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Topic: What did you do to your bike today (Read 252387 times)
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bogfro
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 14, 2009, 06:38:40 PM »
Washed the bugs off the front, cleaned the chain, checked the chain slack, and inspected the tire wear. Sat on it for a moment and pretended to be out riding.... Let out a big sigh and came back in the house.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 14, 2009, 07:11:10 PM »
Added 6.5 oz of Silkolene Pro FST to the tank. It's supposed to be in the low 30's tomorrow am. I hope the humidity is up as well. If so we'll see if that stuff really helps with carburator icing.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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Reply #122 on:
April 14, 2009, 08:01:59 PM »
Got it spiffed up in preparation for selling.
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Dood, interesting bike. Did you customize it yourself, or was it all f*cked up when you bought it?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 15, 2009, 01:05:26 PM »
Took the wheels off and am headed for new tires so I can ride it for the season. Also ordered LSL damper
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 15, 2009, 03:13:37 PM »
Put some sweet highway pegs from Twisted Throttle on it and rode some more.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 16, 2009, 08:14:47 PM »
put on some avs short silver break and clutch levers
http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=5182
can't wait for my new front wheel to come in so i can ride again...ps michigan roads suck...pps the levers are warranted to not break for 5 years. if you bend of break it they will replace it for free!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 16, 2009, 08:22:39 PM »
After just having washed it, I had to wash it again. Went for a short ride today, and part of it ended up being through a large swarm of gnats.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 17, 2009, 12:17:54 PM »
I found it, at the back of the garage burried behind insulation, tool boxes, wiring spools, 2 generators, 3 fuel cans and a bucket of drywall screws.
Then I hauled it out and spent 2 hours cleaning it up, lubing the chain and adjusting the tire pressures. Tomorrow I'm going riding. I think I'll go to Montreal and then swing on up into the Laurentians for some fun in the mountains. This could be good.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 17, 2009, 12:22:10 PM »
Parked the bikes in front of the garage and oogled at them with some buddies.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 17, 2009, 07:29:40 PM »
Changed the water pump oil seal, with no gaskets, in the dark, in the driveway. Hope is a method. Rode the pseudomoto thru town. Hey it was looking at me the whole time I was working on the other bike.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 17, 2009, 08:36:22 PM »
I brought my "new" one home
Went out for a short spin & I like it.
It will certainly have more "by me" mileage on it by the end of the weekend!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 17, 2009, 09:22:42 PM »
Quote from: mugwump58 on April 17, 2009, 07:29:40 PM
...Rode the pseudomoto thru town...
"pseudomoto"
Great word for the little buggers.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 10:04:37 AM »
Quote from: KLRchickie on April 17, 2009, 08:36:22 PM
I brought my "new" one home
Went out for a short spin & I like it.
It will certainly have more "by me" mileage on it by the end of the weekend!
Great choice, good taste, wish I had one, and have fun
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 01:22:43 PM »
Changed the oil, it really needed it. Want to go for a ride, but I haven't invested in my summer gear yet, so I'll wait for it to cool off a bit.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 04:20:49 PM »
Removed the clutch slave and cover, cleaned out all the accumulated geck.
Changed the oil, installed fork brace, cleaned 'n polished. Now it's ready for another year!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 04:40:16 PM »
Finished a complete rear-end change on the GL1200. Found that it's front wheel bearings are bad.
Got the Trophy out to clean it up. (Looks filthy).
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 05:28:49 PM »
My '03 Blackbird came with black wheels; I noticed the newer models in Europe and Australia (not sold in
the US since '03) came with silver wheels and I liked the look. I found a set of silver OEM wheels on ebay
being sold by a guy in Canada. I was the only bidder and got them for $25 (OEM price is about $300, so it
was a heck of a good buy!). I had new tires mounted (I was over due for new rim protectors) and got
them on the bike today after transferring the rotors. I am very happy with the look and it didn't cost me
much $. Picture below (please ignore the messy garage).
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April 18, 2009, 05:30:54 PM »
I remembered how to ride it... Been riding the FZ lately. Got on my Sportster today and was like, "how the hell do I lean this thing?" I blew a few turns.
But it came back to me... and I sought out the twisties.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 06:28:03 PM »
added 366 miles to the odometer and removed an unknown portion of chicken strips.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
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April 18, 2009, 06:41:55 PM »
I scraped most of the grunge off of mine. It's not clean by any stretch of the imagination but it is less dirty then it was.
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