Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

What the hell.

 

It's still in the pants, as requested.

 

Pending boredom tomorrow. I might go look at one of these.

https://www.ultimatecycle.net/new-models/2024-cfmoto-papio-cl-powhatan-va-23139-12353352i
https://www.ultimatecycle.net/new-models/2024-cfmoto-700cl-x-powhatan-va-23139-12353288i

 

The storms scared people i guess. Plus the route has water crossings that will be rivers.

Im still going out, just at higher elevations

 

As long as you don't expect it to last or to be able to get parts, go for bad.

Go look up any of the one year plus reviews on CF moto SxS and you'll see that they break and are impossible to get parts for. I won't touch a china bike with a 10 foot pole. It's like the old soviet cars. No one wants them for a reason.

 

Ah, I didn't think about it being weather related. That makes sense. Bummer, but it's better to be safe.

 

Well all right.. Will go look at more RC trucks then.

 

Ill post some pics. The road supposedly has some nice whoops. I know ill want to try to get air. Probably means ill just crash lol. Spoken like Ive jumped anything before

 

Air? On the AT?

 

Flat it was not. Plenty uphill and then the downhills were a lot of fun

 

40 mile ride out , then back, with the wife on back. We went to the book store. She had some kids books she wanted to give as gifts.

We have some nice back roads in our area. And they are resurfacing one of my favorites.

I will be back!


but I need new front rubber .... oh! the agony ;-)

 

Played golf (I suck) then came home to continue work on the GSXR. I cleaned the chain, took off the rear wheel and cleaned it and the inside of the swing arm, took off the front sprocket cover and cleaned all the crap out of there. Did an oil and filter change, took off the air box and changed the spark plugs, you could tell the bike had been outside and was dirty but I have it mostly clean now. If I would have done a thorough inspection ( not sure exactly how without tearing the bike apart) I would have offered less money. Anyway it’s satisfying to say that I have taken it apart and detailed it. All I have left is the front wheel to remove and clean it up, calipers rotors ect. I did end up having to order the upper side piece ( called the air duct cover) because my plastic welding didn’t hold and they broke right off. It’s fine for now. I am hoping to get it all done tomorrow and go for a ride Saturday.

 

After the gym I went and got some bits for the klx! Just some simple open hand guards to try them out and see how I feel about it. Also got an hour meter since mine didn't come with one. Took a couple pics of it outside and slapped my old moose handle bar pad on the bars. I wanted to buy some fat bars but they raised the price in the store I got to .... I stead of 75 they want 150 there so that's fun!

 

Run the bars you have till they bend. You'll need new clamps for fat bars unless kawi has a removable insert or something

 

so i actually have new clamps lol. back when i installed fat bars on my old klx i bought the wrong adapters for it since the s model on the drz is formed into the tripple tree not one you can unbolt like the klx and most other modern bikes. welll i was to lazy to return them for my 40 bucks back so i still have them in my garage lol.

 

As long as the DH was good I can suffer the odd climb. Tree cover / area looked good too so that helps. I only just took my bicycle off the stand and put new tires and sealant in, haven't even rode around the block yet this season, and we have a mini DH park 5 mins from the house.

 

I did do this moto related today.

8 in riser bar for my rack. Came in from Australia.

Anyone have storage ideas? When it was a straight bar I just stored it upright in my old bumper (modified into a stand) behind the bicycle. It's too top/front heavy for that now.



Current moto wall

 

Gym in the evening?? Brave haha.

 

could hang it from the celing or something with chains?

also your garage looks more packed then mine!

sorta? more of after work. so roughly 330pm or 4pm is when we usually go after work. go for an hour or so then go home to take care of the dogs

 

I prefer mounting to the wall where I can pull it out easily vs trying to lift it.

It is. I have no room.

That firebird needs put back on the ground and rolled outside so I can actually have space. Then add in the few random yard stuff (weed eater/leaf blower) and kids toys there isn't any room.

That wall is all moto/bicycle

The wall to the left is my workbench and tools, opposite wall has the interior door, spray paint/fluid cabinet, toys, welder, generator.