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General Discussion / Re: new tire fiasco
« on: April 21, 2024, 06:27:25 PM »
I always just bring my bike to the dealer. If I were to do my own tires, I have several friends that have tire machines, My local dealer even installed a car tire for me on my V-Strom when I went darkside. I did go to a friend once with a set of atv wheels, and used his machine.
Working on my toys is not the way I want to bond with them.
Working on my toys is not the way I want to bond with them.
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General Discussion / Re: Solar Eclipse over my Piaggio
« on: April 09, 2024, 01:49:18 AM »
no pics here, 96% totality, I ha a PT appointment, brought my solar filter from mt survey instrument, I was inside at peak, my GF was outside waiting, she watched it thru my filter. Not the big deal for me as others, I've seen total eclipse thru 32x scope in past. Watching on tv is just as exciting, maybe more with higher x scope
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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 08, 2024, 03:52:23 PM »True. It's a bit of a lottery as to whether or not you get a Friday afternoon or Monday morning model!
I think still, it's the driver going into questionable places, this is my son, he already went thru the mudhole in the other direction, the air intake was on the high side
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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 07, 2024, 09:14:43 PM »Roadside assistance comes with my AMA membership. I have yet to use it. I have needed assistance a couple of times but I was less than 5 miles from home so I called my wife and she drove my pickup truck to me. I always have a ramp and tiedowns in my truck.
close to home on my bike, I call my dealer to come rescue me
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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 06, 2024, 10:20:52 PM »The problem with AAA RV/motorcycle coverage is that the vehicle that comes to your aid is probably not equipped for motorcycles: it's going to be the flat bed rig designed for autos and you have to either push or ride your bike up a 30 degree oily, slippery steel surface only to have it slide back down on its side before the driver can get the bed horizontal because the tow truck driver has no experience with two wheeled vehicles, which was my situation both times I needed a tow.
The second tow went a bit better because I was able to tutor the puzzled driver on what I learned from the first debacle. We pushed it up the sloped bed just far enough to get both wheels off the ground, then he worked the controls to get the bed horizontal while I held the bike upright, then I moved it forward for him to secure it. He confessed that he wasn't supposed to allow me on the truck bed but he agreed there didn't seem to be a better plan.
yep been there done that, before I had AAA, had to "ride" my SV650 a couple miles in urban traffic to nearest Suzuki dealer when I was touring, now I have a home made wheel chock and a couple ratchet straps and a couple cam lock straps as part of the emergency gear I carry
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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 06, 2024, 10:39:53 AM »OK Randy, no cellphone you claim, so how did you contact them? 😂. Let me hazard a wild guess, GF has one? That’s cheating 🤣
couple times was in my own driveway, once I was at Lowes buying lumber, went back into store and used their phone, another time at a convenience store. I'm not afraid to knock on a door. they won't let me use one, I can act crazy enough to get them to at least call police, from there, they will call for me. I was knocking on doors to use a phone long before the advent of the portable phone, it's a skill that doesn't go away, I can still drive 3 on tree car too. Yes, GF has a flip phone
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« on: April 05, 2024, 11:39:21 PM »I'm 80 years old and don't own a "smart" phone. I have a simple flip phone. I have a leather case attached to my belt, and that's where it sits when I'm riding.
not even a flip phone for me, just one, attached to a copper wire to a converter box from there, fiber optic, no answering machine, either I am here or I am not, no voice mail, no texting me
I had enough of phones before I retired
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General Discussion / Re: Roadside assistance, do you have it or ??
« on: April 05, 2024, 08:25:52 PM »
I have AAA Premier RV so it covers motorcycles and my GF's short bus camper, mostly, I've used it on mt Tacoma (twice last year, and 3 times in'22. so much for Toyotas being reliable
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Side By Side / 450i shifter lockout button
« on: March 28, 2024, 03:54:23 AM »
450i shifter lockout button, how do you lubricate the mechanism? been getting blisters on my thumb when plowing
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General Discussion / Re: I never stop here without a look over my shoulder~!
« on: March 27, 2024, 02:53:12 AM »What an endearing welcome!
Always a bit of a shock when one is out in the dark miles from anywhere! Even more so in the gun toting US I’d guess?
that's ok. I tote my own
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« on: March 26, 2024, 01:34:49 PM »Regarding shirt pocket:
Have read EMS comments, "Cellphone can become a weapon to the heart if shattered when a cyclist is hit."
Regarding storing cellphone in or on the scooter:
Member here:
Thrown from his Yamaha Majesty at night, in a single vehicle accident (= no one around to help), had to drag himself back to his scooter where his cellphone was stored.
He lost a leg.
I wonder...in a single vehicle accident, (@25% of motorcycle accidents involve the bike and no other vehicle), no one around....where is that bar-mounted cellphone going to come to rest?
It's one thing to drag yourself back to your bike, but where did your bar-mounted cellphone come to rest?
Can't see anyone destroying a few motorbikes to give these mounts any real-life impact tests.
Neil - thanks for the prompt - I'll look into that.
Stig
I wear my SPOT GPS tracker on a lanyard around my neck, I suppose a freak accident could strangle me, nothing is 100% safe
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« on: March 26, 2024, 01:55:29 AM »
I don't own one
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General Discussion / Re: tragety in my family
« on: March 23, 2024, 09:56:12 PM »
My son is on a plane to Florida to be with his daughter & son in law, Easter at my daughter's in Maine will be somber.
Not the first time this type of tragedy has happened, 27 years ago, my grandson, ten years old, was mowed down by a drunk driver (8th offense)
great grandchildren and grandchildren are not suppose to go before you do
Not the first time this type of tragedy has happened, 27 years ago, my grandson, ten years old, was mowed down by a drunk driver (8th offense)
great grandchildren and grandchildren are not suppose to go before you do