What did you do to your bike today?

[buzzbomb]

... I have some daddy long legs in my vegetable garden that eat all the stupid bugs trying to eat the veggies....
I like them alot...



I prefer my spidies to yours!! (or Opiliones, which is apparently the proper name)

Nothing personal. But SCREW YOU! LOL, I get busted on all the time because I get to ride nearly year-round. There's always a trade off.

 

[buzzbomb]

Received my 30L Kriega tail bag today. Getting ready for our big trip in October, riding down to Pennsylvania for a wedding and then to the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina!!! Dragon here we come!! (plus all the other AWESOME roads they have down there)

Thank you, by the way, goes to iaminsider's post for the purchase:


in this thread:
http://www.600cc.org/forum/f87/carrying-sh1t-duffle-bags-narrow-seat-31593/

I'll have to pack very carefully to get everything I need into the tail bag and my side cases, but I our accommodations have 24 hour laundry. I'll be using that a lot, I think.

Also replaced my front tire (~3000 miles after the rear tire was replaced) recently, so now Gracie is sporting excellent Pilot Road 3's. Ready for some curves! It's amazing how bad an even only slightly cupped front tire can make it feel.. She's rock solid around the corners again!

I missed this post talking about spiders, lol!

What a great ride. Maine to Penn and then to the Smokeys! Gonna run the Dragon! You've got great tail bags, but you're right, that's a lot of riding, requiring a lot of stuff. Packing carefully is an understatement, lol.

Also, October is a little late in the year for the Smokey's. It could be absolutely perfect, it might be really nasty, precipitation and temperature wise.

My Dragon trip was in April, which was early in the year for the area. Six solid hours in down-pouring rain on the way home. I had a cheap rain suit under my gear, and the temp wasn't too low, so it was simply an adventure, rather than torture. Still, the ride home was miserable.

Regardless, you and your wife are about to embark upon a wonderful odyssey and it seems as though you've thought things out.

Stay safe, have fun and post pics and video!

 

[Maadi]

I missed this post talking about spiders, lol!

What a great ride. Maine to Penn and then to the Smokeys! Gonna run the Dragon! You've got great tail bags, but you're right, that's a lot of riding, requiring a lot of stuff. Packing carefully is an understatement, lol.

Also, October is a little late in the year for the Smokey's. It could be absolutely perfect, it might be really nasty, precipitation and temperature wise.

My Dragon trip was in April, which was early in the year for the area. Six solid hours in down-pouring rain on the way home. I had a cheap rain suit under my gear, and the temp wasn't too low, so it was simply an adventure, rather than torture. Still, the ride home was miserable.

Regardless, you and your wife are about to embark upon a wonderful odyssey and it seems as though you've thought things out.

Stay safe, have fun and post pics and video!

P.S.

I am the wife [emoji41]

Fortunately we have great rain gear, plus I have a heated glove/jacket liner. We should be alright. I don't know about my in-laws, though, who will be joining us from Pennsylvania. On a Goldwing. They might end up enjoying the accommodations more than the riding, if the weather sucks...

 

[blkbrd]

Rode it!!! Then tonight I removed the chain and sprockets because the new parts should be here tomorrow.

 

[m3tric]

I installed my Two Brothers exhaust and Power Commander V this weekend. Then I installed the Driven block off plates rotated the wrong way and made my bike sound like a diesel truck. Fun times. Had to disassemble everything in reverse to figure out where the hell the sound was coming from.

 

[blkbrd]

Installed new chain and sprockets.

 

[Scott_Thomas]

Installed new chain and sprockets.

Chain looks good with the gold rims.

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[blkbrd]

Chain looks good with the gold rims.

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Not exactly what I wanted. I had ordered a black Driven rear sprocket, but after waiting for it for nearly a month, gave up and ordered the one pictured. Smooth as butter now!!!

 

[buzzbomb]

P.S.

I am the wife [emoji41]

Fortunately we have great rain gear, plus I have a heated glove/jacket liner. We should be alright. I don't know about my in-laws, though, who will be joining us from Pennsylvania. On a Goldwing. They might end up enjoying the accommodations more than the riding, if the weather sucks...

Ooh! Ouch for me. Touch your finger on my shoulder. Burn! I've been solo for too long, perhaps. I've no words to express my shame at my presumption.

I am sorry if I presumed. It is not difficult to be a really bad-*** male, if one is such. If one is also a gentleman as well. Things get complicated.

Especially if that situation has gone on for years and years.

I did not mean to insult you.

I sincerely hope your ride goes as well as you hope it it does.

 

[Maadi]

Ooh! Ouch for me. Touch your finger on my shoulder. Burn! I've been solo for too long, perhaps. I've no words to express my shame at my presumption.

I am sorry if I presumed. It is not difficult to be a really bad-*** male, if one is such. If one is also a gentleman as well. Things get complicated.

Especially if that situation has gone on for years and years.

I did not mean to insult you.

I sincerely hope your ride goes as well as you hope it it does.

No problem, not a big deal. I have a very ambiguous avatar after I changed it not to show my bike. Wouldn't want to "insult" Yamaha...

Besides, nobody ever assumes I ride my own bike, not even other women. One time at our dealership we walked by a couple looking at the 2014 FJR's. My husband said something to the guy about how the only bad thing about an FJR is you will never want another bike, and they started talking. The wife asked me if it's comfortable... It took me a while to realize she meant as a passenger. Wouldn't know, ride my own...

 

[buzzbomb]

No problem, not a big deal. I have a very ambiguous avatar after I changed it not to show my bike. Wouldn't want to "insult" Yamaha...

Besides, nobody ever assumes I ride my own bike, not even other women. One time at our dealership we walked by a couple looking at the 2014 FJR's. My husband said something to the guy about how the only bad thing about an FJR is you will never want another bike, and they started talking. The wife asked me if it's comfortable... It took me a while to realize she meant as a passenger. Wouldn't know, ride my own...

I'm a bit confused. I don't wish to antagonize.. You are your own woman. You take no crap from anyone. Got that loud and clear.

Insult Yamaha? I'm afraid you lost me there.

 

[JonKerr]

If you remember one of our female members was kicked out of another forum (not here) because they said her avatar was too sexy. It was sexy as hell because she is pretty damn hot. But too sexy? No such thing. Don't think you need to worry about that one here.


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[Slick]

We had over 60 consecutive days of over 100 degrees one summer in Texas. No rain, either. It was still great to ride the Hill Country on my FZ6R. Drink a bottle of water, pour another on your had and keep going.

Now, in NC, it isn't too hot. Humidity, that's another matter. And the liquid sunshine, that stuff sucks when riding. But, as a follower of All The Gear, All The Time I am at least prepared.

I no longer say it is too hot to ride, I just choose to drive every once in a while!

 

[Idiosynocracy]

Took her on (possibly) one of the last rides I have on her in my hometown. If I can't find work up here then I will be moving to San Diego with my older brother.

 

[Marthy]

Well, today is a great day. Nothing to do with bikes for once. Wify is graduating today. That was 3 1/2 intense years but well worth it. Very proud of her.

 

[JSP]

Nothin... just rode to work. She is chillin in the parking lot.

 

[latony007]

I'm a bit confused. I don't wish to antagonize.. You are your own woman. You take no crap from anyone. Got that loud and clear.

Insult Yamaha? I'm afraid you lost me there.

I think she is refering to Yamaha making them change the site name or remove any form of logo from this site.

Well, today is a great day. Nothing to do with bikes for once. Wify is graduating today. That was 3 1/2 intense years but well worth it. Very proud of her.

Congrats Man!

 

[Marthy]

I got one for the geek here today. I was riding home and got rain on pretty good. My laptop was in my backpack... not turning on now! I pull the laptop out of the bag as soon as I got home, didn't seems soak or wet at all. And of course I haven't done a back up in 2-3 weeks...

When I turn it on it work for few second and shut down.

 

[LS6TT]

I got one for the geek here today. I was riding home and got rain on pretty good. My laptop was in my backpack... not turning on now! I pull the laptop out of the bag as soon as I got home, didn't seems soak or wet at all. And of course I haven't done a back up in 2-3 weeks...

When I turn it on it work for few second and shut down.

Get a trash bag and dump white rice in it then put the laptop in there. Remove the battery first. Make sure the whole unit is covered and leave it for a few hours.

 

[buzzbomb]

Get a trash bag and dump white rice in it then put the laptop in there. Remove the battery first. Make sure the whole unit is covered and leave it for a few hours.

It may go without saying, but I'm going to say it anyway for other's who may read this post and are less tech savvy: Make sure the laptop is open and BURY it in rice. The rice needs to cover all parts of the unit. Push the battery down into the rice, also.

The obvious purpose of the exercise is that the rice will absorb the moisture from the laptop and battery. The more open the unit is, the more moisture the rice can absorb.

Personally I would keep it in there for days. Many may argue, but why take the chance? Leave it in and be SURE that it is dry.

Water is death to most electronics, if there was power when it got wet. If the unit was unpowered, and it is completely dry before powering-up, chances are that unit will function normally. But it has to be COMPLETELY DRY.

If the unit was on standby power when it got wet, or it was turned on while wet (on the inside, where you can't see the moisture)? You might get lucky, you might not. It'll depend on where the moisture was and whether it caused a short that fried something.

Back when I worked in the Electronics Department we got people trying to bring back phones all the time. There's a sticker on the battery that changes color when it gets wet.

I would say: "This phone has been wet." The customer says "It never got wet, it was just in my pocket." Said customer works outside in the summer and his own sweat destroyed the phone.

Endfile? Power down your electronic devices if there is any chance of them getting wet and do your best to keep them dry.