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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #150 on: April 23, 2017, 02:39:16 AM »
I most certainly did! :thumb:

Return 300 mile trip. When I arrived in Golden Bay I found that the rear tire tread had disappeared. I tried all the tire centers in the nearest (small) city, 70 miles away and drew a blank. The local motorcycle shop tried for me and located one, a Metzeler MeZ-2. It is a steel belted radial but not too badly priced; seems like they are OEM for some Triumphs. The shop of course had to remove the wheel as mine does not have a centre stand. The mechanic however had worked on Guzzis for 12 years but paying someone to take it out hurts. (More Guzzi content :wink:)

I am very pleased with the way the tire feels, more planted than the Sport Demon. Will be interested to see how it wears.

The trip home was like the trip up, some bits you could at least do the speed limit but other times the triffids made their presence felt. The fuel light came on at 180 miles, which means the Breva has a range of about 260 miles :thumb:. She ran perfectly for the whole trip, and I had a great week away.
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #151 on: April 23, 2017, 09:10:10 AM »
I rode again today. Had too. Cool but dry. Forecast for the week is rain with snow mixed. Besides I'm going to go to work this week.

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #152 on: April 23, 2017, 01:42:39 PM »
Short ride in the rain to church as it was "Blessing of the Bikes" today.
Rode the Griso, I had the only bike there.
Everyone else had more sense...

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #153 on: April 23, 2017, 03:15:31 PM »
Absolutely, 2 of em. It was good for me..  :smiley:
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #154 on: April 23, 2017, 03:37:16 PM »
Did an after lunch fifty miler

Tried a road I hadn't ridden before
Found a new cafe......some good cafes at little airstrips I find
Got lost for 30 minutes in the Lincolnshire Wolds

Should set me up for the work week ahead  :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #155 on: April 24, 2017, 05:36:53 PM »
597.3 miles...mostly of Texas

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #156 on: April 24, 2017, 05:52:44 PM »
ANZAC day, public holiday here. It's raining and pretty drac but I think I'll take a ride around a loop of villages and have a look at the war memorials. Seems fitting.

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #157 on: April 24, 2017, 08:26:02 PM »
Wife and I rode the three twisted sisters in the Texas hill country. We are staying in Fredericksburg and did a 275 mile loop of sorts.  Got our lean on for a few dozen hundred times.  it was a great day. Rode 16 from Fredericksburg to Medina, then 337 to Camp Wood, up 55 to Barksdale, and on 335 to highway 41. East over to 336, then down to Leakey. Back up 83 to 39 and into Kerrville. Then 16 back to the hotel.
The best part of riding a motorcycle is to tilt the horizon and to lift the front coming out of a corner and to drift the back end powering thru loose dirt and to catch a little air topping a hill and... yeah it's all good!

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #158 on: April 24, 2017, 10:37:31 PM »
ANZAC day, public holiday here. It's raining and pretty drac but I think I'll take a ride around a loop of villages and have a look at the war memorials. Seems fitting.

Pete

Same here but the weather was great. :thumb:

Did the annual Saint Johns ANZAC day ride to Little River, about a 100 mile round trip. It is put on by the Christchurch Ulysses club who get donated bike goods to raffle, supply all the food and ALL money raised goes to one of the local St Johns. Always a good day out, catch up with guys you already know and meet some new ones.
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #159 on: April 28, 2017, 07:45:28 PM »


 Yep! 373 miles! Visiting my oldest son in St. Louis...drinking beer and watching ths Stanley Cup Playoffs...go Blues!!!
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #160 on: April 28, 2017, 07:49:19 PM »
Yep! 373 miles! Visiting my oldest son in St. Louis...drinking beer and watching ths Stanley Cup Playoffs...go Blues!!!

Hey dude, catch me on the way back I'm @ the 77th yard stick on 44 ROGER?

Oh and HELL NO! I had to work!
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #161 on: April 28, 2017, 07:54:17 PM »
I might need a canoe to get to you...EVERY creek, river, and ditch is FULL already full and the heaviest rain is yet to come...🤓

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #162 on: April 28, 2017, 08:05:22 PM »
I did ... the old college inaugurated a new president today (that's 25 in 250 years), so I decided to put on the tasseled loafers, the khaki pants, the oxford shirt, the garnet-and-gray school tie, and folded a blue jacket into the top box, and hit the road.   Changed out of the armored mesh into the sportcoat at the "do" and suddenly I was "in style" again, partying like it was 1974.   

Outdoor under the huge oak trees with the breeze blowing,some good speeches, some good singing by the school chorus, nice trooping of the colors by the ROTC, and then an outdoor reception with an unbelievable amount and quality of food.  Talked to old profs that taught ME 45 years ago ... then zoomed the back roads home.

When I ride, I'm 18 again, every time ....

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #163 on: April 28, 2017, 08:17:44 PM »
I might need a canoe to get to you...EVERY creek, river, and ditch is FULL already full and the heaviest rain is yet to come...🤓

You need to at least stop at the Elbow Bar on the way home. If the Roaring Rubidoux don't rise too high. It's a funky little joint on Rt66 @ Devil's Elbow. Still got my digits right? 
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #164 on: April 28, 2017, 08:50:10 PM »
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #165 on: April 28, 2017, 09:15:21 PM »
The Blue one.
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #166 on: April 29, 2017, 12:52:21 AM »
I took the G out for a flog and tried to get the new Ti pipes to colour up like the Ghetto bad boyz! No such luck, whether it is me being a softcock or simply the fact the air was bloody cold they're only getting jiggy down about a foot from the port!

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #167 on: April 29, 2017, 08:35:45 AM »
You need to at least stop at the Elbow Bar on the way home. If the Roaring Rubidoux don't rise too high. It's a funky little joint on Rt66 @ Devil's Elbow. Still got my digits right?

We checked it out when we "did" Rt. 66. Harley Bob's wife (Dorcia's sister) wouldn't go in.. :grin:
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #168 on: April 29, 2017, 10:49:43 AM »
We checked it out when we "did" Rt. 66. Harley Bob's wife (Dorcia's sister) wouldn't go in.. :grin:

Is he a Baptist or something? :grin:
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #169 on: April 29, 2017, 10:50:40 AM »
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #170 on: April 29, 2017, 03:50:59 PM »
I took the G out for a flog and tried to get the new Ti pipes to colour up like the Ghetto bad boyz!
Pete

If they are Titanium I don't think it blues does it? Seem to remember that it goes a slight brown after a while.

You will just have to flog it harder.
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #171 on: April 29, 2017, 03:59:06 PM »
Hell no, it's rained about 6 inches today............re ally. I did do a oil & plug change on the LMIII however.


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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #172 on: April 29, 2017, 06:29:40 PM »
Rode about 100 miles to a ride to eat.  :food:  We got several inches of heavy rain, lightning, and high winds. I felt really tough about making it to the meet until I got there and a guy from Wichita rode in on his 1989 FJ1300 with his 15 year old daughter on back.   :cool:  She came voluntarily and put others that weennied out to shame.  On the ride back home I had to keep telling myself to man up and quit whining!   :weiner:
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #173 on: April 29, 2017, 07:42:32 PM »
If they are Titanium I don't think it blues does it? Seem to remember that it goes a slight brown after a while.

You will just have to flog it harder.
My Ti Griso pipes are a gorgeous sort of old gold..
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #174 on: April 30, 2017, 03:18:35 PM »
Nice ride this morning.  Started out about 6:30am, 48* and by 9:30 it was 80*.  Beautiful day, unreal colors.



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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #175 on: April 30, 2017, 09:40:47 PM »
St.Louis toTulsa via Cabool, MO....I-44 closed from Rolla to Lebanon, MO...major high water and flood damage along the way...water still rising in many places...the Norge shrugged it all off as usual and ran like a champ all the way...top speed logged 102 mph....loved having my heated vest...see you in Cedar Vale!

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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #176 on: April 30, 2017, 11:01:39 PM »
Yup,

Today was the perfect day to ride out here around Raleigh, NC. I did feel the need for speed and torque as I got up this morning, so my MG's rested in the stable, while my souped up 96 GSXR burned the country roads around my home up! :)

I love my MG's, and they have all of the speed and torque that I will ever need for around here, but I am still a little stunned to see the differences in performance and handling when I compare my 96 GSXR 1100 with my 96 & 97 MG 1100 Sport bikes.




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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #177 on: May 01, 2017, 02:36:09 AM »
I woke up very early, made coffee and watched the sunrise. Beautiful !



It's supposed to rain all day but I wanted to go up the mountain and check out a living history museum I want to bring my sisters to while they are here for my wife's funeral.

So at 7:30, off I went. Today is a holiday and the streets are nearly empty. . Temps are cool, but not cold. Bike is running great and I'm feeling fine.

Did what I wanted to do,,, wasted some more time and gas wandering,, then came home. Just finished breakfast, drinking a coffee, and its only 9:30 am.😀
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Re: Did you ride your bike today?
« Reply #178 on: May 01, 2017, 04:14:13 PM »
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« Reply #179 on: May 07, 2017, 07:08:27 PM »
Yup.  Took my standard waste of time ride 30 miles for no-ethanol premium to Burnsville, then decided to take the backroads home over the pass just northwest of Mt Mitchell on Rt 197 to get home on time.  If you ever get a chance to ride Rt 197 south of Burnsville, don't pass it up.  The first switchback isn't marked and the speed limit is 55, but you're heading over a high ridge so buyer beware.  Unfortunately, the road ran out of asphalt after I crested the ridge and I didn't have the spirit to try the downhill on dirt.  So I U-turned, enjoyed the ride back to Burnsville, was wicked late, but with a lot of smiles.   Mt. Mitchell and others had a frost cap which looked real nice today.
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