It’s a great looking Derby cover , I am nearly done now , it’s booked in next week to have the stage one map . I have a new battery to install , I will wait for the weather to get better , and then new tyres at the end of the riding season . Chrome is king .
What did you do on or to your bike today? (Part II)
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go ahead and live dangerously brother. i run you out of gas, i may as well run ya out of fob battery. i got spares and a hose and pop bottle for gas.
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when you rob the fob it's time to change.
Went for usual ride earlier, whole week has been pretty decent riding, no encounters with idiots.
Friday is laundry day, so I decided to detail the Diablo quick so I could throw the detailing rag in the wash. Noticed when wiping it down, the windshield seemed a little loose at the back. Pulled the manual out to check torque spec on those screws... 5-7 in-lbs. How tf do you even measure that? I just tightened the screws to "finger tight plus a hair snug". It was really only the rear-most screws on either side that were loose.
Friday is laundry day, so I decided to detail the Diablo quick so I could throw the detailing rag in the wash. Noticed when wiping it down, the windshield seemed a little loose at the back. Pulled the manual out to check torque spec on those screws... 5-7 in-lbs. How tf do you even measure that? I just tightened the screws to "finger tight plus a hair snug". It was really only the rear-most screws on either side that were loose.
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Kyle that sure sounds like 5-7 lbs ta me. That's the way I measure it. If it's a bolt that says ,finger tight and enuff after first grunt
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When they say foot lbs, don't push that little extra with that size 11 either
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Kainam, you don't need that shit in Alabama
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Kyle asked and Brian answered
Kyle asked and Brian answered hmmm what if you needed below 5 inch?
Oh my god!
I think I can smell that all the way down here, in Daytona!
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No Harbor Freight in Brian's tool box I see.
I've long lost my mil-spec calibrated elbow.
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He's got the good chit in that tool box
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I need a couple of o rings for the float on the DR650. I have a box and they are too small or too big Grrrrr.
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New phone camera takes quality pictures eh?
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Eh. Looks like an advertisement
They really are incredible. The newer/ish Pixel cameras don't even need to use the flash. The low light sensitivity is that good. I can take a pic of stuff too dark for me to see and the camera will pick it up no problem.
I leave my good camera at home except for special occasions now.
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A different kinda ride!
This morning my bride and i headed out to our riding buddies place (he has a broken foot and can't ride. His bikes been in unplanned storage since October.) He (Eric) said it was October but, I'm thinking it was November... but anyways, ya get the idea. (he broke his foot at work, not in a m/c accident).
My bride and Eric took the MSF class together and both have been riding street for about 3 years. Eric started with a Sporty then switched out to a SGS. Lisa has not been behind the bars on anything larger than her 1200 Sporty. Until today.
Today when we (Lisa & I) stopped to top off the fuel tanks, she said she wanted to ride my Ultra in that big empty parking lot next to the gas station... So, to the lot we went.
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She rode around that lot for 15-20 minutes. No issues at all. (Just the normal skittish.)
When we got to Eric's another riding buddy of ours was there, James. We all hung around BS'n and teasing.
Eric, wanted me to run his bike. To knock the flat spots out of the tires and stur the fluids.
We left the Sporty at Erics. Lisa on my Ultra and I rode Erics SGS. Rode around the neighborhood for a few laps.
Eric, called her out on riding the big bike... So then, she wanted to ride the Ultra for the day... She didn't want to attempt the freeway (especially in Temecula! (That's always a madhouse) We rode around the byways where the traffic was light. A few struggles with stopping smoothly, a quick lesson in releasing the front brake around 15-20 mph smoothed that right up.
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We wound up in Wildomar, (a spot on the map between Lk. Elsinore and Temecula) So she wanted to ride over to visit her Mom at the other end of Temecula. Through town... Lots and lots of stops. Visited with her mom for a 1/2 hour or so, then back to Eric's to trade bikes back.
All n all right at 100 miles running around. She was very happy and we were all surprised just how well she did with her first time on a touring bike.
The weather was just perfect! 65 leaving the house, then the temps gradually climbed to 84 Bluebird day!
The last 5 miles or so the temps dropped 10 degrees. Now got the clouds rolling over..
Great time! Great friends!
This morning my bride and i headed out to our riding buddies place (he has a broken foot and can't ride. His bikes been in unplanned storage since October.) He (Eric) said it was October but, I'm thinking it was November... but anyways, ya get the idea. (he broke his foot at work, not in a m/c accident).
My bride and Eric took the MSF class together and both have been riding street for about 3 years. Eric started with a Sporty then switched out to a SGS. Lisa has not been behind the bars on anything larger than her 1200 Sporty. Until today.
Today when we (Lisa & I) stopped to top off the fuel tanks, she said she wanted to ride my Ultra in that big empty parking lot next to the gas station... So, to the lot we went.
She rode around that lot for 15-20 minutes. No issues at all. (Just the normal skittish.)
When we got to Eric's another riding buddy of ours was there, James. We all hung around BS'n and teasing.
Eric, wanted me to run his bike. To knock the flat spots out of the tires and stur the fluids.
We left the Sporty at Erics. Lisa on my Ultra and I rode Erics SGS. Rode around the neighborhood for a few laps.
Eric, called her out on riding the big bike... So then, she wanted to ride the Ultra for the day... She didn't want to attempt the freeway (especially in Temecula! (That's always a madhouse) We rode around the byways where the traffic was light. A few struggles with stopping smoothly, a quick lesson in releasing the front brake around 15-20 mph smoothed that right up.
We wound up in Wildomar, (a spot on the map between Lk. Elsinore and Temecula) So she wanted to ride over to visit her Mom at the other end of Temecula. Through town... Lots and lots of stops. Visited with her mom for a 1/2 hour or so, then back to Eric's to trade bikes back.
All n all right at 100 miles running around. She was very happy and we were all surprised just how well she did with her first time on a touring bike.
The weather was just perfect! 65 leaving the house, then the temps gradually climbed to 84 Bluebird day!
The last 5 miles or so the temps dropped 10 degrees. Now got the clouds rolling over..
Great time! Great friends!
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1/2 it sounds like your bout ta buy mama a bigger sled. She's got that fever now
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