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« Last post by nwguy on November 28, 2025, 08:45:47 PM »
It is generally considered unwise to wear laced footwear riding motorcycles. This becomes immediately apparent if you ever get a loose lace tangled around a shift/brake lever, kickstand, etc. However you may always tie your laces securely. 
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« Last post by nwguy on November 28, 2025, 08:41:26 PM »
I'd like to buy a gauntlet set of Lee Parks deerskin gloves. Anyone have experience with the "PCI" version shown here? https://leeparksdesign.com/deersports-pci/I've been reading this from the maker of "Outlast phase-change lining" used in these gloves: https://www.outlast.com/en/discover-outlast/news-events/phase-change-materialwhere "micro encapsulated wax" melts and solidifies based on your hand/skin temperature, moderating the temperature. I like deerskin and wonder if this lining would feel weird, leave a wax residue on me or in some way be undesirable compared to the straight deerskin version here: https://leeparksdesign.com/deersports/I like the idea of a cooler weather glove (the PCI), me being from the Pacific NW, but maybe the plain old deerskin is a safer bet. Opinions anyone?
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« Last post by Clifton on November 28, 2025, 08:30:32 PM »
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« Last post by SIR REAL ED on November 28, 2025, 06:43:26 PM »
For my needs, it must be comfortable for walking. Some level of protection is also good.
Not really looking for cold weather application.
Appearance is not a significant factor.
Thanks in advance.
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« Last post by 1wild1 on November 28, 2025, 06:19:40 PM »
Upshifts are easy, just let off the throttle for a split second and back on it. You drop the rpm's to match the next gear. next time you are riding in 3rd or 4th on the gas, give a pressure up on the shift lever then ease of the gas and it will glide right in. Then work on the timing of off throttle just long enough for it to want to shift then right on the throttle like you would using the clutch only half the time. Then try downshifting from 6th to 5th, less off the gas than upshift and as you are hitting the lever down you slightly rev it. This will seem smoother at first and easier to try. It is easier at higher rpm's, at least over 4k. 1-2 and 2-3 is gonna be the harder ones with the greater rpm change. I don't push it that hard. But 3rd and up I have if I'm playing and rinning hard.There's no way to tell you exactly how it's done, it's a lot of feel. If you watch the schaff video on the v85 he runs the first half with no clutch giving a very good demo of how it's done. Even without the rev matching or easing the gas for a split second, enough force will cause the shift to happen. I'm at 27k miles and I will hear a slight clunk 1-2-3 but not feel anything. My honda fury clunks about twice as loud as the MG. my sons bmw s1000r QS is super smooth and I wish we could have it that good, but we like it old school, right.
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« Last post by normzone on November 28, 2025, 06:07:44 PM »
I have just returned from a trawl through the Swap Meet page.
I saw one jacket in about 45 lines of bikes and parts.
But I may as well post my size 13 Gasolinas with an extra buckle on there.
Why the extra buckle, a coworker asked?
Because it makes them more ... buckly.
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« Last post by TN Mark on November 28, 2025, 03:54:57 PM »
This is what Grok replied with:
Yes, this is a very common symptom and almost always points to one of two issues (or sometimes both at the same time):
1. Fuel pump is starting to fail / overheating when the tank is low
The electric fuel pump is mounted inside the fuel tank and is cooled and lubricated by the gasoline that surrounds it. When the tank gets down to ¼ or less (your “three bars or less”), there’s not enough fuel left to keep the pump fully submerged and cool.
Under sudden heavy throttle the engine suddenly demands a lot more fuel. A weak or hot pump can’t keep up with the surge, pressure drops for a split second, and the engine bogs or stumbles exactly as you describe. Smooth throttle is fine because the demand rises gradually and the pump can (just barely) keep up.
Filling the tank puts cool fuel back around the pump → problem disappears until the level drops again.
This is the #1 reason people experience exactly what you’re feeling on modern cars (roughly 1996 and newer with in-tank pumps).
2. Clogged fuel filter or “fuel sock” (pickup screen) in the tank
Less common now because many cars have lifetime filters or the filter is part of the pump assembly, but when the sock gets partially plugged with debris it acts like a straw with a kink: low demand = OK, sudden high demand = it cavitates and starves the pump. Again, more fuel in the tank raises the level above the debris that’s settled on the bottom and temporarily fixes it.
What it almost never is
• Vapor lock (basically gone on fuel-injected cars)
• Bad gas (you’d have problems all the time, not just when low)
• Clogged main injectors (same – constant problem)
What to do
• Next time it happens, immediately fill the tank halfway and see if the problem instantly goes away. If it does → 99% chance it’s the pump starting to die.
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« Last post by n3303j on November 28, 2025, 03:21:35 PM »
Permanent magnet alternator output is constant at given RPM.
Thought regulators on permanent magnet alternators controlled output by turning excess current into heat by shorting output to ground. Hence the finned aluminum case.
By nature if you are cruising in the higher RPM ranges and you don't have a high load using the system output those regulators will run hot. It's a crude system that wastes some horsepower. But it's simple and the rotors never fail.
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« Last post by Tom on November 28, 2025, 02:49:21 PM »
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« Last post by Tom on November 28, 2025, 02:46:31 PM »
Being the furthest south, this is my advice......  I moved back to Hawaii.  Short of that, Amazon has a bunch of stuff for cold weather riding. The best that I could find is an electric vest that's powered by a separate lithium pack. Check the particulars of the wattage and length of time required for the vest. FF helmet balaclava, layered clothing etc. Long Johns? I have ridden in snow in Hawaii and the Alps. Should be fun! If I still live in NJ or PA, I'd join you. Looks like fun.  Hershey would definitely be a stop. 👍
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