Try some high end hiking boots. I'm wearing a pair of Keens right now. I don't ride Motorcyle specific boots because none of the manufacturers have seen fit to make them in a 14AA. I don't know...
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Forum: Old's Cool
02-16-2011, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,294
I almost always use both
Your bike probably did come with turn signals new. I think it was 1970 was when the rules changed. No left side brake pedals, kill switch and turn signals required. They were probably an easily...
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Forum: Road warriors
02-15-2011, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 5,267
Works for tall guys too
Howdy:
Since I'm a tall guy, I wasn't going to pipe up. I've generally got the opposite problem.
Til I read this:
>dope slap< of COURSE!
Even those of us that are nearly 6' 3" tall...
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Forum: Road warriors
02-15-2011, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 526
Views: 119,567
Love hurts
I fell in love with the Suzy SV650 on the test ride. What a sweeeeet engine! I rode it out of the owner's driveway and was sold by the time I made it to the end of the block. Then I took it onto...
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Forum: Tejas and the Gulf States
02-14-2011, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,929
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Forum: The Garage
02-14-2011, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 6,593
Not impossible
It's not impossible, or even extremely difficult to ride a bike up stairs. And if you had to pick a bike to do it, the KLR is a good choice.
Back in the dark ages I once bought a BSA 500 Twin...
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Forum: Equipment
02-11-2011, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 216
Views: 20,863
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Forum: Tejas and the Gulf States
02-11-2011, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 3,183
Texas is kinda big......
I was just going to suggest that you measure your route. Texas is kinda big, and everything south of SanTonio is flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat and not very pretty. One can get a bit tired of...
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Forum: Equipment
02-11-2011, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,104
What are you surviving?
What do you consider 'survival use'? Hiking? Crashing? Being dropped by helicopter somewhere in the rockies with a pocketknife and canteen and a compass? If you're trying to replace your old...
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Forum: Trip Planning
02-10-2011, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 1,202
Views: 207,905
I was laid off back about eight years ago, and...
I was laid off back about eight years ago, and after I fixed the roof and tiled the dining room and spare bathroom I was still bored and nobody was answering phone calls. So I packed up the bike...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-10-2011, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,243
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Forum: Equipment
02-10-2011, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 20,863
Thanks for asking
Most everybody I've ever encountered who sells helmets is really concerned with selling WHAT THEY HAVE IN STOCK and is not at all interested in hearing about what I WANT TO BUY unless somehow it will...
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Forum: Equipment
02-02-2011, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
Sounds like a width issue. I had the same...
Sounds like a width issue. I had the same problem with mine because I've got a narrow foot. A Dr. Scholls half insole (just the heel part) fixed it. I couldn't use a full insole because that...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-02-2011, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 765
Cast wheels allow you to use tubeless tires....
Cast wheels allow you to use tubeless tires. Tubeless tires can be plugged if you get a flat. They also tend to leak down slowly instead of suddenly going >BANG< flopflopflopflop. If you've got a...
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Forum: Canada
02-02-2011, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,199
Good as far as it goes
Last week, on the way home from work in heavy traffic the van next to me kept drifting over the white line into my lane. I honked of course, and moved over to the far side of my lane. Then I looked...
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Forum: Trip Planning
01-25-2011, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 259
Views: 40,705
Unemployment is your friend
It happens to all of us now and then. "Headcount adjustments", I mean. You can work the net and bang on doors for a while, and there's always those posponed home improvement chores to finally...
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Forum: Australia
01-25-2011, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 4,962
bear story
Ok. Here's one of mine.
About five years ago I did my first Alcan trip, starting and ending in Austin, Texas. The story starts on the flip side, after a very nice couple of days spent touring...
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Forum: GS Boxers
01-25-2011, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,887
Tube tires do that
Did you replace the whole valve stem, or just the core? Sometimes valve stems leak where they pop into the rim.
Every tube type tire I've ever owned would do that. Not that tubeless tires don't...
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Forum: Americas
01-11-2011, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,590
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Forum: Americas
01-11-2011, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,590
Take the notebook if you possibly can. It's...
Take the notebook if you possibly can. It's getting harder and harder to find an internet connection these days because everybody uses their cellphones and notebooks. The days of using public...
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Forum: Beasts
01-10-2011, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 135
Views: 9,344
Been out from under that rock for decades
I've been riding since the last year of the Johnson Administration. I've been out from under that particular rock quite a while now. Yeah, the bikes you read about in the magazines and the ones in...
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Forum: Road warriors
01-10-2011, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 372
Views: 43,366
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Forum: Alaska
01-10-2011, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,515
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Forum: Equipment
01-10-2011, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,785
Craigslist is your friend. Used in good...
Craigslist is your friend. Used in good condition motocross gear is CHEAP, generally very lightly worn (or not... An amazing number of people buy the suit then never actually ride the bike) and will...
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-10-2011, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 836
If you have the stator plug identified use an...
If you have the stator plug identified use an ohmmeter to check connectivity between the 3 legs. If there's less than a zillion ohms between each leg it's stator time. If you have difficulty...
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Forum: Equipment
01-05-2011, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,753
Winter gloves
I've got a pair of these, that I wear with a heavy wool sock style liner. The combination is a lot warmer than Thinsulate (R). They're not waterproof (I've never owned a pair of 'waterproof' gloves...
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Forum: Thumpers
01-04-2011, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 4,142
Motorcycles are not forever
After all this advice, I hesitate to pipe up, but there's a couple of points that I hope have been missed. If I missed them myself, my apologies.
Item one: Street riding -vs- dirt riding. ...
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Forum: The Garage
12-01-2010, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 976
Cast iron?
Whatever you've got, it's not cast iron. Aluminum alloy most likely. If it's a tubeless rim you can use a tubeless tire. If it's not, don't.
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Forum: GS Boxers
12-01-2010, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 154
Views: 16,766
Indeed. You don't have to go to Prudhoe Bay to...
Indeed. You don't have to go to Prudhoe Bay to stay up all night. The whole of the Alcan is at about the same lattidude as Fairbanks, where they have a midnight baseball game without lights on the...
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-30-2010, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,436
Maybe a twin that's a 650?
Before you throw your wallet at a boxer, ride a Vstrom. Yeah, I know. It's uglier than a junkyard dog. Fortunately you can't see the worst of the styling from the saddle.
But they're light,...
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Forum: Canada
11-29-2010, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 11,833
Sunset in Pensacola
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