What did you do to your bike today?


Scott_Thomas

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BoneJj

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Made up a cheap camera bracket that mounts to the handlebar. In general a small handycam will be used on it. But, to test the design, I mounted up one of the SLRs just for fun.

Took the bike for a nice ride around the lower part of the thumb of Michigan and the mount appeared to perform quite well.

Brian
That's pretty cool, what kind of parts did you use? I wouldn't mind doing something like that for my friends bike. He's cheap....
 

Diluted

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6R Blackout

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Lowered the front end by another 1/2".


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legioss

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Bought few more gears, textile alpine*s jacket and glove, yesterday and took the bike out for a ride for the first time in my life. Rode it up and down the street in front of my house for approx. 2 hrs (very few traffic, like one car every hr or so).

During the last round of my ride, i asked my gf to come out to show(off) :D, and then it happened......i drop my bike :eek: i was making a large turn in neutral and foot peddling, so i didn't get hurt.

The bike Just seem to have gotten a scratch on some type of metal cover by the shifter, but we will see if there are other damages visible during the day light.
 

Geezer

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It might be mine soon

I took the stupid safety sticker off the tank and waxed it. Then a friend and I road the back roads of Wisconsin enjoying the fall colors.
 

gilkeyb

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That's pretty cool, what kind of parts did you use? I wouldn't mind doing something like that for my friends bike. He's cheap....
Just a 3/4" T-fitting with a cap on the top. You drill a hole in the top to fit a 1/4-20 bolt as long as you need (mine was 2.5", I think this works out well because its not too long to make it unstable but its long enough to fit easily. Then just a couple nuts to lock the bolt and camera in place and you're set. In that picture I had it held on with a bit of two sided tape and some zip-ties. But, hose clamps would work better.

alh081, I tried it just briefly in my street with my 7D + 12-24mm lens and it seemed resonably stable. But I don't think it would stay that way under aggressive acceleration. With a light combo, like my t2i plus kit lens you might be able to pull it off. But its really more suited to point and shoots or handycams.

Brian
 

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Scott_Thomas

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alh081

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removed AIS, installed blockoffs, and installed K&N air filter
 

alh081

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got my bike stand in the mail today. it works well. i do have a question though. This is the first time i had the bike on a stand and i notice as i spin the rear wheel that the chain makes some noise. I'm assuming that is normal?
 

Geezer

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Beautiful Wisconsin day so ...

my friend and I went for a ride. Then we loaded my bike on my trailer for the ride back to Colorado. Going to be cold when I get there so don't know when I will be riding again. Sad to see the warm weather going south for the winter. :(
 

tatty2012

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Rode to work at 5:00am this morning... Starting to get a little chilly around here already...

On a side note, not today, but last Friday I went and bought front and rear stands off of Craigslist. They are DMP S-SPEC stands, barely used (maybe 2-3 times) retail for roughly $80-$90 each. Picked them both up for $50 total!!! Couldn't pass it up!
 

efforex

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Installed my shorty levers from ebay.
 

travisH3

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Woke up my bike from a deep sleep. (It has been raining like crazy and am tired of cleaning it after driving in the rain so I haven't rode the last couple days) and was gonna take the bike around the block and was gone for over an hour lol
 

BKP

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Picked up some Freeze Out gear today...
I'm riding year round!!
 

6R Blackout

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Rode it round trip about 80 miles, and got it up to --- speed. You know get on it hard and blow out the carbon build up yeah I just enjoyed my ride to and from work!


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JT

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bleedinblue

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alh081

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i just drove 30 miles out of town and sat in traffic to pick up something for her...=)
 


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