Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
Yesterday, 04:17 AM
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Gear
Don't recommend bungee cords, especially if your going to be doing any off road riding. You would be surprised how much it bounces around. Ask me how I know. Pro Taper Tiedowns or some kind of...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-05-2013, 01:29 PM
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yesterdays ride
Thanks Hack. Its a small world. :D
Dyna Beads..........
When I changed the oil in my R12GS today I remembered I never put any beads in when I mounted the new Heidenau's last month. After...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-04-2013, 04:14 PM
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Beach
Nice photos Todd. I know exactly where you were. Nice area. I'd love to get the DRZ400 down there. Have fun!
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-01-2013, 02:53 PM
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Fjr
That's one nice looking FJR!
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-30-2013, 07:06 AM
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Beads
I'm not at home today to check but there is a ceramic brand of beads that work differently than the Dyna Beads. Somehow (PFM) after the beads settle in the tire thay stay attached to the rubber...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-29-2013, 08:28 AM
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Dyna Beads
I run Dyna Beads in all my front tires. Tubeless or not. I do not use them in the rear tires. To me it "fine tunes" the smoothness and continues to work as the tire wears. If you take a spoon you...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-27-2013, 11:58 AM
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GS frame inspection
Guy .... Great job! At home and the garage. :D Im at 62K so I may be next.
Greg .... you know what time it is? Time to ride!
Eddy .... Id love to go but once in 5 years is good for me....
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-25-2013, 07:53 AM
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My GS
Ok Guys,
Thanks for all the advise but NOW I'm paranoid. I'm out of town until late Friday night. I have Sat and Sun off then it's back to work for me on Monday. If anyone has the tools or...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-24-2013, 12:23 PM
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Gs
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But I did steal it! :ricky
The only question I have is .... Why now? If it is the clear coat, why is it changing now at 65K and 6 years old? Oh well.
Todd .... Really? You wash your...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-24-2013, 09:39 AM
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1200gs
Not any GS, just my model. A 2007 R1200GS. Do I believe him? I want to but my gut says its messed up. It's something I will be looking into in great detail.
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-24-2013, 07:14 AM
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Shorai Battery and R1200GS frame
Morton's took the Shorai battery back, no questions. Full refund. My new Yuasa will be here in 5 days.
While I was at Morton's I showed the photographs to Stuart (in the service department) of...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-22-2013, 02:36 PM
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frame
When I rub my fingers on it I can't feel anything abnormal. Its only on the left side of the bike. So far I have not found any cracks. There is nothing that attaches to that area or rubs on that...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-22-2013, 02:17 PM
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Bad day
I guess its just not my day. I found two issues with my GS. Once scares me really bad. Any thoughts?
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-22-2013, 11:55 AM
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Battery
That's what I did. I tried to warm up the battery. Fog lights, high beam ... by the time I got it to turn over the damn thing was DEAD. I had to jump start it with a car.
Beantop was the...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-22-2013, 06:24 AM
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Shorai Battery
Ditto from me Mike. Looks like an ADV wonderland. We miss you.
In regards to the new Shorai battery I put in my GS .... I take back all the good things I said about it. POS. It left me...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-18-2013, 02:10 PM
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Productive day today. I repaired part of the...
Productive day today. I repaired part of the irrigation system, completed some yard work, got the DRZ400 inspected AND got a new rear tire installed on the GL1800. Since I have a trailer hitch...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-17-2013, 05:43 PM
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challenge
You guys are funny. I know Madstrom is not interested in Tower Rd but I bet if you set the event on Hwy 56 he would be there in a second. :rofl:rofl
Anyway .... Im glad most of us think its not...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-17-2013, 06:39 AM
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Tower Rd
Dirtmonkey8 .... you are a smart man. As much as I'd like to participate that road has some serious injury potential. Rock's don't move when you hit them.
If you guys want to do something...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-15-2013, 06:50 PM
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Sintered brake pads
Need advise on the best brake pads (sintered or not) for a late model 800GS?
A new inmate (Scott) needs new rear brakes. My nderstanding is .... Sintered brakes are for high performance bikes. ...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-14-2013, 06:30 PM
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radios
I have a set of Midland GXT1000 radios that should work. Just let me know when to charge them up. I always thought they would come in handy on a ride.
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-14-2013, 06:27 AM
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Cell Tower
Hmmmmm
Count me in on the ride up Tower Rd. I hope you realize no one is going to take their time going up especially if you are going to time it. Maybe you should have two groups .... 500cc and...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-10-2013, 05:37 PM
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Todays Ride
Well ....
Today's ride didn't go as planned. We (Todd, Mark, Loftus and me) made it to Elkton Va to pick up Bloochdog but when we worked our way up the mountain the road we wanted to ride was...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-09-2013, 08:52 AM
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Tomorrow ride
For all you retired, weekend workers or self employed inmates .... a couple of us are taking off early in the morning for some dirt and gravel up near Sperryville (211 and the Parkway). I got my...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-08-2013, 01:51 PM
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Crash
DrWhipit .......
wow .... Im glad your ok. Nasty looking flip. Im glad you were not on the 800GS. Heal quickly.
Madstrom and I had a very nice ride yesterday with an overnight at Sherando...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-06-2013, 03:30 PM
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Everyone is home working on their bike today. ...
Everyone is home working on their bike today. After a couple of hundred miles with the wife I'm doing the same. I got the Wolfman racks on the DRZ400. The bags are mounted and its ready to go for...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-04-2013, 02:38 PM
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KLIM Customer Service
Kudos to KLIM for their "Guarantee to keep you dry" warranty.
After my last "RAIN" event I noticed a wet spot on my arm when I got home. After a quick phone call .... off went my Badlands...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-04-2013, 02:56 AM
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Bent Rims
Welcome to Tower Rd. It has a history of bending rims. Ask me how I know. It's a fun road but some of the landings after the Whoop-T-Whoo's have very large rocks that are waiting for a nice wheel...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-03-2013, 06:04 AM
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Video
Wow...
Andrew .... Thanks for the birds eye view. I have a much better idea of what that's all about now. I'm not even close to those skills.
If anyone is interested in setting up a slow...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-02-2013, 06:36 PM
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Mondays ride
I also remember a DRZ400 kicking ass on that trip. Even on the pavement it was never far behind. Very impressive! That single cylinder was working hard. I love my big GS but I'd love to join you...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-02-2013, 12:31 PM
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video
Nice... very nice. Shows the road in off of 60.
Guy, keep us posted on the tear down. Looks very interesting. Greg, now is the time to clean that puppy up. NOT!:rofl
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-02-2013, 10:07 AM
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second Video
Here is a second video edited off of iMovie. Sorry its not HD. Thank goodness for a nice set of shocks. Look at them work!
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-02-2013, 09:48 AM
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Marks get off
Marks get off was going up Tower Rd about 1/3 of the way up. It may have been after one of the whoop T whoo's. When I rode up they were dragging the darn thing back up to the road. Todd's right...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-02-2013, 06:10 AM
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results from yesterday
One of the "get offs" yesterday resulted in a cracked valve cover guard. It went down in heavy gravel but the Machineart guard did its job.
Todd ... I have around 7 really good videos but...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
04-01-2013, 09:04 PM
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Todays Video
Thanks Jeremy. I always let the inspection go an additional month so technically I still have another 30 days. :D Its my way of saying this inspection crap is for the birds. We sure missed you on...
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