Author Topic: How was your day (Read 619503 times)

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1710 on:** February 17, 2018, 08:02:08 AM »

^^^

Lovely pics My Brother from another Mother

Oh , John , ya better tell them why life is so wonderful

Dusty

tazio · « **Reply #1711 on:** February 23, 2018, 06:19:24 PM »

200 miles of twisted road covered. Me and my pal Steve flying the Italian flags.
Me on the mighty GRiSO, and him with his 250cc Aprilia.
Saw this little innocent looking thing in the middle of the road..

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1712 on:** February 23, 2018, 06:21:48 PM »

That little thing has been around for a while, and will be around when we're gone.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1713 on:** February 23, 2018, 06:41:33 PM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on February 23, 2018, 06:21:48 PM

That little thing has been around for a while, and will be around when we're gone.

Heck , that particular one will probably be around long after most of us are gone

Dusty

tazio · « **Reply #1714 on:** February 23, 2018, 07:05:53 PM »

Ya got to admit, he's a cute little fella...

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1715 on:** February 23, 2018, 07:10:35 PM »

Quote from: tazio on February 23, 2018, 07:05:53 PM

Ya got to admit, he's a cute little fella...

Lovely in fact .

Dusty

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1716 on:** February 27, 2018, 09:34:03 AM »

Finally getting close to getting rid of that stupid KLR.

2018-02-27_10-11-04 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
Austin has learned a *lot* about how engines work, tolerances, etc. He's beginning to become a mechanic instead of a parts changer.

I've learned a lot about patience. This all started in mid December when he asked if he could use the shop while I was out in California for 3 weeks..

ok ok, I'll shut up about it.
And, no, Lucky Phil.. I never said a word about painting it, much less RED.

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #1717 on:** February 27, 2018, 03:01:34 PM »

Well Chuck, I say pull the thermostat, replace it with a beer tap, and install a beer delivery system on the top end. Bada bing, bada bang!

KLR IPA. You can thank me later.............

John Henry

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1718 on:** February 27, 2018, 06:23:50 PM »

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KLR IPA. You can thank me later.............

Ooooh.. I *like* it.

Texas Turnip · « **Reply #1719 on:** March 01, 2018, 10:08:10 AM »

Yestefday they had me scheduled for an MRI to see if my lower back was healing. I get done with the first 45 min session and I'm powered out. I didn't know if I was in Oklahoma or Okinawa. She said you can sit up and I sat up and immediately rolled off to the floor landing on my bad elbow that has the radial head in it. Bruised at least one rib, but thankfully the wrist is OK.

Of all the luck. I go in for a MRI and come out worse than I used to from a bar fight!

Things will get better,Tex

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1720 on:** March 01, 2018, 10:28:24 AM »

Quote from: Texas Turnip on March 01, 2018, 10:08:10 AM

Yestefday they had me scheduled for an MRI to see if my lower back was healing. I get done with the first 45 min session and I'm powered out. I didn't know if I was in Oklahoma or Okinawa. She said you can sit up and I sat up and immediately rolled off to the floor landing on my bad elbow that has the radial head in it. Bruised at least one rib, but thankfully the wrist is OK.

Of all the luck. I go in for a MRI and come out worse than I used to from a bar fight!

Things will get better,Tex

Yeah , about those bar fights , if you hadn't started trouble with entire families things would have worked out differently

Just sayin'

Dusty

guzzimatic · « **Reply #1721 on:** March 02, 2018, 10:50:55 AM »

At a winter ride party a few years ago we had a pony keg of Shiner Bock.We needed a way to get it to the bonfire so,bungies and ratchet straps and presto KegLR! Beer delivery system...

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1722 on:** March 02, 2018, 11:21:45 AM »

Yesterday, after Austin said the electricals weren't compatible

between the two engines, I changed out the rotor, stator, wiring, etc. to push this project along. I'm more than tired of having the shop full of junk KLR parts. Last night, we put oil in it, and cranked it until oil came out the head banjo. The plug was making sparks, so I assume it will run. Nobody will ever convince me that a KLR is simple. (!)

2018-03-02_12-10-56 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
Strangely enough, I wore a Guzzi t shirt to a river conservation meeting last night, and a guy said, "Guzzi, eh? Don't see many of those." He went on to say he'd ridden in all 49 states and all the provinces of Canada eh? on a
wait for it..

KLR.

kirby1923 · « **Reply #1723 on:** March 02, 2018, 11:34:22 AM »

My old KLR has been good to me for sure, but going thru it was like walking in a mine field.

Glad someone of you mechanical ability agrees with me..
Thanks

:-)

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1724 on:** March 02, 2018, 11:42:09 AM »

Well, thanks for the compliment, Mike.. but minefield is an apt description.

RinkRat II · « **Reply #1725 on:** March 02, 2018, 01:19:28 PM »

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Nobody will ever convince me that a KLR is simple. (!)

They're only simple to ride!

Paul B

rodekyll · « **Reply #1726 on:** March 03, 2018, 02:46:08 PM »

Did you ever get sealed into a barrel with a swarm of wasps and a bushel of rocks and then rolled down a hill? That's how my day has gone for the past month, except I also have to roll the barrel back up the hill for the next ride.

Muzz · « **Reply #1727 on:** March 03, 2018, 03:26:58 PM »

Quote from: rodekyll on March 03, 2018, 02:46:08 PM

Did you ever get sealed into a barrel with a swarm of wasps and a bushel of rocks and then rolled down a hill? That's how my day has gone for the past month, except I also have to roll the barrel back up the hill for the next ride.

Sounds as though you have had a rough time of it RK. Hope your days improve.

I almost hate to say it but mine went well. My mate picked me up for the scooter run with the two bikes on the trailer. We got to the starting point, looked at the assembled scooters and decided that ours were more suited to the "clip-on" section. My mates Norman is after all only a single speed. The day was warm, the company great and it was very therapeutic trundling along at 40-45 kms/hr. Life in the slow lane. I could look at the scenery, smell the roses and generally do those things that are liable to kill you at Moto Guzzi speeds. Lunch at the mid point of the ride.

The bikes went well but the "sport" NSU I was on with the C100 engine in it could do with some tweaking. We had two C100's for years and I still have the tools and knowledge to get them to perform as they should. My mate had just cobbled it in to the frame and it went , so that was the sum total of his tuning. Booked in to go out and have a blokes day in his workshop soon.

nick949 · « **Reply #1728 on:** March 03, 2018, 03:48:58 PM »

Despite the UK's best attempts to kill me off, first with the weather and now with a miserable cold, I'm back on the left side of the Atlantic. Here's a few pictures of the last few days of riding / hiking.

Nick

Between Oban and Tydrum, Scotland (this was before it got rough and I had to pull over for the snow plough)

High Cup Nick in the Pennines

Typical riding conditions

Hiking in the Pennines

In mid Wales near Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

click the images for full size

Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #1729 on:** March 03, 2018, 05:46:44 PM »

On Thursday night we rode to the movies, as usual, to see Red Sparrow (predictable but entertaining). Friday night was a ride to partake in Motorcycles On Main, a local town's monthly bike night. It's fun to see the VW trikes, custom mods and paint jobs, but in the three times we've attended, only 1 Guzzi (other than Anni) was spotted. Anni always receives a lot of attention, but I let her bask in it solo rather than miss strolling the boulevard. We also ran into Nate, the salesman that my husband bought his CTX from and his girlfriend, which was a nice surprise.

Tomorrow, assuming a child doesn't come up ill (again), we'll ride to the Arizona MGNOC monthly breakfast. I'm usually clueless regarding what the regulars are chatting about, but I'm sure to pick up some useful tidbit.

The MGNOC ride should break the 1000 mile mark, and then some, for my Anni.

Shorty · « **Reply #1730 on:** March 03, 2018, 09:13:52 PM »

Lovely day in the flatlands. I got to ride each of the bikes on a nice warm up circuit around the edge of town. Yep, my face is tired from grinning. I guess I'll have to soothe it with some fermented sugar cane renderings.

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #1731 on:** March 03, 2018, 09:29:07 PM »

Had our Lions Club Biscuits and Gravy feed fundraiser this evening. Small club with 16 members in a town of 260 and we brought in a bit over $1,000.

GliderJohn

Ncdan · « **Reply #1732 on:** March 03, 2018, 09:46:35 PM »

Give me one and I’ll put it on the windshield of my Calvin and give you some free advertising in my area:)

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1733 on:** March 04, 2018, 08:10:05 AM »

Quote from: nick949 on March 03, 2018, 03:48:58 PM

Despite the UK's best attempts to kill me off, first with the weather and now with a miserable cold, I'm back on the left side of the Atlantic. Here's a few pictures of the last few days of riding / hiking.

Nick

Between Oban and Tydrum, Scotland (this was before it got rough and I had to pull over for the snow plough)

High Cup Nick in the Pennines

Typical riding conditions

Hiking in the Pennines

In mid Wales near Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

click the images for full size

Yep. That proves it. Yer a madman, all right, Nick.

Testarossa · « **Reply #1734 on:** March 06, 2018, 02:56:31 PM »

We finally have a real (skier's) winter here. Two days of prime powder skiing at Snowmass, in about four inches of fluff (six inches in the woods) over a sweet soft surface. And fast new skis! Happy to say that at 69 I can still put the young guys (59?) to shame in tight trees and chutes. Archangel understands.

Sporty driving over McClure pass on packed snow and ice. That road has neither guard rails nor markers, which is why they don't plow at night. The freeze-thaw cycle pries the rocks apart and early mornings see sharp-cornered boulders all over the pavement.

On the other hand it's dry with warm afternoons at home. The snowbank on the north side of barn has melted away, providing access to the door on that side. Thursday/Friday forecast is sunny and 57F, so I'm freshening up the batteries and expect to get the F650 on the road.

Teaching at Vail next week, all week, then off to Squaw Valley!

Muzz · « **Reply #1735 on:** March 09, 2018, 04:20:22 PM »

A good one thanks Dusty.

A quick trip down to the local hardware store for a pack of roofing screws for a project and take the long way home on the Breva to warm the fluids prior to a 500km overdue change.

Change fluids. A concern is the colour of the gearbox oil. Quite grey where it should be golden. Towards the end of my last 1200km trip I thought I could hear a whining in all gears at certain speeds. A bit of a worry after the problems I have had with it.

Got my project storage area built for my project CT200 Honda ag bike out of old pallets with a sheet of iron left over from our re-roof of the house. Cleaned the area up nicely and now have more space to store firewood and garden paraphernalia.

Mowed lawns and weeded garden.

Cut up the remainder of some firewood that needed cutting ready for winter.

Made a couple of firewood racks to hold it all.

Drank some very nice wine to finish a satisfying day where all went well.

(barring the colour of the gearbox oil

)

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1736 on:** March 09, 2018, 07:04:01 PM »

I told Austin that the two most dangerous tools in the shop are a drill press and a common screwdriver. I don't think he believed me on that screwdriver thing. So what did he do?

Fortunately didn't require stitches, although you could see stuff moving around under the wound. Patched him up as best I could and took him to his mom, who is a nurse..

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1737 on:** March 09, 2018, 07:52:07 PM »

Hey Muzz , hope the transmission isn't buggered .

Chuckie , we all gotta learn our lessons the hard way

Dusty

Muzz · « **Reply #1738 on:** March 10, 2018, 03:59:48 AM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on March 09, 2018, 07:04:01 PM

I told Austin that the two most dangerous tools in the shop are a drill press and a common screwdriver. I don't think he believed me on that screwdriver thing. So what did he do? Fortunately didn't require stitches, although you could see stuff moving around under the wound. Patched him up as best I could and took him to his mom, who is a nurse..

I think we have all skewered ourselves at some point Chuck.

Keep this up and his mom might not let him near your place!

Dusty, if it is going tits up again I will spew. I have no idea why it would. When we replaced the faulty pre-select lever Steamdriven and myself painstakingly checked everything. Kev is an aircraft engineer and most certainly knows what he is doing. Surely not even Luigi would send out two sets of faulty gears......

At least the mileage is higher than when it first shat itself.

Testarossa · « **Reply #1739 on:** March 11, 2018, 01:08:19 PM »

We've had a nice weekend. On Friday I got the Mille and the F650 running and on Saturday morning took the small bike about 10 miles out Minnesota Creek Road into grazing territory.

Got home and Gail wanted a ride, so we did the Crawford-Hotchkiss loop on the Mille. Photo is the scenic Kroger's parking lot in Hotchkiss. Heading out again this afternoon for a two-up exploratory toward Lamborn Mesa.

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We've determined that the rectangular pannier boxes aren't big enough for both of us so I guess that puts me in the market for a Hepco Becker rig to fit the Mille. Moto Machines has the rack and 42-liter boxes side boxes for about a grand. Any other recommendations?

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