Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

That's right around where I got my bike from I think. Some awesome rock riding up there.

 

Seems factory is Kawasaki KHL 15-10, may also be Kayaba 01. Both around 15.3 - 15.6 cSt @ 40 C. Was planning on using Amsoil shock oil, but their 5wt is even higher - 15.9. Both Motul 5's also similar. Looks like I'll have to do a big jump to something like Red Lines extralight 2.5 - 8 rating. Or mix the 5 and 2.5 together and try end up in the middle.

 

Well little to no pain is definitely a good thing! Just need to find a stationary hobby for a couple months. Keep the mind alive.

 

@TacoTyusday You camping Sunday night at the track? It's my first time there so I'm not sure what the camping situation is like.

 

Rode the moto to the bitching RC shop / Hobby store to get some random small parts (maybe 15$ worth) for my proper 1/10th scale RC LCG capra portal axle build that's been slowly coming together.

Ended up also walking out with this. A lil 1/18th portal axle crawler - Redcat Ascent 18... I had seen them when they came out, went damn that's a bitching crawler for the 120$ price point but nawwww I dont need it.

Saw it in person and went. Son of a .... It crawls great out of the box and the price is right. Ooooooook.

 

I’ve had a bunch. Here’s a couple. The red Honda CBX “ ADV”was probably my favorite.

 

Nice first gen FJR

 

Been awhile since I've done any dirt riding. Actually 5yrs to be exact. Did 10x better than I did 5yrs ago. Losing over 40lbs probably definitely helped with that.
Anywho we weren't even out there 5 mins and my brother front flipped his sxs. We however did ride about 40mil off road today. Had a great time. I was the only 1 out there on a dirtbike.

 

Made use of an unusually warm weekend here in PA.Saturday took my Honda CB400F out for its final ride for the season and filled it up with Non-Ethanol gas to put it away for the winter. Got a couple decent pics of it




Made plans with @FreshOldTaco to meet for lunch in Forksville, PA for cheese steaks and then a ride to try and find some nice backgrounds to take some pics of my FJR to enter in a calendar contest. 41 degrees and foggy AF along the Susquehanna River on my ride north, Heated jacket liner and gloves were in use. You cross this cool old covered bridge coming into town.



The General Store and restaurant.



@FreshOldTaco showing up.




Lunch, and a little history on the place.




Thanks for lunch Kevin! You didn't have to do that.

Forksville is only a couple of miles from World's End State Park and some Google searching came up with what should have been some nice backdrops for photos. First was an overlook right off of the road. A road which was not paved and required a short walk making it impossible to have my bike n the picture. We had a lot of fun making U-turns here. Next was a roadside view of a waterfall. Well, it would be a waterfall if we'd had some rain recently. Flip side is that if we'd had rain we would probably not have ridden street bikes to get there.





Right after this we headed back to some paved road, a quick fuel stop for @FreshOldTaco, a little more riding then we split off going our separate ways home. I did stumble across another site near Eagles Mere, PA that prompted me to turn around and take a couple more pics,





So which one of those last 3 do I submit for a calendar contest?

 

I did 115 miles today on the bonnevile with a couple of very old friends. Weather was perfect, low 70's. Very enjoyable ride. Parked the bike with a full tank and startron added to it. Just in case I don't get a chance to get back on it for another ride.

 

Went for a ~150 mile ride with my friend today. Went to get coffee, then to the beach to crawl 1/18 crawlers. He ended up really enjoying it and I sold him another 1/18 crawler I had lying around. We like the small crawlers because they're small enough to fit in our bike luggage so we can ride and take a break to crawl before riding again.

 

Finished setting up for tomorrow. Working out all the kinks with my setup. Just waiting for @TacoTyusday

 

Top one. Ditch the timestamp also. Quick phone edit:

 

I’m en route now my friend, about 30 out haha I’ll keep an eye out for your setup

 

One of the other reasons I grabbed the lil ascent 18

 

Did people push the logs off forked river mtn?

 

Nice to see everyone out getting some miles

Did the same. 180 with a group of friends. Waterfalls, 160 miles, and 180 year old farm house. Perfect weather, as others have said. Quite the range of bikes, too. A Metric bagger, CX500, Repsol CBR, T100, K100 Brick, 3 late(r) model Guzzi's, Street Triple, V strom. Hodge Podge group. Back to the work week now.

 

Nice pics Chuck, great day yesterday! Delicious cheesesteak and beautiful area up there, especially with the colorful trees. Chilly starting off in the morning but a heated jacket liner is everything. Luckily I didn't have the fog you did. Definitely a fun ride...I did 361 miles total and it was a good mix of blasting on the highway and scenic backroads. That's a cool spot you found too, more to explore than there is time in the day. Of course the only pics I took were the same ones you did at the waterfall spot

 

I’m about $500 into my $99 Ascent haha. Not much Ascent left but I love it.