Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Brownsville under the Rt40 bridge

 

Jun 19th-21st is a good weekend to ride and rack up some miles for charity



https://www.rideapart.com/articles/426808/the-ride-is-calling-all-riders/

 

Cool! Just the other day I was cruising on Rt 48 south of Elizabeth. It’s beautiful countryside out there. Next on the list is West Newton.

 

This thing sounds wicked

 

I settled on bronze.



(that’s copper on the right)

 

I was able to have time before the storms moved in to practice a new exercise.

I drew a 30’ circle (faint pink line in picture) and practiced my leaning and counter balancing technique while running the circle at different speeds.

I was shaky at first and couldn’t maintain the line, but after a while I honed my technique and got REALLY good at counter balancing and staying smooth.

By the time I was done (admittedly totally worn out and soaked with sweat), I had scraped the peg feelers on both sides and utilized about 99% of the tread surface on the front tire.
Now I know why people call this thing “the Miata of motorcycles.”

 

What bike? Looks like a jap inline 4.... 3k mile OCI no probs, 1500 is rather excessive.

 

I'm equally impressed with your circle drawing abilities and scraping on both sides, especially at lower speeds. You're going to be a better rider than 99% of the people out there with all this practicing.

 

Hmmmm kinda want to get these
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/xkursion-xb-fast-lane-saddlebags

 

Hey, thanks! I appreciate the feedback very much.

For the circle, I took along a 15’ long string and tied it to one of the spokes on the front wheel.
Then I pulled it tight and duck-walked in that radius while dragging the sidewalk chalk with my other hand.

I’m a weird f-ing guy.

 

Were these plug and play or do you have to cut and solder? I’m thinking about getting them for my bike very soon

 

Seriously this.... the practicing is doing you SO MUCH good in the long run.

 

You can see he cut the wires in that pic.

 

It’s been a long day leave me alone!

 

1k service done! Gotta pick the girl up on Saturday!

 

2018 cbr600rr
it is I know you are right, but the way I justify it is I am riding roughly 2k miles a year so doing it at 1500 miles would be just about one oil change per year, my typical ride is short as well, so for me 2k miles would be roughly turning the bike on 150-200, had I been running longer distances I would more than likely be changing at 2500k. A lot of this depends on the bike and the tune as well, this bike is pretty rich from the factory so I dont mind changing oil sooner than later..



will be considering a tune in the future, but have not started looking into that one yet

 

Im jealous! Mine was $430. I bet @uhplifted was $500 with that CA tax

 

When I had my FZ, I just changed at the beginning of every season.

 

The un-worn part is called chicken strips. Because most people dont turn. Glad to see you are using all of your tire investment.

Man, I havent ridden in a while it seems. I keep missing all the good days because my work schedule or because of truck projects. But Im mostly caught up now, so I should be able to get out and ride again

 

would love to ride this thing around for a weekend

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1988-Other-Makes-/153954265902?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10